Vermont

Frustrated by cheap state

Officials decry paltry development funding WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, September 5, several committee members cited frustration with the state.
Eric Durocher, executive director of the Southern Vermont Deerfield...

Grant funding for opioids help coming to Vermont

BURLINGTON - In early August it was announced that $6.6 million in grant funding was awarded to the University of Vermont Medical Center, which will establish one of three “Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorders.” The others will be located in New York and Georgia.
The...

Top education official says costs belong to all

Urges thinking about “21st century schools” HALIFAX- Vermont Education Secretary Dan French visited Halifax Monday evening, to answer questions posed by Southern Valley Unified Union School District School Board members and the public.
One district resident directed...

Courts try to sort out Hermitage bankruptcy consolidation

BURLINGTON- Bankruptcy judges in Vermont and Connecticut have ordered a temporary stay of Hermitage Chapter 11 cases filed in Connecticut while the Vermont District Bankruptcy Court decides whether to consolidate the cases in Vermont. The filing of Hermitage Chapter 11 bankruptcies in...

State, community efforts attempting to deal with impact of opioid crisis

VERMONT- The state’s opioid crisis was first brought sharply into focus - to Vermonters and to the nation - when Gov. Peter Shumlin took the unusual step of devoting his January 2014 state of the state address to the rising tide of addiction, crime, and overdose. “In every corner of our state,...

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan announces lawsuit against two distributors of opioid pain relievers

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan announces lawsuit against two distributors of opioid pain relievers

Vermont, other states sue Purdue, related companies over opioid epidemic

VERMONT- In September, Vermont became the 28th state to file a lawsuit against the Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma, alleging the company downplayed the risks of addiction to its opiate pain reliever, and exaggerating its so-called “abuse deterrent” formulations. In his September announcement,...

Vermont Education Secretary Dan French

Local legislators skeptical of statewide school district concept

MONTPELIER - A memo from the Agency of Education titled “Designing Our Future: A Blueprint for Transforming Vermont’s Education System” was released last week. In its 32 pages it describes a complete redesign of Vermont’s school system that would create one statewide school district, putting...

State touts progress on opioids

MONTPELIER - In December, the Opioid Coordination Council, a state council, released a progress report on its work in 2017 and 2018. The report,“Strategic Actions and Progress,” outlined the council’s progress in expanding access to services, increasing public awareness, and reducing stigma...

Communications companies sue over net neutrality

WILMINGTON - Five telecommunications associations are suing the state of Vermont over legislation that seeks to mitigate the effects of the Federal Communications Commission’s 2018 repeal of Obama-era net neutrality regulations. In the complaint, which was filed in the US District Court on...