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Vermonters with disabilities get new investment opportunity
State Treasurer Beth Pearce speaks at a news conference Wednesday announcing the availability of ABLE accounts for people with disabilities. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerThe state treasurer...
View ArticleOn video + Story : State treasurer frees up cash flow for towns hit by Irene
Tropical Storm Irene caused $7 million worth of damage to roads in the tiny town of Halifax on the Massachusetts border. The burg, population 800, has an annual budget of $700,000. As Rep. Ann...
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Trail tidbits: Wilton launches run for state treasurer; 21-year-old Miss...
Rutland City Treasurer Wendy Wilton addresses supporters at the launch of her campaign for state treasurer. VTD Photo/Taylor Dobbs Rutland City Treasurer Wendy Wilton set her sights on statewide office...
View ArticleWilton: Openness in state government transparency works
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Wendy Wilton, Rutland city treasurer and Republican candidate for state treasurer. It’s time for complete transparency and openness in our state’s finances. Vermont...
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Treasurer’s race: Pearce goes on the offensive, accuses Wilton of...
Beth Pearce, state treasurer, criticizes her GOP opponent at a Statehouse press conference. Photo by Nat Rudarakanchan State Treasurer Beth Pearce struck back at her Republican opponent Wendy Wilton at...
View ArticleSuper PAC battle continues: Spaulding is the pitchman for Pearce in radio ad;...
Vermont’s two super PACs are engaged in an intergalactic marketing battle in the waning two weeks of the treasurer’s race. Vermonters First, a conservative PAC, is pulling out all the stops for Wendy...
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State treasurer prefers local investments to public banking
State Treasurer Beth Pearce isn’t keen on setting up a public bank in Vermont. “The presumption that a state bank is the solution to something is premature,” she said. Pearce would rather utilize...
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Pearce: Unfunded health care obligations threaten teacher pensions
State Treasurer Beth Pearce might soon run out of metaphors for the chronic funding shortfall in Vermont’s teacher retirement system. It’s a “monster,” she told the House Appropriations Committee on...
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Tentative funding deal reached for retired teacher health care
State Treasurer Beth Pearce references an enlarged screen shot of a news website, behind her. An ad for pension loans appears above an article quoting her concern about pension funding. Photo by Hilary...
View ArticleDon Schramm: Vermont can be a leader in the climate movement
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Schramm, who is the Progressive Party candidate for Vermont Treasurer. Here in the Green Mountain State, Vermonters take pride in caring for the environment....
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Teachers’ retirement fund growing, state treasurer says
Vermont State Treasurer Beth Pearce testifies before the House Education Committee. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger Beth Pearce, the state treasurer, says a plan to rebuild the teachers’ retirement...
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Actuaries recommend increase in state contribution to retirement funds
Vermont’s retirement funds are in good shape, but there is room to improve the system, according to the state treasurer. An annual actuarial report this week recommended that the state earmark $48.5...
View ArticleRichard Dunne: Make the future great again
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Richard Dunne, a member of the Democratic Party who was a candidate for state treasurer in the Democratic primary. He is a practicing political consultant. He lives...
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Citing health challenges, state Treasurer Beth Pearce to retire
State Treasurer Beth Pearce announces she will not be running for re-election during a press conference in Montpelier on Wednesday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 4:33 p.m. After nearly a...
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Mike Pieciak, former financial regulation commissioner, is running for...
Michael Pieciak announces his candidacy for state treasurer during a press conference in Montpelier on Friday, May 6. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 5:32 p.m. MONTPELIER — Vermont’s former...
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Republican Kevin Divney withdraws from state treasurer’s race days after DUI...
Financial analyst Kevin Divney appears on CNBC in 2019. Screenshot courtesy CNBC Last Thursday, Londonderry financial analyst Kevin Divney showed up at the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office to...
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Does Mike Pieciak support divestment? It’s ‘complicated.’
Mike Pieciak supports transitioning the state’s public pension investments away from fossil fuels, he said, but “it just comes down to when and how.” File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Mike...
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