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BENNINGTON - Vermont Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin laid out a string of priorities for the upcoming legislative session Tuesday that will require significant cooperation from the incoming Obama administration.
HANOVER, N.H. -- Yes, Vanessa, there was a political revolution this month, and it didn't affect only the presidency. It also reached into the treasurer's office in Grafton County, a mostly rural rectangle covering 1,747 square miles of mountains, lakes and forests in the north country near the Vermont border.
Now that the election is behind us it is time for me to deliver an apology to the Vermont Agency of Transportation. It was during the campaign that on two separate occasions the AOT found it necessary to remove four campaign signs from my front lawn.
MONTPELIER -- Vermont election officials will face off against attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice in court next month as a lawsuit over the state's tracking of overseas absentee ballots lands before a federal judge. ... - By DANIEL BARLOW Vermont Press Bureau
BRATTLEBORO -- Although the holiday season traditionally marks an increase in firearm sales throughout New England, gun dealers in Vermont say the presidential election has sparked a greater number of residents coming through their doors.
Friday, November 28 BENNINGTON — She's just four years into her career as a state representative, but Dorset Republican Patti Komline has already left a lasting impression on her colleagues, and has ascended to the top of her party in the Vermont House. Chosen as minority leader When the next legislative session begins in January, however, Komline and her fellow House Republicans
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP)--The political battle over Proposition 8 in California was the costliest race over a cultural issue in American history, but there may be a rematch in 2010 if opponents have their way.
Thousands of votes cast three weeks ago for Vermont state representative were recounted Monday as election officials try to resolve questions concerning a half dozen disputed races.
MANCHESTER -- A recount on Monday upheld the election of Democratic challenger Jeff Wilson to the Vermont House of Representatives over 14-year incumbent Republican Judith Livingston. ... - By PATRICK McARDLE Herald Staff
They won only two states in 1936, prompting the immortal aphorism that as Maine goes, so goes Vermont. They won only six states in 1964, suggesting to many analysts that a great political party was in eclipse. They saw a party warhorse defeated by an upstart governor in 1992, making them fear that their dream of a Republican era was imperiled. Things have been bleak for the Republicans before.
Vermont's higher education leaders are in the forefront of an initiative signed by 134 college and university presidents across the nation. ... - By DAWSON RASPUZZI Staff Writer
