Red Flags Preceded Fraud Allegations at Jay Peak
Vermont joins SEC fraud charges against a business it did little to oversee. (Boston Globe)
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Vermont Police Are Rarely De-Certified, Even For Crimes And Misconduct
Shy of a felony conviction, it’s really hard to lose your badge in Vermont. (Vermont Public Radio)
Mapping Education Reform in Vermont
This real-time map shows the current status of 250+ school districts undergoing consolidation.
Traffic-Stop Race Data Remain Elusive in Vermont
Vermont police must record the race of every driver they pull over. So, where’s the data? (Seven Days)
Delays and Debt Plague Vermont’s $1B+ IT Upgrades
Backlog of IT upgrades reaches $1 billion as state pays off obsolete technology. (Vermont Public Radio)
Mixed Signals for Airport Funding And Timeline
At the Northeast Kingdom International Airport, flights remain domestic and developers are pressed for time.
Vermont’s Lake Champlain Cleanup Plan, Explained
435 square miles of lake, 630 metric tons of phosphorus and one controversial plan to clean it up.
Growing a ‘Startup Ecosystem’ on Two Wheels
A roving band of entrepreneurs sets out to do for economic development what the public sector can’t.
Lagging Health Insurance Exchange Glitches Leave Major Medicaid Improvements in Limbo
The fate of Vermont’s online health insurance exchange will be determined by whether or not a new contractor meets a series of deadlines this fall for improved functionality. But it turns out a lot more than just Vermont Health Connect is riding on those deadlines. Other major health care IT projects are sitting in limbo indefinitely, until state resources now consumed by fixing Vermont Health Connect get freed up.
Huge Money, Small Oversight: State IT Spending In Vermont
The state of Vermont doesn’t track what it spends on information technology, so we did it ourselves.