Editorial: Feds target Vermont for fraud within its Medicaid programs

Vermont is one of 10 states recently targeted by a GOP-controlled U.S. House Committee that allegedly aims to eradicate fraud in the state’s Medicaid program. It’s mostly bogus.

Residents of Addison County’s largest and smallest school districts approved their fiscal year 2027 public education budgets on Tuesday. But two school budgets on the southern end of the country did not pass.

Trump’s haphazard policy of chaos works for some MAGA supporters who have accepted his role as supreme leader. For everyone else, there’s reality.

In Tuesday voting, Leicester residents approved the town budget 132-35. The $830,200 spending plan represents an increase of just less than $5,000, or 1%, from the current fiscal year.

“Americans who prefer a fact-based reality supported by a law-based society view the president’s speech and actions as debasing America’s core values.”

“Jackson often spoke of the power of unity and of bringing the American people together to overcome the nation’s biggest problems.”

“[A local option tax] can help Bristol residents afford improvements to the town that property taxes alone can’t accommodate.”

Recent changes by the U.S. Postal Service means that from now on most mail — including your local newspaper — will be delayed by up to a full day, according to local postal officials.

“[Legislators] would be wise to also reconsider how to protect Vermonters in the near-certain event that ICE and CBP officers initiate an immigration sweep through the state.”

“Make no mistake that Pretti’s killing, like Good’s, was cold-blooded murder by ICE agents encouraged to use excessive force without fear of retribution.”

“As Trump plays the role of Mad King in Davos, America stands embarrassed and belittled.”

“By being prepared, Vermonters can hopefully avoid the worst of ICE’s tendency to use excessive force in what are often illegal ways, while offering support to a valued part of our communities.”

After a dozen years of publishing Vermont Sports Magazine, Addison Press Inc. has sold the publication and its digital properties to a New York publisher.

Last year, Phil Scott took the lead on education reform and he spent his address on Wednesday championing that reform. But he tells a partial story.

Trump is not the most productive president in his first year; the more accurate claim is he’s done the most damage any president ever has. In one realm — mayhem — he’s a leader.