Rebecca Holcombe
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Community Forum: Info giveaway hurts Vermont
The Trump administration ordered states to turn over sensitive personal and financial data from Americans who use SNAP. Gov. Phil Scott handed over the data — without the…
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Community Forum: Affordability needs a new approach
Vermonters are suffering from unsustainable increases in the cost of everything from property taxes to healthcare. Too many people are working hard and stretching social security checks, but…
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Community Forum: Scott isn’t offering solutions
It’s Groundhog Day. Gov. Scott vetoed the yield bill, again leaving Vermont school districts adrift. The reason: all the school budgets voters approved add up to more than…
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What’s good for kids in public schools is good for them in taxpayer-funded private schools
Based on a UVM study, the Vermont legislature is updating the education funding formula so districts that serve more disadvantaged students have the ability to raise the revenues…
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In education, what does ‘local control’ mean?
Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan to…
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Letter to the editor: Holcombe is the best choice for governor
We will be voting for Rebecca Holcombe in the Democratic primary for governor. Rebecca is best known for her role as Vermont’s Secretary of Education, where she became…
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Holcombe sets sights on governor’s office
MIDDLEBURY — Just two years ago, Rebecca Holcombe was working for Gov. Phil Scott as Vermont’s Secretary of Education. She’s now campaigning to succeed him as the state’s…