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• Best of the Vermont Conversation: The ‘courageous doctor’ who helped legalize abortion in Vermont

  26-06-2024 22:02 via vtdigger.org
  
  
  Jackson Beecham. Photo courtesy of Jackson Beecham
  The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are making a difference. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify to hear more.
  This Vermont Conversation with Jackson Beecham originally aired in July 2022.When the U.S. Supreme Court ove
  
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• Dramatic win buoys plans for a new women’s soccer team in Vermont

  26-06-2024 21:43 via vtdigger.org
  
  Players on Vermont Green FC’s first-ever women’s team celebrate with fans at a game in Burlington on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Photo courtesy of Vermont Green FC
  Vermont Green FC’s women’s soccer team ended its first-ever match last weekend in what was, probably, the most dramatic way possible. After leading their opponent — FC Laval of Quebec — 1-0 for much of the second half, Vermont Green conceded a goal just minutes before the final whistle. That sent
  
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• Fall tuition bill? 4 steps to help keep the stress out of paying for school

  26-06-2024 19:57 via vtdigger.org
  
  Summer is in full force, but students and families will soon be facing an important deadline: paying the fall tuition bill. As you anticipate new courses, meeting friends, and living on or off campus, a crucial “to-do” before you start packing is determining how you’ll cover tuition and expenses. It can be overwhelming, especially when you don’t have the money on hand.But that’s where VSAC, Vermont’s nonprofit state agency for higher education, can help. VSAC
  
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• Don Tinney: Political courage, not popularity, will build a stronger Vermont

  26-06-2024 17:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Don Tinney. He is a longtime high school English teacher and represents 13,000 educators as president of Vermont-NEA.
  No political insiders in Montpelier were surprised when Sen. Jane Kitchel condemned the Scott administration’s proposal to zero out the education fund reserves to provide short-term property tax relief, saying “that is a practice that we never ever had considered, or would consider, as fiscally responsible use of a reserve.”In her long, di
  
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• Neil Odell: Want lower taxes? It’s not so simple.

  26-06-2024 12:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Neil Odell of Norwich. He is on the steering committee of Friends of Vermont Public Education, and is a Norwich/Dresen school board member.
  Back in late February, I had to stand up at Town Meeting and tell my community that I anticipated our taxes would increase by double digits.
  It wasn’t fun.
  We’re looking at a 15% increase, and I’m not at all happy about it. I have to pay it, too. My town elected me to make decisions about our schools and about our tax
  
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• Neil Odell: It’s not so simple, Gov. Scott

  26-06-2024 12:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Neil Odell of Norwich. He is on the steering committee of Friends of Vermont Public Education, and is a Norwich/Dresen school board member.
  Back in late February, I had to stand up at Town Meeting and tell my community that I anticipated our taxes would increase by double digits. It wasn’t fun. We’re looking at a 15% increase and I’m not at all happy about it. I have to pay it too. My town elected me to make decisions about our schools and about our taxes
  
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• Neil Odell: It’s not so simple, Gov. Phil Scott

  26-06-2024 12:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Neil Odell of Norwich. He is on the steering committee of Friends of Vermont Public Education, and is a Norwich/Dresen school board member.
  Back in late February, I had to stand up at Town Meeting and tell my community that I anticipated our taxes would increase by double digits.
  It wasn’t fun.
  We’re looking at a 15% increase, and I’m not at all happy about it. I have to pay it, too. My town elected me to make decisions about our schools and about our tax
  
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• Vermont flood anniversaries once brought revelry and relief. This summer will be different.

  26-06-2024 12:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  This is Part 1 of Downstream, a 9-part series looking at what’s changed — and what hasn’t — one year after catastrophic floods swept through Vermont.How do you commemorate one of the most destructive floods in state history? A year after 2011’s Tropical Storm Irene, Vermonters could count the ways.Brattleboro, for example, screened “Singin’ in the Rain” in a once waterlogged theater.Pittsfield hosted a potluck picnic on the green where all 546 tow
  
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