Education + Youth Reporter @VermontPublic / school me at [email protected]
Vermont, USA
Joined March 2011
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Hi! Some *personal news* — Friday was my last day at Digger, and I’m headed to Vermont Public next, to cover kids, schools, & families. Will miss my frmr colleagues so so much, but I thought it would be cool to learn audio reporting just in time for the podcasting bubble to burst
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Scoop: Vermont is devising a plan to stockpile a 2-year supply of mifepristone as the abortion pill’s FDA approval is debated in federal court: vtdigger.org/2023/04/21/verm…
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A group of @VTStatePolice troopers allegedly used racist, misogynistic and violent language in online games. But when a state senator lodged a complaint, Vermont's top public safety official initially declined to investigate. Scoop by @sarah_mearhoff: vtdigger.org/2023/02/09/afte…
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VT lawmakers asked the RAND Corporation to figure out how much more public funding the state would have to contribute to ensure that every family has access to high-quality, affordable child care.
In a report out today, RAND pegs cost at $179M-$279m a year
rand.org/pubs/research_repor…
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I feel like I’m missing the first days of school b/c I’ve been out of the building getting surgery on a broken wrist 🙃 but luckily Final Reading is here to keep me — and you! — in the loop. Anyway subscribe to Final Reading and also buy some yaktraxs
From Wednesday's Final Reading: A new resolution allows for senators to debate, deliberate and vote remotely on a limited, emergency basis through Town Meeting Day. #vtpoli
vtdigger.org/2023/01/04/fina…
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In a 1986 interview, Leahy said he thought upon entering the Senate, “This seniority system is a terrible thing. It must be changed.”
“Now that I’ve studied it for 12 years, it looks like a great system,” he said, smiling at the time. vtdigger.org/2022/12/30/once…
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SBF hired multiple former federal regulators who helped connect him with top officials at the CFTC, the agency he desired to regulate crypto, emails show.
Now the extensive relationships he cultivated risk embarrassment for all involved.
latimes.com/politics/story/2…
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Every night between the hours of 8 p.m. to 9 a.m., the nation's 988 suicide prevention hotline routes all calls with a Vermont area code to a single phone in the Northeast Kingdom.
I recently spent the night there. Here's what I saw:
sevendaysvt.com/vermont/a-ca…
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Today we were ready to work for as long as it took to reach a fair deal, but management walked away from the table with five hours to go. It’s official: @NYTimesGuild members are walking out for 24 hours on Thursday. We know what we’re worth.
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If you read one thing today, make it @shaun_robs' story about a Colchester man who fears he'll soon be deported to Uganda, where he has previously been imprisoned and tortured for his advocacy: vtdigger.org/2022/11/11/a-de…
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Quite a thing for VT Senate candidate John Klar to say after his opponent suffered a stroke just weeks before the election: "I should have had a stroke. It would have been good. It's a big qualification these days.”
vtdigger.org/2022/11/09/mark… via @_EthanWeinstein & @shaun_robs
Balance of power story tk! Per records from the House Clerk's office, a single party hasn't held this many seats in the lower chamber since 1966. Gov. Scott, meanwhile, won every dang town in the state
Democrats and Progressives regain veto-proof majority in the Vermont House #vtpoli
vtdigger.org/2022/11/08/verm…
House Speaker Jill Krowinski at the VDP’s election night party just now: “I am so excited to share the news that we have a veto-proof majority.”
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BREAKING: @vtdigger projects that Prop 5 has passed, making Vermont the first state to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution. vtdigger.org/2022/11/08/meas…
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Nearly 170,000 Vermonters have already voted in this year’s general election. #vtpoli
vtdigger.org/2022/11/07/near…
will be interesting if reproductive rights do end up being the most popular thing on the ballot this year — with phil scott a close second
NEW VERMONT POLL:
VT-AL: Becca Balint leads Liam Madden, 54% - 29%
Senate: Peter Welch leads Gerald Malloy, 63% - 32%
Gov: Phil Scott leads Brenda Siegel, 65%-24%
Prop 5: 68% Yes, 28% No
filesforprogress.org/dataset…
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Vermont has among the nation's strictest prohibitions on rental application fees, @TikRoot reports — but nobody seems to know it.
A @vtdigger investigation found numerous illegal fees listed throughout the state — and little to no enforcement: vtdigger.org/2022/11/01/i-wa…
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What is this paragraph even doing in this @nytimes story about the attack on Paul Pelosi? And how does it come *before* the paragraphs about how Nancy Pelosi has been the target of right-wing attacks for years?
