Contract negotiations are currently in progress between the Chittenden County Transportation Authority management and the driver’s union. the drivers plan to strike on Monday if the two sides don’t reach agreement.

Meetings will be held next week to help Nepali and Somali Bantu residents of Vermont understand the state's new health care system.

A biologist studying white nose syndrome in Vermont says he thinks the worst of the epidemic is over and at least one affected bat species could be taking the first steps toward recovery.

Public Post reports on the work Vermont town face in the wake of Town Meetings and the results of some Town Meeting Day votes. We also look ahead to events celebrating maple sugaring season.
 

Here's a sampling of the week's Public Post Twitter updates from Proctor, Wolcott, Shelburne, Burke and more:

Contract negotiations are scheduled for this weekend between the Chittenden County Transportation Authority management and the driver’s union. The drivers plan to strike on Monday if the two sides don’t reach agreement.

At an auditorium in Burlington City Hall Thursday night, over 150 supporters of CCTA drivers gathered to support Teamsters Local 597, the drivers union.

Unfair hours and working conditions were key issues that could lead to a stop work action. Last month, the union voted 53-4 to reject CCTA's most recent contract offer.

The Shumlin Administration earlier this year promised to give lawmakers their first look at how Vermont might pay for single-payer health care. But the governor has once again opted to delay his financing timeline.

It’s been three years since Peter Shumlin vowed to deliver the nation’s first publicly financed health care system. But he has yet to show voters what taxes he’d use to raise the $2 billion or so  needed to fund the program.

Rutland County is reeling from the death of Dezirae Sheldon, a two-year old in Poultney. Her step-father Dennis Duby faces murder charges, and some community members are outraged that the child wasn’t removed from the family’s custody sooner. 

The Paralympic opening ceremonies are underway in Sochi Friday, and there is one Vermonter taking part. Stephen Lawler will be competing in the giant slalom.  

Lawler, who was born with spina bifida, has been skiing since he was about 10 years old. Erin Fernandez of Vermont Adaptive Ski And Sports says Lawler started racing on a mono ski when he was 12-years old, and from the beginning, he really excelled.

The U.S. House has given its strong approval to legislation that could lower flood insurance rates for hundreds of Vermont homeowners.

The proposal also eliminates the need for some homeowners to have flood insurance.

After paying out billions of dollars in claims in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, the federal flood insurance program faced a $24 billion deficit in 2012. Congress that year passed legislation that dealt with this deficit in two ways.

Canadian regulators have announced that they will allow the reversal of a pipeline that some worry could bring tar sands oil from Alberta to Montreal.