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Understaffed adult prisons, no juvenile facility plague Vermont incarceration system
There aren’t enough staff for Vermont’s adult prisons. There is no permanent facility for juvenile offenders.
Organized retail theft grows as pandemic created online marketplace for stolen goods
A bill to make it easier to charge repeat retail thieves with a felony didn’t get out of the 2022 Vermont Legislature.
Legislature funded one year of free breakfast, lunch for all public and independent school students
Students at all public and independent schools will eat free breakfast and lunch this coming school year, thanks to a bill passed this year by the Legislature. The $29 million to pay for it will come out of the Education Fund.
Well-dressed thieves hit VT country clubs
A pair of thieves dressed in golf attire are stealing credit cards from country clubs and using them to buy gift cards.
CT fentanyl dealer gets five years in federal slammer
A West Hartford, Connecticut man with a violent drug crime record was sentenced to five years for drug dealing in Rutland.
Babylon Bee: Biden races to sniff one last girl before losing smell to Covid
“The President has taken every precaution possible to ensure that his dearly beloved olfactory nerve remains healthy,” said White House physician Dr. Elliot Reed.
Brattleboro homicides autopsied
A 23-year-old woman died of a gunshot to the head Tuesday morning, an autopsy found.
Water Cooler: Rutland PD hires three officers / Woman named Dartmouth prez
The venerable downtown office building of the Hardwick Gazette may soon have a new life as a community center. This headline and others from Vermont media today.
Flemming: VT business climate ranks low
If you believe CNBC, Vermont ranks 31st in business climate among the 50 states. But if you believe the Tax Foundation instead…..