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Paul Dame: VT Democrats took FTX fraud money

Balint and Welch aren’t the only Vermonters who received cash from the crypto conman. An FEC report confirms that the Vermont Democrat Party also took in $9,753.21 from Bankman-Fried on Aug. 31. Dozens of other Democrat State Parties received similar figures that look like one hefty processing fee short of the $10,000 limit.

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McClaughry: The heating oil price crunch

The price of heating oil, a fuel most commonly used in New England to heat homes, has gone up by 65% since October 2021. Meanwhile, the voters of Vermont just elected a legislature two-thirds of whose members can hardly wait to pass a clean heat standard to drive up the cost of home and business heating fuel.