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Vermont utility regulator recommends tax in place of clean heat standard
In a status update to lawmakers, the Public Utility Commission, charged with developing a clean heat standard, said the program “does not make sense for Vermont,” but lawmakers say there isn’t enough information yet to draw a conclusion. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont utility regulator recommends tax in place of clean heat standard.
Kids like free school meals. States are trying to reel in the costs.
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.A few years ago, so few high schoolers ate breakfast in Vermont’s Essex Westford School District that the cafeteria looked like “a ghost town” in the morning, recalls Scott Fay, the director of child nutrition.But now that breakfast is free for all students, kids are packing the cafeteria to talk, munch on fresh cranberry-orange bread, and finish homework before the first bell.“It’s really amazing to see that transition,” said Fay, who helped lobby for the Vermont law that expanded free meals. That’s “what...
Court voices ‘interim’ approval for Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese’s bankruptcy plans
A judge will allow the state’s largest religious denomination to keep paying its staff as the church seeks Chapter 11 protection to reorganize finances depleted by past misconduct lawsuits. Read the story on VTDigger here: Court voices ‘interim’ approval for Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese’s bankruptcy plans.
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