Less than a month after the largest federal health care fraud sting in American history, details of the operation show how massive the problem is. As part of the operation, more than 600 people were charged with committing more than $2 billion in fraud and taxpayer theft.
One of the green energy companies tied to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) received billions in government-backed loans before laying off thousands during the early part of the Obama administration.
In a primary election forum hosted on Wednesday by Town Meeting TV, Republican Gov. Phil Scott debated North Springfield resident Keith Stern about Vermont issues in the race for governor.
In this State Headliners, a candidate for U.S. House slams Planned Parenthood, the suspect in Vermont’s largest mass homicide was high on marijuana, and the best social program is a wedding ring.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was not named in the White House’s Monday announcement that it was considering revoking six former national security officials’ security clearances, a 33-year special forces veteran noticed.
“More blacks have come from Africa to the United States willingly [and] voluntarily than came as slaves,” he said in his remarks at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium. “Why would they come to a racist country? They want to come here because they know how well they will be treated.”
Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned in May, but his climate probe into Exxon has not slowed as the oil company continues to fork over documents related to the case.
“[There are] one or two people out in the community that are not for it, and I think it’s probably from an anti-gun standpoint, really,” Lee County School Board member Rob Hines said.
Attorney General TJ Donovan, Bernie Sanders and other left-leaning voices are panicking over the prospect of another Trump judicial appointee landing on the U.S. Supreme Court, and are using the hot-button issue of abortion to rally opposition.
In separate sit-down interviews with Brattleboro Community TV, Vermont gubernatorial candidates Keith Stern, a Republican, and James Ehlers, a Democrat, explain why they are running for governor and offer different visions for the Green Mountain State.
In a primary election forum hosted on Monday by Town Meeting TV, Republicans H. Brooke Paige and Anya Tynio discussed Vermont issues and explained why they’re running for representative to Congress in a bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Peter Welch.
The rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would eliminate states’ ability to divert part of Medicaid payments from providers to a third party. Home caregivers are often relatives or close friends of a family, and they receive the Medicaid stipends for in-home care that varies based on hours required.