Ready Or Not, Part 3: Reaching For 'Stars'
Beginning in 2015, every public school district in Vermont will have to subsidize at least 10 hours of pre-kindergarten per week for 3 and 4-year-olds.
View ArticleReady Or Not, Part 4: Teaching The Teachers
Research shows that the young brain is developing at a faster rate than we previously thought, and that there are good and bad strategies to help children acquire language and the love of learning.So...
View ArticleReady Or Not, Part 5: Doing The Math
Ask any working parent: Child care can be expensive. While some low-income families qualify for subsidies, many middle-class families pay full tuition.Between 2003 and 2012, rates have risen, on...
View ArticleLegislature To Conduct Independent Analysis of Health Care Costs
As Vermont heads down the path toward a single-payer health care system, lawmakers want to make sure the options are affordable for taxpayers and consumers. And the economic analysis about to be...
View ArticleNew PAC To Boost Pro-Business Candidates
Two state representatives have launched a new political action committee that will try to play a decisive role in local House and Senate races this fall.Stowe Republican Heidi Scheuermann and...
View ArticleDCF Head Tells Legislators Child Safety Is Top Priority
A special legislative committee met in Montpelier Wednesday to hear from a number of key players on child safety issues.State police officials, local police chiefs and prosecutors were all represented...
View ArticleVideo: What You Need To Know About Campaign 2014
Not sure what the deal is with the upcoming Vermont elections?
View ArticleAnalysis: Lawrence Miller Is Shumlin's Broom To Clean Up Health Exchange
During the cold war, American intelligence experts would often try to divine what was going on in the Soviet Union by looking at photographs of Kremlin public events. If Ivan Somebody was in the...
View ArticleFormer Rep. Marion Milne Dies
Former legislator Marion Milne died Monday at her home in Washington, Vt. She was 79.Marion Milne served six years in the House of Representatives and is best known for the vote that ended her...
View ArticleHands Off: The Logistics Of The Hand-Held Cell Phone Ban
On October 1, Vermont’s new cell phone law goes into effect. This will prohibit the use of hand-held electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle. While some people have wondered if they’d need...
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