Local News Podcast
Local news, reporting and newscasts from Vermont Public.
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Christine Farrell, who owned Burlington’s Earth Prime Comics, is believed to be the first person to have a complete collection of everything published by DC Comics. Her collection starts in 1935 and includes the first appearances of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, as well as more obscure comics.
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H. Brooke Paige, seeking the office that oversees voting in Vermont, says he is not confident in the integrity of Vermont elections but offered no specifics. Incumbent Sarah Copeland Hanzas says Vermonters can trust that elections are well-run.
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The Democrat, Mike Pieciak, and Republican, Joshua Bechhoefer, shared diverging visions of their priorities as treasurer if elected next month.
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Some experts say increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates to providers, and boosting funding for primary care, could help address increasing costs and barriers to access.
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The Republican candidate, H. Brooke Paige, says if he were elected he would ask the governor to replace him.
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Dr. Bruce Hamory, with the consulting firm Oliver Wyman, told Vermont Public he regrets the report contained inaccurate annual birth and emergency department numbers for North Country Hospital, but, he says they don’t change the overall trend of Vermont’s hospital system heading for financial unsustainability.
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Education finance is notoriously complicated. We hope this helps.
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This year, Vermont Public has been using a reporting initiative called the Citizens Agenda to figure out which issues you care about in the lead-up to Nov. 5. It turns out a lot of people want to talk about taxes — and how to lower them.
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At this college fashion show, Indigenous students wear their favorite (and often, their own) designsDartmouth College students put on the sixth annual Indigenous Arts and Fashion Show Thursday night at the Hood Museum of Art. It's part of an ongoing observation of Indigenous Peoples' Month.
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New England musicians Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin have released a new album that references their African American and Indigenous traditions. the duo is performing at Higher Ground on Friday.
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A national group called the Green Advocacy Project has contributed $180,000 to a Vermont-based super PAC that’s using the money to boost candidates who it believes will support a clean heat standard.
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Vermont Public staffers celebrated the fall season — and the year of the camelids — at a wool spinning class, apple orchard and potato plot.