AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoRural Tech & Education: UVM’s RISE Summit returns June 16 with a keynote on “AI and the Future Rural Economy,” aiming to spur partnerships that build rural prosperity. STEM in Small Towns: Smithsonian’s “Spark! Places of Innovation” is touring Vermont and New Hampshire, kicking off in Bellows Falls (June–July) and continuing through libraries in Barnet and Swanton. Public Health Monitoring: A major CDC wastewater surveillance program faces steep federal funding cuts, raising alarms as a new COVID variant spreads and states worry about losing an early-warning system. Wildlife & Conservation: U.S. Forest Service ecologists are injecting American elm saplings in Benson with Dutch elm disease fungus to study how to save floodplain forests. Vermont Policy & Tech Law: The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block Vermont’s consumer protection lawsuit against Meta over alleged harms to kids, letting the case continue. Clean Energy Fight: Seven Democratic-led states, including Vermont, sued the Trump administration over a TotalEnergies offshore wind buyout deal, arguing it was unlawful and threatens jobs and power supply. Healthcare in Detention: A KFF/AP investigation reports detainees across 33 states describe medical neglect in ICE facilities, including cases involving Vermont. Workforce & Schools: U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon toured Vermont’s Center for Technology in Essex and Vermont State University’s Williston campus amid protests over federal education priorities.
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