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Author Archives: Kate Robinson

Kate Robinson originated and produced Vermont Public Radio’s Camel’s Hump Radio series from 1999 to 2001. She is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, was a reporter for the Greenwich Time (CT), the Jersey Journal and the New York Post, the assistant managing editor for The World Press Review, and a senior editor and producer for Prodigy Services’ online news service until moving to Vermont in 1996. Her freelance pieces have appeared in Family Circle and other national magazines and she is the author of two books, the most recent a biography of J. Richardson Dilworth, the head of the Rockefeller family offices.

Posted inGovernment & Politics

Broad coalition presses for universal sick leave legislation

by Kate Robinson March 13, 2013, 4:17 amOctober 24, 2024, 8:52 pm
A woman receives the seasonal influenza vaccine
Posted inHealth

Pertussis epidemic, vaccination debate in Vermont makes national news

by Kate Robinson February 27, 2013, 10:17 amMarch 11, 2015, 3:39 pm
Posted inHealth

Report recommends universal immunization for schoolchildren

by Kate Robinson February 4, 2013, 10:26 amMarch 11, 2015, 3:37 pm
Posted inUncategorized

Tests narrowing herbicides in tainted Green Mountain Compost; payments to gardeners costing less than expected

by Kate Robinson October 16, 2012, 4:33 pmJanuary 7, 2016, 11:49 am
Posted inEnvironment

Definite answers to compost contamination proving difficult to find

by Kate Robinson August 29, 2012, 2:54 pmJune 10, 2013, 6:00 am
Posted inUncategorized

Compost contamination investigation widens; latest testing shows conflicting results

by Kate Robinson August 11, 2012, 12:50 amJanuary 7, 2016, 11:50 am
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Pugilism attorney general-style: Bill Sorrell v. TJ Donovan at Shelburne Town Hall

by Kate Robinson August 8, 2012, 9:34 pmJanuary 7, 2016, 11:29 am
Posted inUncategorized

Chittenden Solid Waste District commissioners to repay gardeners whose crops were harmed by contaminated compost

by Kate Robinson July 27, 2012, 4:34 amJanuary 7, 2016, 11:50 am
Posted inUncategorized

Chittenden Solid Waste District sends out technicians to record damage caused by chemical contamination

by Kate Robinson July 19, 2012, 6:26 pmJuly 26, 2012, 6:35 am
Posted inEnvironment

Chittenden County’s mandated compost facility faces major challenge in wake of chemical-laced compost

by Kate Robinson July 12, 2012, 5:13 amJune 2, 2013, 9:06 am
Sen. Bernie Sanders. VTD file/Josh Larkin
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Everything you wanted to know about polling, but were afraid to ask

by Kate Robinson April 22, 2012, 7:23 pmMay 23, 2012, 5:08 am
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Polling: A guide to what you need to know when you pick up the phone

by Kate Robinson April 22, 2012, 7:21 pmMay 23, 2012, 5:08 am
Empty classroom
Posted inEducation

Vermont reading test scores stagnate

by Kate Robinson February 14, 2012, 12:40 amFebruary 18, 2012, 7:47 am
Rep. Chris Pearson. VTD/Josh Larkin
Posted inUncategorized

Progressives call for tax fairness

by Kate Robinson February 10, 2012, 10:05 pmFebruary 16, 2012, 5:33 pm

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