/tags/springfield Springfield en-US żŞÔĆĚĺÓý Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:05:16 GMT /vpr-news/2020-08-25/debate-over-discussing-race-in-grade-school-leads-to-new-teaching-policy The Springfield School Board says it wants the district to develop a new policy that would direct teachers on how to introduce controversial issues in theâ€� Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:05:16 GMT /vpr-news/2020-08-25/debate-over-discussing-race-in-grade-school-leads-to-new-teaching-policy Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2020-02-13/springfield-hospital-looks-to-sever-ties-with-clinics-in-bankruptcy-plan Springfield Hospital will likely cut ties with nine health clinics throughout the region as part of its bankruptcy plan.The clinics in Springfield,â€� Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:36:42 GMT /vpr-news/2020-02-13/springfield-hospital-looks-to-sever-ties-with-clinics-in-bankruptcy-plan Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2019-07-18/springfield-hospital-argues-against-additional-oversight-in-bankruptcy-court The federal government wants to appoint a patient care ombudsman to make sure healthcare services at Springfield Hospital and at the hospital’s 13 clinicsâ€� Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:52:36 GMT /vpr-news/2019-07-18/springfield-hospital-argues-against-additional-oversight-in-bankruptcy-court Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2019-05-30/springfield-hospital-plans-to-declare-bankruptcy Springfield Hospital is likely to declare bankruptcy in the next month or so, interim CEO Mike Halstead said Wednesday.The hospital has scheduled a seriesâ€� Thu, 30 May 2019 13:36:55 GMT /vpr-news/2019-05-30/springfield-hospital-plans-to-declare-bankruptcy Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2019-05-07/when-hospitals-struggle-childbirth-centers-are-often-first-to-be-cut More than half the rural counties in the United States no longer have hospitals where women can give birth, according to a 2017 study by the University ofâ€� Tue, 07 May 2019 20:36:25 GMT /vpr-news/2019-05-07/when-hospitals-struggle-childbirth-centers-are-often-first-to-be-cut Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2019-03-28/as-springfield-hospital-struggles-town-also-works-to-reinvent-itself The town of Springfield has struggled with declining jobs and population loss since long before news broke that one of its largest employers, the localâ€� Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:50:53 GMT /vpr-news/2019-03-28/as-springfield-hospital-struggles-town-also-works-to-reinvent-itself Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2019-03-20/springfield-hospital-board-votes-to-close-birthing-center The Springfield Hospital board of trustees voted Tuesday to close the hospital's child-birthing unit, as it tries to shave $6.5 million off this year’sâ€� Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:21:08 GMT /vpr-news/2019-03-20/springfield-hospital-board-votes-to-close-birthing-center Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2019-03-13/springfield-hospital-considers-changes-to-birthing-center-in-effort-to-trim-costs Springfield Hospital needs to trim about $6.5 million from the current year budget, and the administration announced recently that the childbirth centerâ€� Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:05:28 GMT /vpr-news/2019-03-13/springfield-hospital-considers-changes-to-birthing-center-in-effort-to-trim-costs Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2018-09-13/springfield-schools-to-open-dental-and-medical-clinics-for-students The Springfield School District will offer medical, dental and mental health services under an agreement recently reached with the nearby Springfieldâ€� Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:27:04 GMT /vpr-news/2018-09-13/springfield-schools-to-open-dental-and-medical-clinics-for-students Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2017-11-16/reuters-investigation-finds-elevated-lead-levels-in-several-vermont-communities A lengthy investigation by Reuters News identified thousands of U.S. communities with lead levels more than twice those found in Flint, Michigan, duringâ€� Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:08:25 GMT /vpr-news/2017-11-16/reuters-investigation-finds-elevated-lead-levels-in-several-vermont-communities Nina Keck