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December 2011 Update

Posted by sarah on December 28, 2011 at 4:28 pm

In this issue:

– Pressure on the property tax
– Toward more effective government
– People first
– Weigh in on health care reform
– The rich get richer, the poor colder

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October 2011 Update

Posted by sarah on October 17, 2011 at 12:28 pm

In this issue:

– Vermont’s 99 Percent
– After the Deluge, Fresh Thinking
– Hogan Joins Health Care Board
– The Middle Falls Further Behind
– Jobs, Jobs, Who’ll Create the Jobs?

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August 2011 Update

Posted by sarah on August 26, 2011 at 8:05 am

In this issue:

– Talking About the Middle Class
– A Double-Dip Recession?
– The Rich Stay Put
– Let’s Level with Vermonters
– Your Tax Dollars at Work

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June 2011 Update

Posted by sarah on June 30, 2011 at 3:32 pm

In this issue:

– First Steps for Universal Health Care
– Spring Rained on Hope for Jobs
– Coming to a Town Near You
– High Taxes Don’t Kill Jobs
– With Revenue Increasing, Reconsider the Cuts

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April 2011 Update

Posted by sarah on April 22, 2011 at 8:00 am

Update April 2011

In this issue:
– Tax Flight? Forget About It
– One Budget, Two Big Problems
– Mixed News For Working Vermonters
– No Tax Reform This Year
– A Third Way to Tackle the Federal Deficit

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February 2011 Update

Posted by sarah on February 18, 2011 at 7:55 am

In this issue:

– Federal Tax Cuts Could Help Balance Vermont’s Budget
– A Solid Start for Tax Reform
– Digging Out from Recession, But Still in a Hole
– Shumlin Budget: Good News and Bad News
– Hogan Joins Public Assets Board

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December 2010 Update

Posted by sarah on December 23, 2010 at 8:16 am

In this issue:

– Workers’ pockets get a bit fuller
– Lots more pre-K for little more investment
– Vermont scores high in Quality of Life . . .
– . . . and nearly flunks in Transparency
– Tax commission tees up reform

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October 2010 Update

Posted by sarah on October 27, 2010 at 2:19 pm

In this issue:
– Education spending: What’s true?
– You say my income taxes aren’t the highest?
– Money or people?
– So where are the jobs?
– Recommitting to Vermont: Seizing the Opportunity

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September 2010 Update

Posted by sarah on September 9, 2010 at 1:42 pm

In this issue:
– Register Early: September 30 Conference
– Rethinking Taxes
– Public Investment is Key to Economic Development
– A (Slightly) Brighter Future for Revenue
– Farewell and Hello, Summer Speaking Tour

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June 2010 Update

Posted by sarah on June 29, 2010 at 5:00 pm

In this issue:
– There Will Be A Lot At Stake In Vermont’s Next Budget
– Read the Census Data Warning Labels
– Early Word: Health Care Reform Will Insure More Vermonters
– Who Doesn’t Raise Taxes in an Election Year?
– Fun With Data

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April 2010 Update

Posted by sarah on April 26, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Update April 2010

In this issue:
– Confused About the State Budget?
– Former Officials Decry Cuts in Human Services
– Tax Me More!
– Don’t Make Education Funding More Complicated and Less Fair

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February 2010 Update

Posted by sarah on February 18, 2010 at 4:21 pm

In this issue:
– Income Still Migrates Toward Vermont
– Back of the Envelope
– The Real Education Crisis
– All The Budget Numbers Fit to Print

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December 2009 Update

Posted by sarah on December 18, 2009 at 11:13 am

In this issue:

– Signs of the Times: Longer Unemployment, More Food Stamps
– Vermont Taxes Are Not So Progressive After All
– Bait and Switch at the Education Fund
– It’s Time for More Revenue

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October 2009 Update

Posted by sarah on October 29, 2009 at 4:14 pm

In this issue:

– State of Working Vermont 2009
– The Word on Jobs: Huh?
– Facts To Action: 2009 Conference
– A More Thoughtful Policy Approach

