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Vaccination refusal rate among prisoners holds steady amid differing views
Syringes of COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for injection at Central Vermont Medical Center on Dec. 16, 2020.
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Steve Kinney, an imprisoned Vermont, took the COVID-19 vaccination shot and said he felt fine after.
Zachary Butts, who is also incarcerated, has not taken the shot, citing a distrust of the corrections system and a desire for more information, according to his fiancee Heather Bailey.
The two men are among more than 1,200 Vermont incarcerated individuals who have been offered the vaccine across the state’s correctional system, which is currently reporting a refusal rate of 34% (810 people who have gotten the shot; 421 have declined).
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Vermont attorneys say it could take two years to get caught up with cases once courts re-open
Attorneys anticipate courts could re-open this summer Share Updated: 6:44 PM EDT Apr 16, 2021
Attorneys anticipate courts could re-open this summer Share Updated: 6:44 PM EDT Apr 16, 2021
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Show Transcript NOT áYEARS OF WORK TO RESOLVE CASES THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING TO GO BEFORE A JUDGE. AT COURT HOUSES ACROSS THE STATE OF VERMONT. COURTROOMS ARE EMPTY. MOST ATTORNEYS ARE WORKING REMOTELY. AND THE HEARINGS THAT áCAN TAKE PLACE. ARE HAPPENING VIRTUALLY. IT S BEEN A YEAR OF TRANSITION FOR ATTORNEYS WHO ARE ANXIOUS. AND I MEAN áANXIOUS. TO GET BACK INTO THE COURTROOM.
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The high drama might be over for a while, but pension reform remains a high priority in the Legislature.
This week, the House Government Operations Committee is considering a new draft proposal to expand the membership of the Vermont Pension Investment Committee (VPIC) and establish a task force to study possible solutions to the stateâs thorny unfunded pension liability problem.
This is the other shoe from House leadershipâs decision two weeks ago, under pressure from state employee unions, to focus on governance now and study the solutions to unfunded liability over the summer. The unions had widely panned the initial proposal for reform as forcing them to work longer, pay more, and get less.