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State officials have been working for months with the RAND Corporation to study the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana in Vermont. This week,...
Congressman Peter Welch has voted against legislation that would authorize the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Keystone pipeline issue...
Calais voters on Saturday again rejected a move to Australian ballot for funding requests from Montpelier’s Kellogg-Hubbard Library at a well-attended...
FairPoint Communications has had a bumpy ride since the company took over Verizon’s land line service. Debt, bankruptcy, service quality issues and a...
With workers for FairPoint Communications still on strike, frustration is growing among customers who’ve been forced to wait for phone or Internet...
A coalition of environmental groups wants Vermont to become the first state in the country to impose a pollution tax on fossil fuels. And one powerful...
Recently, NPR has been exploring the concept of color and the impact that rich hues have in our day-to-day lives. That's a topic that's near and dear to...
With a record low voter turnout rate in the 2014 general election and a weird (and ongoing) finish to the race for governor, there's plenty to catch up...
The statewide canvassing committee met Wednesday to certify November's election results, and the tally shows that Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin did...
According to a 2010 AARP survey, nearly 90 percent of those over age 65 want to stay in their residence for as long as possible. But to do that, or move...
About an hour after the state canvassing committee certified Gov. Peter Shumlin’s roughly 2,400 vote victory over Scott Milne, Milne said he would not...
State employees and private contractors have been working for the last month to repair the state’s dysfunctional online health insurance exchange. And...
When GlobalFoundries takes over IBM’s semiconductor plant in Essex Junction, employees there will become part of a young company that has grown rapidly...
This weekend in Burlington the Peace & Justice Center is holding an event to honor the Migrant Justice, a group that works with Vermont’s community...
At 10 a.m. this morning, Secretary of State Jim Condos will sit down at a large conference room table in his office with representatives of Vermont’s...
