First, a [...]
The Department of Health said late Monday there appears to be "a very large area" at the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor contaminated with radioactive tritium, and contamination levels continue to rise.
...and...
Williams said Entergy Nuclear investigators were working on a strategy for excavating the area next [...]
The Institutions and Corrections committee heard testimony from the active Community Justice Centers in Montpelier, Burlington, Springfield and St. Johnsbury. The committee wanted to hear from them directly regarding the proposed release of up to 350 low risk offenders in an effort to reduce spending in Corrections. The committee wanted [...]
Many readers have seen that the House Ways and Means Committee and then the full body of the House has passed H. 485, an act relating to the Use Value Appraisal Program (UVA, also known as Current Use). This bill came about due to the increasingly difficult budget situation that [...]
As a Representative on the House Ways and Means Committee the numbers game can be quite a slog. Recently we voted out the Fee Bill 10-0-1. This bill is the annual bill that reviews state fees for the “privileges” that Vermonters enjoy. This is everything from licenses (drivers, hunting, service, [...]
Oh, well. Seems last year's good idea is this year's extravagance.
Maybe they should get the laptops, after all. They could surf the web as the good ship Vermont slips beneath the waves.
[...]Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin announced two new additions to his gubernatorial campaign staff on Monday.
Bryan Hageny is the new field director. Hagney formally worked for Howard Dean's Democracy for America.
Arthur Berndt will work as the new finance chairman of the campaign. Berndt served the same role in U.S. [...]
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You have been saying this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell
the people that this is The Hour.
Here are the things that must be considered:
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
[...]
Audrey Pietrucha, of the Southern Vermont Liberty Council in Bennington, has contacted us and asked that we alert readers to the following:
This coming Monday, Feb. 8, the legislature is planning a public hearing on the budget using VT interactive TV. The hearing will take place from 4:30 to 7 [...]
UVM trustees are currently mulling over the annual tuition rate increases, which in recent years have gone up by about 6%. One might note how this increase is somewhat larger than the inflation rate. Currently 65% of UVM students are from out-of-state, and [...]
The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.
Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and [...]
Gotcha. That's some of what I've been hearing out there, when talking to people about their concerns... if they're well off, folks are as yet unwilling to even discuss the subject of secession. They haven't been hurt yet by the general decline. They'll even agree with [...]
