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Jeremy R. Baker: Expressing our disappointment in the failure of S.304 to pass the House
This legislation aimed to establish a cohesive system that would bridge academics with career and technical education. Read the story on VTDigger here: Jeremy R. Baker: Expressing our disappointment in the failure of S.304 to pass the House.
Vermont is planning for a new women’s prison. Critics say it’s too big.
Vermont’s only women’s prison, Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington, is half a century old and in terrible shape. The state has set aside millions for a new facility, but construction is years away. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont is planning for a new women’s prison. Critics say it’s too big..
Vermont Legislature passes one of the strongest data privacy measures in the country
The Democrat-controlled Vermont legislature has passed one of the strongest data privacy measures in the country aimed at cracking down on companies’ use of online personal data, which would let consumers file civil lawsuits against companies that break certain privacy rules. However, Republican Gov. Phil Scott has concerns about how part of the legislation could affect small businesses. He hasn’t seen the final bill that passed early Saturday before the Legislature adjourned. He will make a decision once he’s had a chance to review it, his spokesperson Jason Maulucci said Tuesday. The bill prohibits the sale of sensitive data, such as social security and drivers’ license numbers, financial or health information. It also sets meaningful limits on the amount of personal data that companies can collect and use, according to the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center based in Washington, D.C. More than a dozen states have comprehensive data privacy laws. Vermont’s is “among the strongest, if not the strongest” in the country, said Caitriona Fitzgerald, deputy director of EPIC.
Welcome to Maple Mountain Homestead
Join us at Maple Mountain Homestead, where a New York City native and a suburbanite from New Jersey have rewritten their lives by homesteading on a beautiful mountainside in Vermont. Read the story on VTDigger here: Welcome to Maple Mountain Homestead.
‘Darkness & Light,’ a live concert performance by Upper Valley Voices, formerly Thetford Chamber Singers, held in Strafford this Sunday
Sunday, May 19, at 7 p.m.—STRAFFORD—The Upper Valley Voices (formerly the Thetford Chamber Singers) is holding a May concert at United Church of Strafford, 232 Justin Morrill Memorial Hwy, Strafford. It will be an evening of music that addresses the darkness of our times and offers a call to manifest our own healing light.
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