Vermont House's tax cut binge ends with hangover
The Vermont House halted its week of tax cutting with potential reforms facing Senate approval and Gov. Snelling's signature. If enacted, old age assistance tax would disappear, sales tax rebates expand, poll tax options return, and the three percent energy tax could be lifted. Appropriations face about $10 million less over two years, shaping budget deliberations and triggering clashes between Ways and Means and Appropriations.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Senate
Richard Snelling
House
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations
Madeleine Kunin
Burlington
Ways and Means Committee
Deane Davis
Ways and Means
Peter Giuliani
R-Montpelier
Giuliani
Snelling
Druggists dispute state payment plan in Vermont
Vermont druggists call plan to cut back prescription assistance for the poor a threat to Medicaid for those on the program. The Snelling plan would limit the Social Welfare Department subsidy, charge 50 cents per prescription, and halt Medicaid payments for nonprescription drugs, pending legislative approval. John Nadeau of the Vermont Pharmaceutical Association warns current Medicaid recipients could be denied prescriptions if they cannot pay the fee.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Richard Snelling
Vermont Pharmaceutical Association
John Nadeau
Pharmacists’ Organization
McClaughry Named to Conservative Shadow Cabinet
Former state legislator John McClaughry of Kirby is named in a conservative shadow cabinet to oppose and offer alternatives to President Carter. He is listed as alternative secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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Kirby
UPI
John McClaughry
Carter
McClaughry
Housing and Urban Development
EPA rejects plea to use wood heat in plant conversion
The EPA denied Ethan Allen Furniture Corp request to switch Beecher Falls plant to wood heat claiming air quality standards would be violated and no federal waivers exist. Plant officials cited fuel oil savings of 80k to 100k gallons. state official Martin Johnson supported a 60 day period.
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Beecher Falls
UPI
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ethan Allen Furniture Corp
EPA
Martin Johnson
Hospital housekeeping reverses its direction
Paul A. Johnson, 44, director of environmental services at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington, argues institutional housekeeping hinges on management of people and supplies. He notes housekeeping now includes laundry and sterile supply, and urges institutions to hire certified directors while emphasizing business management skills alongside specific housekeeping techniques.
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Paul A. Johnson
Johnson
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Worcester
Mass
Southern Vermont College
Putnam
Vermont
National Executive Housekeepers Associations Inc
NEHA
Budson Valley Community College
Troy
N.Y
Hudson Valley Community College
Navy
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Kennington
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