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becca balint warns of potential loss of health coverage due to congressional votes
Becca Balint Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large district | Official U.S. House Headshot Becca Balint Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large district | Official U.S. House Headshot Rep....

rep becca balint opposes proposed healthcare legislation
Becca Balint Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large district | Official U.S. House HeadshotBecca Balint Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large district | Official U.S. House Headshot Rep....

Geoengineered Transhumanism: Above & Beyond Chemtrails, HAARP & the Space Fence
While Elana Freeland is widely known for her books related to geoengineering, in order to understand her orientation to that research, it is important to recognise that she is also the author of a four-volume work entitled Sub Rosa America: A Deep...

How Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Families and Businesses
(StatePoint) The United States is one of the only countries in the world that does not guarantee paid family and medical leave to workers, leaving millions of babies without the care they need in their earliest months of life. Paid leave is...

Arizona Medical Professionals Among Hundreds Charged in $14.6 Billion National Health Care Fraud Takedown
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJ The Department of Justice announced in Arizona, medical professionals were among the 324 individuals charged in the Justice Department’s largest-ever health care fraud...

Michigan attorney general joins lawsuit against Trump for sharing health data with ICE
Michigan's AG joins 20 states in suing Trump for sharing Medicaid data with ICE, claiming the administration is breaching privacy laws. LANSING, Michigan — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday she's joined a 20-state coalition...

U.S. Department of Education withholds millions in funding for Vermont school districts
Education Secretary Linda McMahon arrives for a House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press The Trump administration announced this week it...

UVM researcher studies isolating state dairy industry from potential disease outbreaks
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s dairy industry has a $5.4 billion impact on the state economy, and almost two-thirds of the milk produced in New England comes from the Green Mountains. That’s why any potential disease outbreaks from bird flu or...

What Summer Camp Is Like for the Kids of the Hollywood Elite
Canoe trips across algae-infested lakes. Nightmare-inducing ghost stories around raging bonfires. Bug juice with actual bugs in it! Ah, the cheery horrors of an old-school sleepaway camp. No wonder so many Hollywood luminaries have been shipping...

Pardon Seekers in Vermont Plead for an Answer
Every now and then, Jez Smith calls Gov. Phil Scott's office to ask about an application she submitted back in 2017. The Bellows Falls woman isn't seeking a job. It's forgiveness she's after, the official variety, for a crime she committed half a...

Attorney General Sunday joins bipartisan coalition supporting federal cannabis banking reform
Attorney General Sunday joins bipartisan coalition supporting federal cannabis banking reform Congress to pass SAFER Banking Act to improve public safety Updated: 8:07 AM EDT Jul 26, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ Attorney General Dave Sunday joined a...

Rep. Mazur on youth health: 'No more harmful puberty blockers, irreversible surgeries'
Lisa Mazur, Representative of New Hampshire, announced that two bills restricting puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries for youth have passed the legislature and are now headed to the Governor's desk. The statement was made on X....

Nearly 145,000 pounds of lunch meat recalled due to health risks: Throw out NOW
A popular lunch meat has been recalled across the US after officials found that it could put consumers' health at risk. Gaiser's European Style Provisions, based in Union, New Jersey, is recalling more than 143,000 pounds of ready-to-eat bologna...

Leading Bike Tours in Vermont Is No Walk in the Park
In all his years as a bike tour guide, there is one guest Rich First will never forget. Though she'd never ridden with clipless pedals, this particular client informed First ahead of a trip with his Woodstock company, Discovery Bicycle Tours, that...

A Growing State of Oversight: How States are Continuing to Reshape (and restrict) Healthcare Transactions and Private Equity Investment in Healthcare in 2025
State governments are increasingly introducing new laws regulating healthcare transactions in an effort to thwart the level of influence that private equity firms and other corporate investors have on healthcare providers. To date, at least 15 [1]...

States sue Trump administration for sharing health data with DHS
California Attorney General Rob Bonta at a news conference in San Francisco on Dec. 4, 2024. Bonta is leading 20 state attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to block federal health officials from further sharing Medicaid data and DHS from using...

Colorado sues federal health agency to stop sharing of Medicaid data with ICE
Colorado and 19 other states sued the federal government Tuesday to prevent Medicaid data from being used for immigration enforcement. In June, the Department of Health and Human Services transferred data about people enrolled in Medicaid to the...

'We need a prayer': As executive order ends, hundreds of Vermonters exit motels
This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin and VTDigger reporter Greta Solsaa, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public. Chris Duprey was looking for a tent. One large enough to shelter his fiancée,...

AG Kaul Wins Court Order Blocking Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Health and Human Services
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today secured a preliminary injunction halting Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ensuring continued access to critical public...

Trump's New Fragrance Line Slammed As 'Grifting And Graft' By Critics: 'Kicking 17 Million People Off Their Health Care...'
U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a new line of fragrances, leading to renewed criticism about his use of presidential influence for personal profit. What Happened: Trump, who returned to the White House for a second term in January,...