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Clark spells way to state bee trophy

Posted on March 21, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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COLCHESTER — For Meigan Clark of Middlebury, victory was “scurrilous” last Wednesday evening.

There was nothing “low” or “coarse” about the win, though — the sixth-grader at Mary Hogan Elementary edged past 41 other spellers to take the trophy in the Vermont state spelling bee. And she’ll go on to represent the state at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., this June.

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Insider pans health insurance sector

 

BURLINGTON — Wendell Potter might be considered the health insurance industry’s enemy number one.

After leaving his executive position at the insurance giant Cigna in 2008, he has fought relentlessly for equitable U.S. health care reform. Addressing Capitol Hill, often featured in the national media and authoring the recent book “Deadly Spin,” Potter is on the warpath to bring the health insurance industry’s most backhanded motives into the spotlight.

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Obama move could boost state's health care efforts

Posted on March 3, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the major blockades to Vermont single-payer health care reform fell last week when President Obama endorsed a bill by the Vermont Congressional delegation to alter the waiver date in the federal Affordable Care Act.

The law currently prohibits waivers from federal reform requirements until 2017, but the president has agreed to support an earlier waiver date that will allow Vermont to implement a single-payer plan in 2014.

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Big farmers concerned over regulation

Posted on February 28, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



 

MONTPELIER — A recent flurry of enthusiasm for small, diversified farming operations in the state has left some farmers feeling left out in the cold.

That was the main message a group of Addison County farmers gave to legislators when they traveled to the Statehouse last Wednesday.

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State puts raw-milk classes on hold

Posted on February 21, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



MONTPELIER — Two years ago, dairy farmers and advocacy groups across the state celebrated a victory when the state passed Act 62, the Raw Milk Bill, allowing farmers to sell small amounts of raw milk directly to consumers.

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Rep. Clark recovering from heart attack

Posted on February 17, 2011 |
By John Flowers



MONTPELIER — Rep. Greg Clark, R-Vergennes was recovering well on Wednesday from surgery just hours after suffering what his wife, Eileen, called a “major heart attack” at his hotel in Montpelier on Tuesday evening.

“He sounded like his old self today,” Eileen Clark said during a brief phone conversation on Wednesday as the Addison Independent went to press.

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Independent named among best papers in New England

BOSTON — The Addison County Independent won nine awards — including the top award for publications its size — at the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s annual competition held in Boston this past weekend. The Independent’s sister paper, the Brandon Reporter, also earned two awards, including a first-place nod.

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Key local lawmakers give high marks to Hsiao report

Posted on January 24, 2011 |
By John Flowers



 

MONTPELIER — Two Addison County lawmakers who will play prominent roles in the state’s health care reform debate this biennium are praising a recently released study advocating for a single-payer insurance system for Vermont.

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Dairy farmers await court decision

Posted on January 20, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County dairy farmers may stand to receive some cold, hard cash, pending the U.S. District Court of Vermont’s approval of a settlement agreement submitted in late December.

The Dean Foods Company and representative dairy farmers are waiting for court approval on a $30 million settlement that the two parties signed last month, which would conclude one part of a months-long class-action suit that accused three companies of price-fixing and illegal monopolizing of the Northeast dairy market.

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Vt. Farm Bureau sets legislative priorities

Posted on January 20, 2011 |
By Andrea Suozzo



MONTPELIER — Members of the Vermont Farm Bureau meeting last week in Montpelier to outline their five legislative priorities for the 2011 sessions, said they are looking to a new governor and a refreshed legislature to address the most pressing agricultural issues in the state.

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