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Spreading the News I: Newspaper Reporting in Vermont
Newspaper reporting in Vermont, as Weston Cate, a former head of the Vermont Historical Society, once said, represents one of numerous holes that still exist in Vermont history books. Most Vermont reporters seem to have written about almost everyone but themselves.

Short video hits of Vt. League of Conservation Voters gubernatorial debate, clip by clip
The intros by 2 minute video segment The sound bites Editor’s note: Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie wasn’t present at the debate. Markowitz: We’ve been offered a false choice by Jim Douglas and the Republicans that every time we choose the environment, we’re doing it at the expense of the economy. Bartlett: This election is going to be about government learning how to restructure itself, how we offer as government the services people need in a better, faster, more efficient manner. Racine: Climate change is the biggest threat to the human race and our planet since the dawn of the nuclear age. Vermont can take t

Con Hogan: Health care costs rising more quickly in Vermont than the rest of the nation
Retired Vermont AHS secretary says the onus is on state lawmakers to analyze costs and benefits of single-payer health care system Con Hogan, who served as the secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services for 10 years, says it’s imperative that Vermont adopt its own universal health care system at the Progressive Party’s state convention on Saturday. Hogan says the overall cost of health care is rising more quickly than in the rest of the country. He says Catamount Health, the state’s program for uninsured Vermonters, and the Blueprint for Health, a state initiative to curb costs associated with chronic diseases, will do little to control me

Keep Local Farms lands two contracts
Harvard and UVM will donate 10 cents a pint to farmers; Bothfeld says it’s “pennies back for farmers” now, but she hopes to build network of colleges regionwide Diane Bothfeld Ten cents of every pint of milk students at the University of Vermont and Harvard University buy will be passed on to dairy farmers. UVM launched its Keep Local Farms fund-raising campaign o