Memphremagog recovery effort continues
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NEWPORT CENTER, Vt. - Divers returned to the icy waters of Lake Memphremagog Monday morning in search of a missing man.Police say 53-year-old Jacque LeBlanc was using a tractor Saturday evening to ...
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Sanders Sequester cuts to hit social safety net
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BURLINGTON, Vt. - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) says corporate America needs to do more to close the federal budget gap. Monday morning Sanders hosted leaders from Vermont social service agencies ...
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Vt. unemployment drops to 4.7
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MONTPELIER, Vt. - Vermont's unemployment rate dropped in January.The rate was 4.7 percent -- down two tenths of a percentage point from December's revised rate of 4.9 percent. That compares to the national unemployment rate of 7.9 percent, which was up a tenth of a point. Vermont's rate for January was the fourth lowest in the country and marks six straight months in which the ...
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Vt. Land Trust to buy 1100 acres in Bolton
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BOLTON, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Land Trust says it has raised the $1.85 million it needs to buy 1,100 acres of the land in Bolton that will be added to the Mount Mansfield State Forest. The land includes trails of the Bolton Valley Nordic and Backcountry system. During its 15-month campaign to raise the money for the purchase, the trust received more than 1,200 donations, from $1 raffle tickets, ...
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Vermont becomes first to propose insurance exchange rates
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Vermont became the first state in the country Monday to propose rates for health insurance available to consumers through its state insurance exchange.
Vermont became the first state in the country Monday to release its proposed health insurance rates under the Affordable Care Act.
The rates show what the uninsured can expect to pay for coverage. Individual rates range from an average of $365.76 ...
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Vt. gov. releases Irene recovery report
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A new report says Vermont is on target to close the vast majority of Irene-related cases by late summer, two years after flooding from the tropical storm damaged more than 7,000 homes. The report released Monday by Gov. Peter Shumlin provides an update on the recovery efforts. Irene Recovery Officer Dave Rapaport says hundreds of Vermont families and hard-hit communities ...
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Insurance agent sentenced in fraud case
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BURLINGTON, Vt. - A Vermont insurance agent has admitted to ripping off clients to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars. Thomas Smith Jr., 47, of Montgomery pleaded guilty to wire and tax fraud. Smith worked for State Farm and sold financial products to clients. Between 2007 and 2010, federal prosecutors say he embezzled over $350,000 from his clients' accounts for his personal ...
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Vt. House panel OKs school spending changes
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A committee of the Vermont House has approved changes in the state school funding system designed to curb growth in spending. The House Ways and Means Committee has been trying to slow spending growth that has forced it to recommend increasing the statewide education property tax three years in a row. Efforts to slow spending growth in light of declining student ...
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