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Why health care costs are driving education spending through the roof. Read the story on VTDigger here: Flor Diaz Smith: You don’t balance a budget by ignoring the biggest expense.

Melissa Bounty. Photo courtesy of Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation " data-image-caption="Melissa Bounty. Photo courtesy of Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation " data-medium-file="https://vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Melissa-Bounty-CVEDC-1-300x214.jpg" data-large-file="https://vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Melissa-Bounty-CVEDC-1-1200x857.jpg" /> Melissa Bounty was charged with stealing more than $70,000 from the Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation to pay for personal expenses, such as buying meals at restaurants and renting luxury vehicles. Read the story on VTDigger here: Economic development leader denies embezzling as court records reveal new details of probe .

People who are unhoused line up to be admitted to a temporary shelter in Burlington on Monday, March 18, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger " data-medium-file="https://vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/homeless-shelter-2-20240318-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/homeless-shelter-2-20240318-1200x799.jpg" /> We made a map of shelter locations with information on how to use them. Read the story on VTDigger here: Here’s where Vermont shelters are opening to help in extreme cold.

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