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        "uri": "/2013/11/25/vermont-health-official-apologizes-for-security-co/",
        "title": "Vermont health official apologizes for security comment",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "November 25, 2013",
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        "summary": "The state official overseeing the Vermont Health Connect health insurance exchange has apologized for not being fully candid when a legislator asked him during a committee hearing if there had been security breaches on the website.",
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        "uri": "/2013/07/09/vermont-announces-exchange-rates/",
        "title": "Vermont announces exchange rates",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "July 09, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Vermont regulators on Monday announced monthly rates for health insurance to be sold under Vermont Health Connect, the health insurance exchange being set up to comply with the federal Affordable Care Act.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/06/07/unions-compete-to-organize-under-new-vermont-law/",
        "title": "Unions compete to organize under new Vermont law",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "June 07, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "Two national unions competing to organize Vermont home care workers under a new state law took their fight before the state Labor Relations Board on Thursday, with one pushing for a quick union vote and the other urging caution.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/03/08/vermont-uninsured-drop-nearly-a-third-in-seven-yea/",
        "title": "Vermont uninsured drop nearly a third in seven years",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "March 08, 2013",
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        "summary": "A new survey by the state of Vermont finds the number of residents without health insurance has dropped by nearly a third in the past seven years, mainly due to growth in government programs.",
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        "uri": "/2013/02/21/vermont-house-panel-advances-soda-tax/",
        "title": "Vermont House panel advances soda tax",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "February 21, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "A Vermont House committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation calling for a penny-an-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/01/25/vermont-governor-wants-more-time-on-health-plan/",
        "title": "Vermont governor wants more time on health plan",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "January 25, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "After two years of pressure to say how it was going to pay for its single-payer health care plan, Gov. Peter Shumlins administration on Thursday released a new accounting of what Vermont's universal health care system might cost, but left for later how it would be paid for.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/01/03/vermont-governor-urges-pension-reform/",
        "title": "Vermont governor urges pension reform",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "January 03, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Top Vermont elected officials called Wednesday for legislation that would allow the state's public retirement funds to recoup money from employees convicted of fraud or embezzlement against a public agency.",
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      },
      {
        "uri": "/2012/06/08/vermont-court-time-off-doesnt-accrue-during-leave/",
        "title": "Vermont court: Time off doesn't accrue during leave",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "June 08, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday against a state Transportation Agency employee who argued she should have accrued paid vacation and sick time during her 2007 maternity leave.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/02/23/vermont-governor-defends-health-care-exchange/",
        "title": "Vermont governor defends health care exchange",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "February 23, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "With the Vermont House poised to debate the next big step on the road to what Gov. Peter Shumlin hopes will be single-payer health care, the governor on Wednesday defended his proposed requirement that employees of small businesses get health insurance through a state-backed insurance market known as a health...",
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      {
        "uri": "/2012/02/02/vt-employers-offer-range-of-views-on-health-care/",
        "title": "Vt. employers offer range of views on health care",
        "byline": "Dave Gram",
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        "prettyDate": "February 02, 2012",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Vermont employers offered a range of views Wednesday to lawmakers on the future of the state's health care reform, but most of those testifying at a public hearing appeared to favor a go-slow approach.",
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