Water Cooler – food stamps benefit hike permanent / controversial Covid-19 theories published / Cops seize guns after raiding home

By Guy Page on August 17, 2021

Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.

Publication	Headline	Published
NBC 5	USDA is permanently boosting food stamp benefits	8/16/2021 9:02 AM
WCAX	Vermont market closed by COVID reopens	8/16/2021 6:10 PM
WCAX	Stowe Resort parking plan put on pause	8/16/2021 6:08 PM
WCAX	Burlington set high low-temperature records last week	8/16/2021 6:21 PM
VT Digger	Book Notes: White River Junction publisher pushing Covid-19 conspiracy theories	8/16/2021 6:47 PM
VT Digger	Brandon man in custody on firearms charge following police raid on his home	8/16/2021 7:11 PM
VT Digger	Black Vermonters hardest hit by Covid-19, new data shows	8/16/2021 7:46 PM
Seven Days	Vermont Fails to Protect Bats from Pesticides, Suit Claims	8/16/2021 7:24 PM
VT Digger	5 things every Vermonter should know about how the state regulates hospital spending	8/16/2021 9:23 PM
VT Digger	Cases are surging. Should remote learning be back on the table?	8/16/2021 8:59 PM
VT Digger	Vermont delegation stands by Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan	8/16/2021 10:05 PM
WCAX	More than a dozen possible sites identified for Burlington High School	8/16/2021 11:31 PM
Seven Days	Business Leaders Press the White House to Let Canadians Cross the Border	8/16/2021 11:59 PM
Seven Days	New Law Helps Vermont’s Early Childhood Educators Advance	8/16/2021 11:56 PM
WCAX	Vermont organization prepares to help Haiti after devastating earthquake	8/17/2021 1:03 AM
WCAX	Vermont organization to help Haiti after earthquake	8/17/2021 6:06 AM
WCAX	Essex Jct. Fire Department rescues dog from couch	8/17/2021 7:00 AM
NBC 5	US experts expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters at 8 months	8/17/2021 6:58 AM