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More Than Guards: The Powerful Role of Vermont Correctional Officers
WCAX - Vermont
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July 7, 2025
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Learn to spot cyanobacteria in Vermont’s lakes and ponds
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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July 8, 2025
WATERBURY — It’s the time of year to start checking Vermont’s waters for cyanobacteria blooms before you swim, play, or bring your pets, so you can have fun in the water safely. Cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green algae) are tiny...
Vermont State Meat Inspection Program ensures humane handling in goat processing
Green Mountain Times - Vermont
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July 2, 2025
Under the Vermont State Meat Inspection Program, all livestock intended for commercial sale, including goats processed for halal markets, must undergo continuous inspection by a state food safety specialist. This process ensures humane handling of...
Vermont hospitals file budgets for review by state regulators
WCAX - Vermont
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July 2, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s largest health network on Wednesday said its hospitals submitted their fiscal year 2026 budgets to state health care regulators. Leaders of the UVM Health Network say they are working to cut costs and bring down...
Vermont Conversation: ‘Don’t back down’ — Vermont’s marriage equality revolution at 25
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 2, 2025
Then (2000) and Now (2024): Stacy Jolles, left, Nina Beck, right, with their son, Seth Jolles, center. Photos courtesy of Stacy Jolles and Nina Beck The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth...
Vermont’s congressional delegation makes final push to derail Big Beautiful Bill
WCAX - Vermont
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July 2, 2025
WASHINGTON (WCAX) - Members of Vermont’s congressional delegation spoke out again Wednesday against the president’s budget bill. It comes as GOP leaders in the House were busy trying to win over some final holdouts after Tuesday’s razor-thin...
Legislatures Enact Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Act
The Newport Daily Express - Vermont
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MONTPELIER- The legislature passed a law this year in response to the high rate of food insecurity in Vermont. Vermonters Feeding Vermonters (Act 34) is a program that reaches out to Vermont-based businesses to provide food to those in need....
One week later: Advocates for Vermont's homeless call for change
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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A week after many disabled people were sent to live outside, Vermont's shelter providers were still asking Gov. Phil Scott to do something. On July 1, hundreds of people, many of them children, left the General Assistance Emergency Housing Program...
Border Patrol alleges detained migrant leader in Vermont sought to smuggle Mexican woman across northern border
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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De La Cruz and Perez are Mexican citizens who entered the United States in recent years without permission and now live in Milton, just north of Burlington. They have been held in state prisons pending deportation proceedings. So far, neither has...
Vermont’s adult loon population is at an all-time high, but fewer chicks are surviving
The Mountain Times - Vermont
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July 2, 2025
By Izzy Wagner/VTDigger Vermont’s adult loon population is at an all-time high, but scientists have noticed a recent decrease in the number of chicks surviving. In 2024, Vermont saw a record-breaking 123 nesting pairs, 11 of which landed at...
Scott administration begins tracing Vermont impacts of Trump spending and tax cut bill
Vermont Public Radio
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July 8, 2025
Gov. Phil Scott's administration has begun its review of how the new federal budget bill will impact the state of Vermont. Spending reductions in Medicaid and federal nutritional programs will be closely scrutinized. The bill also extends federal...
Springfield rejects methadone clinic permit, as state looks to expand services to 3 communities
Vermont Public Radio
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July 8, 2025
The Vermont Department of Health wants to set up three new methadone clinics across the state to make it easier for patients with substance use disorder to access treatment. But the process is meeting resistance in Windsor County at one of the...
Health care fraud takedown
Adel News Tribune - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
On Tuesday, July 1, 2o25, Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced criminal charges against four defendants in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare and other government programs. The charges filed in federal court...
Vermont man arrested following daytime shooting in South Burlington
NBC5 - Vermont
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July 2, 2025
with highs back into the 90s by early next week. SOME BREAKING NEWS FROM SOUTH BURLINGTON. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE ARRESTED THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING ON DORSET STREET THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. 24 YEAR OLD MICHAEL WILSON WAS...
Vermont Medical Professionals Among Hundreds Charged in $14.6 Billion National Health Care Fraud Takedown
Green Mountain Times - Vermont
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July 2, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJ The Department of Justice announced in Vermont, medical professionals were among the 324 individuals charged in the Justice Department’s largest-ever health care fraud...
Our Turn: Health care crisis
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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Over the past 10 days, we have had a productive back and forth with UVM Health Network Board Chair Tom Golonka and the Executive Committee. They responded to a letter from us summarizing concerns we have laid out in past newsletters. Following our...
Over 700 Hospitals at Risk of Closure
Healthcare Facilities Today
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July 8, 2025
Hospitals are citing financial problems at the main cause of potential closure. There has been an increased need for hospitals in recent years. However, 760 rural hospitals are at risk of closure due to financial problems, with 40 percent at risk...
The mixed messages from Washington since raid on Vermont farm have increased fears
Valley News - New Hampshire
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August 7, 2025
MONTPELIER — After six 12-hour shifts milking cows, José Molina-Aguilar’s lone day off was hardly relaxing. On April 21, he and seven co-workers were arrested on a Vermont dairy farm in what advocates say was one of the state’s largest-ever...
Oregon Prohibits Medical Debt in Credit Reports
JD Supra - California
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July 7, 2025
On June 23, Oregon enacted SB 605, barring medical-debt information from appearing in consumer credit reports. The measure, which amends the Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act, takes effect January 1, 2026. SB 605 defines “medical debt” to...
Donna Fialkoff: End Vermont’s contract with ICE
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 8, 2025
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