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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth said he was open to revisiting what information senators are asked to disclose on their ethics forms. “I think it’s fair to say, in part because of your reporting, we’ll be discussing this and trying to figure out if the way we’re doing it makes sense,” he said.
Their recommendations, presented to the Senate Government Operations Committee, include whistleblower protections, limits on bonuses and an oversight commission.
While concerns about the bird flu have hit the state, regional farms maintain that inflation is a significant force behind the steep prices in grocery aisles.
A Burlington program is using grocery trolleys to remind residents that, for many of them, a grocery store is less than a mile away.