Vermont set to receive nearly $1B over five years for health care reform
“I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this, frankly,” said Mike Del Trecco, the president and CEO of Vermont’s hospital association.
Vermont is set to receive a little over $195 million each year for five years from the federal government’s new Rural Health Transformation Fund — an unexpectedly massive sum, and one of the highest per-capita grants in the nation.
30.12.2025 21:59 —
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Vermont set to receive nearly $1B over five years for health care reform
“I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this, frankly,” said Mike Del Trecco, the president and CEO of Vermont’s hospital association.
“In the end, #Vermont could lose more than it gains under the law: KFF, a nonpartisan health care researcher, has estimated that Vermont could lose between $1 billion and $2 billion over 10 years from changes to Medicaid.”
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2... #healthcare
30.12.2025 22:06 —
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Point/Counterpoint: No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
The Onion, 23 years ago.
theonion.com/no-blood-for...
17.12.2025 22:00 —
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In review: Immigrant stories highlighted, flood recovery grants announced
Vermont's top journalists join moderator Mitch Wertlieb to delve into the most important news stories of the week.
The state of Vermont directs federal funding to higher ground — with new construction for housing far from flood prone areas.
Plus, investigative reporting over the last several months reveals the human impact of the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts in Vermont.
12.12.2025 22:39 —
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COVID-19 vaccine prevented kids' emergency room visits: CDC
The data comes amid intensifying calls from anti-vaccine groups to pull immunizations off the market.
As an anti-vaccine group (with ties to RFK Jr.) calls for the FDA to "revoke COVID vaccine licenses," the CDC reports that last year, the vaccine reduced emergency room visits for children by 56% --> www.axios.com/2025/12/11/c... #COVID
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Eye on the Sky: Vermont Weather
Eye on the Sky provides detailed weather information for Vermont and the surrounding region, powered by meteorologists from the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.
❄️ Eye on the Sky provides detailed weather information for Vermont and the surrounding region, powered by meteorologists from the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.
Check out the weekend forecast:
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How to maximize EV performance during a Northeastern winter
Local auto mechanics share what they know about EV battery life and winter maintenance for electric cars and trucks.
Driving through snow and sleet might be something you’ve done your whole life. But it still calls for extra caution and car maintenance, especially if you're cruising around in an electric vehicle for the first time.
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Trump’s new reporters-only enemies list
www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
30.11.2025 11:51 —
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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
Just the latest example of an administration official using their position in government to enrich themselves —> www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t... #AI #BigTech
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Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged. n.pr/4puzyhb
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https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-11-21/vermont-public-local-holiday-gift-guide-for-2025
Got more ideas to share? Have a gift-giving conundrum? Call in to the annual Vermont Edition gift show on Dec. 3.
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2... #Holidays #Xmas #VT
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Only 2.5% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
DEVELOPING: The DOJs own data, provided as part of an ongoing lawsuit, appeared to show only about 2.5% of 614 people arrested by ICE on immigration violations in the Chicago area before Oct. 7 had criminal histories
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
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I’ll never understand why Big Tech was allowed to just steal all of the content on the Internet and then turn around and sell us monthly subscriptions to access it.
www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-...
03.11.2025 00:26 —
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This will lead to “bad outcomes.“
02.11.2025 00:30 —
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