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Senate may get tough on tobacco, softer on pot, freeze ban on dyed foods
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (203+ words) Cross-border tuition and further restrictions on tobacco are scheduled for Senate floor action today, Thursday March 26. S.26: Legislation to Ban Synthetic Dyes in School Foods'Frozen on the Floor" It is unclear whether action will be taken back up on S.26 before the…...
Grandparent scam suspect pleads innocent
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (902+ words) By Michael DonoghueVermont News First A Montreal-area man, who is among about two dozen defendants indicted as part of a more than $21 million international "grandparent" scam operating in Vermont, has pleaded not guilty in federal court in Burlington to a…...
ATM heist wave hits Middlebury
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (243+ words) Three stores targeted in weeks Middlebury police are investigating a series of burglaries in which thieves smashed into three local stores and stole entire ATM machines, ripping them from walls or through windows in what authorities describe as planned operations....
Letters: Manley on being politically punch-drunk, and election integrity fundamentals
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (387+ words) How many punches does it take for you?" I'm not talking about the glancing blows that you can turn the other cheek to." Try as best we can to become like Jesus." And I'm not talking about direct bodily contact....
Dems praise House bills passed, GOP slams 7% property tax increase
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (989+ words) Call it the Battle of the Press Releases. Yesterday, Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski and VT GOP Chair Paul Dame issued press releases highlighting the highlights (Krowinski) and a single, major lowlight (Dame) of the House bills passed thus…...
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6+ hour, 32+ min ago (11+ words) Newton: Act 250 planners should save Castleton University instead'Vermont Daily Chronicle...
VT Headlines: Police searching for missing 14-y.o. girl
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (12+ words) VT Headlines: Police searching for missing 14-y.o. girl'Vermont Daily Chronicle...
Former VT town official dies of suicide
5+ hour, 31+ min ago (376+ words) Was under investigation for alleged exploitation of minor by Ted Cohen, in The Maine Wire The Skowhegan town manager who has died unexpectedly was under investigation for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor, a Bangor TV station reports.Nicholas Nadeau…...
Why Vermont's electric school buses are being replaced by diesel — at least for now
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (879+ words) In 2021, Vermont became one of the first states to put electric school buses on the road. The results were mixed from the start. After a long pause, a voice in the room spoke up. She had a quiet question for…...
School transportation costs rising, bus drivers scarce
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (205+ words) State report reminds Act 73-minded lawmakers to consider student transportation needs and recommends new walking policies State legislators have $26 million in state aid to help school districts defray the expense of student transportation. And school districts have a growing set…...