Alison Novak
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New Poll Shows Janoo With Narrow Lead Over Incumbent Gov. Scott | Seven Days (opens the original)
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A new poll released on Thursday found that Democrat Amanda Janoo has a narrow lead over Vermont Gov. Phil Scott with just over five weeks to go before Election Day. In the Green Mountain State Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, 49 percent of likely general election voters backed Janoo, compared with 43 for Scott. Another 6 percent were undecided and 2 percent favored a different candidate. The survey’s margin of error is 3.4 percent. Because the result is within the
Barre Will Try to Pass a School Budget for the Third Time | Seven Days (opens the original)
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Barre Unified Union School District has found itself in an unenviable position this fall: It is the only district in Vermont that has yet to pass a budget for this school year — which began August 26. Voters in Barre City and Barre Town will go to the polls for the third time on Tuesday, September 15, to weigh in on the latest iteration of the spending plan. If the budget fails, the district will be forced to pile up debt under a state statute that allows districts without an approved budget to
'Do Not Slow Down' on Ed Reform, Gov Tells School Leaders | Seven Days (opens the original)
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Gov. Phil Scott made his stance on education reform clear last month in a back-to-school letter he sent to superintendents, school board chairs and other educational leaders: They should be moving full steam ahead. “Do not slow down” when it comes to school-district mergers, he wrote in the August 19 missive. “We have already waited too long.” “Every year of delay means another year of unequal opportunities for students, another tax increase that families can’t afford, and another round of hapha
Community College of Vermont Is Thriving Despite Headwinds | Seven Days (opens the original)
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The purpose was part welcome, part pep talk. Joyce Judy, president of Community College of Vermont, greeted about 50 high school students and their parents on August 25, offering words of wisdom and encouragement: Don’t fret too much about the semester ahead. Take it one assignment at a time. Later, the teens dug into ice cream and broke into groups for tours of the school. These were not ordinary high school students on a college visit — they were entering the state’s only community college as
Vermont to Receive $92.7 Million in Settlement With Meta | Seven Days (opens the original)
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Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark on Wednesday announced that the state will receive a $92.7 million payout from tech giant Meta. The deal, which represents the largest single-company settlement in Vermont history, stems from a 2023 lawsuit alleging that the company knowingly put children in harm’s way through its “addictive” Instagram app and other social media platforms. The state settlement is part of a larger one that will require Meta to pay at least $12.2 billion — and up to $17.1 bil
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