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Bernie Sanders in damn good mittens – Brendan Smialowski’s best photograph

‘When this picture of the senator at Joe Biden’s inauguration went viral, someone actually sent me a pair of these gloves. They’re made by a schoolteacher in Vermont’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

A ski school, an office park, and a ‘godfather’ may be the secret to USMNT World Cup success

PHILADELPHIA — The school was tucked away in the mountains of Northeastern Vermont, far enough from everything that Richie Graham said the only things around were a gas station and a general store.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 26, 2022

Five new members of the House of Representatives to watch

Maxwell Frost, Becca Balint, Monica De La Cruz, Mike Lawler and Max Miller are standouts among the 2022 midterms intake

The Guardian - US · Nov 25, 2022

Voters largely reject election deniers as secretaries of state – but the partisan battle for election administration will continue

Midterm voters in six states – Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont – appear to have rejected extremist secretary of state candidates who denied the validity of the 2020 presidential election.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2022

Abortion in the States

Michigan voters voted 56.7% to 43.3% (with >95% of votes in, see N.Y. Times) to enact a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, which would cover abortion rights; California and Vermont voters supported the same, but those states already broadly allow abortions. Voters in Kentucky (where abortion is generally illegal)…

Reason · Nov 9, 2022

A father and son, a Native American senator and a Vermont congresswoman: Things the 118th Congress will have that the 117th does not

WASHINGTON — More twins in Texas. A Gen Z switcheroo. A father-son tag team. And if you want to supersize your order, there’s one more guy with experience with that.

Tribune News Service · Nov 9, 2022

Voters Approve Anti-Slavery Ballot Measures in 4 States

On Tuesday, voters in Alabama, Tennessee, Vermont, and Oregon approved ballot measures that removed exceptions to anti-slavery laws in their state's constitutions, effectively banning forced prison labor.

Reason · Nov 9, 2022

Republican Kentucky, swing state Michigan vote to uphold legal abortion

Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state's constitution — joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step.

France 24 · Nov 9, 2022

Midterm Voters Choose To Protect Reproductive Freedom

Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont embraced constitutional amendments to protect abortion rights, while Kentuckians rejected an anti-abortion amendment.

Reason · Nov 9, 2022

Voters protect abortion rights in post-Roe elections in California, Michigan, Vermont

California, Michigan and Vermont are on track to become the first states to protect abortion rights in their constitutions.

Axios · