Tag: Vermont

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Greater Burlington commuters spared a bus strike

Associated Press · March 10, 2014 4:00 am

Vt. bus drivers, union reach deal, averting strike

Vt. bus drivers, union reach deal, averting strike

Washington Examiner · March 9, 2014 8:38 am

Vermont’s Bernie Sanders readies 2016 run, blasts ‘Clinton type of politics’

Paul Bedard · March 6, 2014 12:00 am

Heroin has become a favorite of many middle- and upper-class folks who have lost their way in the search to find pain relief. (AP File)

Heroin makes a comeback

Diane Dimond · February 9, 2014 5:00 am

Former Rep. Steve Howard, now the chief lobbyist for the Vermont State Employees' Association, said the union surveyed members last year and found that fear of retaliation for speaking out in state workplaces is widespread. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Vermont lawmakers told whistleblowers fear payback

Washington Examiner · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Demonstrators protest against the Keystone XL pipeline and the Alberta tar sands outside of the Canadian Consulate in Chicago in May 2012. (AP Photo/ Nam Y. Huh)

Energy and Environment

Sens. Patrick Leahy, Bernie Sanders criticize oil pipeline decision

Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

A Vermont Senate committee is taking up House-passed legislation that seeks to provide protections for lake shore lands and near-shore waters, while a House panel looks at agricultural impacts on water quality. (AP/Toby Talbot)

Energy and Environment

Vermont lawmakers delve into lake, stream protections

Associated Press · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Susan White looks over booking photos displayed at a Vermont State Police news conference to discuss the arrest of 36 people in the area as part of a large drug sweep. (AP/Toby Talbot)

Heroin and pill abuse stir a battle cry in Vermont

Wilson Ring · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

State of Alarm

Geoffrey Norman · January 9, 2014 9:05 pm

FILE - This is an undated file photo showing an aerial view of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt. (AP Photo/Vermont Yankee Corporation, File)

Energy and Environment

Court: Tax on Vermont nuclear plant might be OK

Washington Examiner · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Unincorporated Vermont areas to consider wind energy proposal

Energy and Environment

Unincorporated Vermont areas to consider wind energy proposal

Associated Press · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

Down and Out in Vermont

Geoffrey Norman · November 4, 2013 5:00 am