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August 2009 Update

Posted by sarah on August 13, 2009 at 5:00 pm

In this issue:

- A Broader Picture on Jobs
- More Budget Information, Please
- Vermont Stimulus Website Flunks Its First Review
- Modernize the Sales Tax: Look to Services
- Strange Bedfellows Launch New Project

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June 2009 Update

Posted by sarah on June 29, 2009 at 11:07 am

In this issue:

– FL vs VT: A Tax Case Study
– Budget Wrap-Up
– Unemployment Benefits for the 21st Century
– If Costs Must Shift, Less is Better

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April 2009 Update

Posted by sarah on April 15, 2009 at 1:22 pm

In this issue:
– It’s Tax (Break) Time
– Close the Capital Gains Loophole
– Economic Development: Same Old Same Old
– Watchdogging the Stimulus Dollars
– 21st-Century Help for the Jobless

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February 2009 Update

Posted by sarah on February 26, 2009 at 10:50 pm

In this issue:
– Medicaid Math
– The Stimulus Should Stimulate Long-Range Thinking
– Vermont’s 2008 Job Losses: Twice as Bad as Estimated
– School Funding Ain’t Broke—So Why the Call to Fix It?
– Some States are Increasing Joblessness

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December 2008 Update

Posted by sarah on December 31, 2008 at 10:19 am

In this issue:
– The State of Working Vermont 2008
– Vermont and Obama Health Care Reform
– To Face This Recession, Learn from History
– Federal Money Will Help Close the Budget Gap
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October 2008 Update

Posted by sarah on October 28, 2008 at 10:27 am

In this issue:

– New Residents Come With Higher Incomes
– Even Lower Revenues?
– Medicaid Woes Highlight The Budget’s Pre-Existing Condition
– Johnston Headlines a Timely Conference

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August 2008 Update

Posted by sarah on September 16, 2008 at 10:54 am

In this issue:
– The Government’s Energy Bills Are Rising, Too
– Gas Tax: It’s Not About the Money
– 2009 Budget Gap Points to Long-Term Problems
– Vermonters Still Digging Out from the Last Recession
– Conference 2008

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June 2008 Update

Posted by sarah on September 16, 2008 at 10:52 am

In this issue:
– On Health Care Reform, Don’t Study. Act
– The 2009 Budget: Priorities and Problems
– No New Taxes, but…
– What Are We Paying to Create Jobs?

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May 2008 Update

Posted by rob on May 2, 2008 at 6:35 am

In this issue:
– A Slow Economy Needs New Demand Now
– Costs Are Up — Compared to What?
– ‘Service Impact Statements’ Would Reveal the Stakes
– Rich and Poor: Pulling Apart

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March 2008 Update

Posted by rob on March 13, 2008 at 6:37 am

In this issue:
– Yes, There’s a Projected Deficit. Now What?
– Act 60 Lived Up to Hopes, Not Fears
– A Better-Informed Public in Four Easy Steps
– Bush’s Budget Would Cut Deep in Vermont

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December 2007 Update

Posted by rob on December 27, 2007 at 6:38 am

In this issue:
– Public Budgeting Project
– Time for a More Timely Budget
– Education Spending Growth Already Slowing
– Choices for Vermont

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October 2007 Update

Posted by rob on October 16, 2007 at 6:39 am

In this issue:
– Choices for Vermont Conference October 23
– Vermont Taxes Progressively, New Study Finds
– More CFED Troubles
– Jack Hoffman: New PAI Hire

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August 2007 Update

Posted by rob on August 8, 2007 at 6:40 am

In this issue:
– Food Stamp Anniversary
– Economic Development Shake Up
– Household Affordability Study
– Vermont’s Public Structures Spotlight
– Child Poverty in Vermont?

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April 2007 Update

Posted by rob on April 5, 2007 at 6:42 am

In this issue:
– Welcome
– Governor Misses the Mark on Affordability
– Economic Development: What’s Ahead?
– President Bush’s 2008 Budget Hits Vermont Hard
– Op-Ed: School-financing law is working

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