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Dartmouth names first woman to lead medical school
Hunt, a pathologist, will be the first woman to lead the medical school, which was founded 229 years ago in 1797.
If Vermont is going to scale up primary care, health advocates say this one funding priority is crucial
The House-approved budget for next fiscal year gives scholarship and loan repayment programs more money than the governor originally proposed, but many worry it will not be enough.
Vermont bill would create standard policy for school districts should ICE come knocking
Also in Final Reading: Regulating massages and campaign announcements.
Federal anti-poverty grant delay draws rebuke from Vermont’s congressional delegation
The unusual, monthslong wait for this year’s federal Community Service Block Grant funds comes amid a push from the Trump administration to eliminate the program from the federal budget.
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Once billed as the future of Town Meeting, the ‘Brattleboro Experiment’ is ending
The state’s only municipality to elect members to the equivalent of a local legislature is retiring the tradition after 65 years. What comes next is sparking its own debate.
Vermont won permission to use Medicaid funds for homelessness. It’s sitting unused.
“The idea of letting this opportunity go to waste when it is there right now is unconscionable, in my opinion,” said Jessica Radbord, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont.
John Grismore, embattled sheriff of Franklin County, won’t seek reelection
Grismore cited “moments of significant challenge, many of them highly public and deeply stressful” as a reason he was not seeking a second four-year term.
Brattleboro hospital and its nurses reach tentative agreement to avert strike
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital still faces threats of a walkout by support staffers as it tries to balance a $14.5 million budget deficit.
Aly Richards, former head of Let’s Grow Kids, launches bid for Vermont governor
“You’ve got to ask yourself: Are you better off now than you were 10 years ago?” the Democrat said, pointing to when Gov. Phil Scott was first elected. “It’s time for a new approach.”
Blocked from police work in Vermont, ex-Addison County sheriff faces possible new black mark
A state panel has set a hearing for Peter Newton that could result in his placement on a national database that employers use when hiring officers.
Jackson Dam removal advanced in Hardwick
The dam is classified as a Significant Hazard due to the property losses and damage to downstream infrastructure that would result from its failure.
Young Writers Project: ‘Crossing Familiar Waters’
This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “Crossing Familiar Waters,” a painting and accompanying narrative by Abigail Balon, 15, of Panton. Abigail’s piece was the March winner of YWP’s Tomorrow Project monthly contests.
Champlain Valley School District weighs merger study
Although a draft report to the board isn’t expected for just over a month, an administrative committee has been studying the feasibility and impact of linking the schools in some capacity since the summer.
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