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Average VA home loan amount in Vermont falls in Q1
Green Mountain Times - Vermont
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June 29, 2025
The average VA home loan amount in Vermont during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025 was $351,424, a 4% decrease from the previous quarter, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.Vermont's average VA loan amount during the...
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New York Post
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July 6, 2025
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. The 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup will come down to USA vs. Mexico on Sunday. The United...
Vermont Conversation: ‘This is about white supremacy’ – Rep. Becca Balint on fighting the Trump administration
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 25, 2025
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, speaks about small donation campaign finance reform legislation she is sponsoring at a press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on June 18, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont...
Vermont pauses electric car mandate rollout
Green Mountain Times - Vermont
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June 25, 2025
CBT News has reported that Vermont has temporarily halted the implementation of its electric vehicle (EV) mandate. This decision follows the state's inability to meet the targeted zero-emission vehicle sales percentages set under California's...
The surprising shifts climate change is bringing to Vermont farms: rice paddies, peaches and saffron
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 29, 2025
Newbury farmer Jette Mandl-Abramson holds a mason jar of cured saffron in 2025. File photo by Spencer Robb/CNS Maeve Fairfax is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling...
Vermont Treasurer announces additional funding for housing and economic development
WFFF - Vermont
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June 24, 2025
VERGENNES, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – In April 2023, Vermont Treasurer Mike Pieciak announced the expansion of the 10% in VT program. Since then, it has invested more than $100 million in housing, economic development and municipal flood recovery. $84...
Vermont Battery Company Powers Shelburne Museum Concerts
Seven Days - Vermont
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June 25, 2025
Powering a rock show requires a lot of electricity. Normally, it comes from diesel generators, which have a large carbon footprint and leave a nasty smell in the air. But this summer, Shelburne Museum is using a Vermont battery company to provide...
Vermont Superior Court Superior Court Civil Division Franklin Unit Docket No: Pending
Seven Days - Vermont
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June 25, 2025
IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF MARGARET CASTLE VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR ABANDONMENT PURSUANT TO 10 V.S.A. 6249i (Uninhabitable) NOW COMES Plaintiff SMHP, LLC by and through counsel Steven J. Kantor, and hereby makes this complaint: 1. Plaintiff,...
Vermont banned plastic bags in 2020. How has that worked out?
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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A 2020 Vermont law banning plastic bags in businesses resulted in a 91% drop in their use. Paper bag use saw a minor 6% increase, suggesting the 10-cent fee didn't deter consumers. Approximately 70% of surveyed Vermonters viewed the plastic bag...
Vermont Enacts Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
JD Supra - California
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June 24, 2025
On June 12, 2025, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), which will impose a range of obligations on businesses that offer online products, services, or features likely to be accessed by children...
Vermont Public braces for cuts as Congress considers Trump’s ask to slash public media funding nationwide
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 24, 2025
Mary Angisch, the local radio host of All Things Considered, works in the news studio at Vermont Public in Colchester on Monday, June 23. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont’s joint NPR and PBS station, Vermont Public, stands to lose about 10%...
Government wants to execute Teresa Youngblut after Vermont shooting that killed border agent, her lawyer says
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The government holds Youngblut responsible in the death of a US border agent and for that, her lawyer disclosed on Tuesday, the government wants to execute her. At 21, Youngblut is the youngest and probably most unlikely known member of what...
Man admits to concealing evidence in 2023 killings of men from Pittsfield and Chicopee in Vermont
The Berkshire Eagle - Massachusetts
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June 28, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A man has admitted that he failed to report the 2023 fatal shootings of two men from Pittsfield and Chicopee and concealed evidence, court records say. Dilan D. Jiron, 28, has signed a plea agreement in which he said he aided the...
California has biggest state economy in the US. How does Mississippi rank?
The Clarion Ledger - Mississippi
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Massachusetts has the best economy in the U.S., according to WalletHub's ranking. California has the largest state economy by GDP, while Vermont has the smallest. WalletHub's rankings consider factors like unemployment, GDP growth, and innovation...
Internal communications reveal Vermont prisons’ frustrations working with ICE
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 28, 2025
Greg Hale didn’t understand why border patrol officers from Maine were showing up at the prison he oversees in St. Albans town. He was used to federal immigration authorities bringing detainees in from Vermont’s northern border. But this signaled...
Vermont’s Copley Hospital decides to close birthing center
Valley News - New Hampshire
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June 24, 2025
Copley Hospital will close its birthing center, the hospital announced in a news release late Friday afternoon, though no specific closure date was given. Copley’s Women’s Center will remain open, and pre- and postpartum care will continue to be...
What the Red Sox might do as the trade deadline approaches, and other thoughts
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The Red Sox: Given their issues with pitching and defense, there’s little reason to believe the Sox could succeed in the postseason if they were to grab a wild-card spot. Even if Alex Bregman provides a boost once he’s healthy, the lineup is...
Village Roofs Shingled with Vermont Slate
The Hinesburg Record - Vermont
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June 28, 2025
By Roger Donegan As a crow flies low over Hinesburg Village it pans the rooftops in town center, including Town Hall, which structures are prudently protected from the elements of the four seasons by expanses of sheet metal, synthetic asphalt and...
'We’re on a mission to do good': Burgeoning Vt. business led by former Unilever exec
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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WILLISTON — Robert M. Phillips has always been proud of his father’s side of the family. He carried the Phillips name to top jobs at Chesebrough-Ponds and Unilever and spent decades overseeing some very large personal-care soap and lotion brands....
Chen: SOS for public health in Vermont
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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We Vermonters pride ourselves on Vermont’s being one of the healthiest states in the country. In 2024, Vermont ranked second in the widely respected United Health Foundation’s rankings and, in recent years, has been among the top five. Our...