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22 hrs ago | The Brattleboro Reformer

Dummerston signs Vermont Yankee response plan

After years of debate, Dummerston Selectboard has approved a plan that details the town's response in the event of an emergency at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

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Related Topix: Vermont, Bellows Falls, VT

Fri May 17, 2013

Russia Taday

Vermont could be first US state to mandate GMO food labeling

Vermont seemed more likely than ever to become the first US state to mandate the labeling of genetically modified food after a bill passed the state house, though legislators worry about a lawsuit threat from biotech giant Monsanto.

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Related Topix: Vermont, Barbara Boxer, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Peter DeFazio, US House of Representatives

Williston Observer

Hub Happenings

The award is presented annually to an individual for outstanding service efforts over a career in the water industry.

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Related Topix: Vermont, Essex Junction, VT, Williston, VT, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Chittenden County, VT

Russia Taday

Vermont approves assisted suicide bill

Vermont is about to become the third US state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide.

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Related Topix: Vermont, US Governors, Peter Shumlin

Manchester Journal

Who gets access to tax returns?

As often happens in Montpelier in the month of May, a little noticed provision in major piece of legislation, erupts in controversy, as lawmakers, with a little help from the people who would be affected by the new law, discover the unintended consequences of what the law proposes to do.

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Related Topix: Tax, Vermont, Opinion

Thu May 16, 2013

The Nation

Green Mountain College to Divest From Fossil Fuels

Kudos to Green Mountain College for its announcement this week that it is committing to divest its $3.1 million endowment from companies profiting from fossil fuels.

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Related Topix: Green Mountain College, Vermont, University of Vermont, Middlebury College, US News, Liberal Political News

Jurist

Vermont House approves physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill

For the first three years after its passage, the legislation will model Oregon's Death with Dignity Act [official materials] by including safeguards [AP report] which require, among other things, that the patient be competent and assert on three separate occasions the desire to receive a lethal dose of medication.

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Related Topix: Vermont, US Governors, Peter Shumlin

Wed May 15, 2013

Star999.com

Another state legalizes assisted suicide

It will be the third time a state has legalized doctor assisted suicide. The law will apply to only those over the age of 18 and is very specific about the situations it pertains to.

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Related Topix: Vermont, Offbeat

Seven Days

Powder Trail: Tracing Vermont's Heroin Epidemic to Its Sources

For more than a decade, the number of Vermonters treated for heroin addiction held steady at around 600 or 700 individuals a year, even as the number treated for synthetic opiates such as oxycodone skyrocketed.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Vermont, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Burlington, VT

Tue May 14, 2013

National Review Online

Vermont Legalizes Assisted Suicide

Alas. Today, the Vermont Legislature passed a bill that legalizes assisted suicide in the state .

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Related Topix: Vermont

WLTX-TV Columbia

Vermont End-Of-Life Bill Heads To Governor

MONTPELIER. Vt. -- The Vermont House voted Monday night to give the last vote of approval to a bill that would make the state the first to legalize physician-aided suicide by legislation .

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Related Topix: Vermont, IL, Vermont, US Governors, Peter Shumlin, Medicine, US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

KTVN Reno

Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

Vermont is close to joining Oregon, Washington and Montana as states allowing doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it.

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Related Topix: Vermont, New Jersey Government, New Jersey, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Pennsylvania

The Brattleboro Reformer

Vermont lawmakers give in on tax changes

Legislators settled on a $1.4 billion general fund budget and approved aid-in-dying legislation to stay on track to wrap up their business by late Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Vermont, US Governors, Peter Shumlin, Tax

Mon May 13, 2013

Food Processing

Vermont Passes Genetic Labeling Bill

The Vermont House of Representatives on May 10 passed a three-year-old bill that would require the labeling of genetically engineered food sold within that state.

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Related Topix: Vermont, Barbara Boxer, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Peter DeFazio, US House of Representatives

Grist Magazine

Vermont House approves GMO-labeling law

A historic but cautious attempt to force food manufacturers to label products containing genetically modified ingredients passed the Vermont House by an overwhelming 107-37 vote last week.

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Related Topix: Vermont, Food and Drug Administration

Common Dreams

Marijuana Policy Project: Vermont Legislature Approves Marijuana...

May 13 - State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to a measure that will decriminalize possession of limited amounts of marijuana in Vermont.

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Related Topix: Vermont, US Governors, Peter Shumlin, Prison, US News, Liberal Political News

AlertNet

Vermont moves toward decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana

Vermont's legislature on Monday approved a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, a measure the state's governor expects to sign into law in the coming weeks.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Vermont, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison

Boston.com

Vt. Corrections Dept. wants feedback from public

The Vermont Department of Corrections is holding a town hall style meeting on interactive television to get comments and take questions from the public.

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Sun May 12, 2013

SFGate

Vt Health Dept holds 2nd EEE clinic, in Sudbury

The Vermont Health Department is holding the second of three clinics to test people for the mosquito-borne disease eastern equine encephalitis that killed two Vermonters last year.

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Related Topix: Vermont

Sat May 11, 2013

The Brattleboro Reformer

Rockingham Meeting House replaces historic marker

A new official roadside historic marker has replaced an outdated one at the Rockingham Meeting House thanks to a joint effort between the Rockingham Historical Commission and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.

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Related Topix: Vermont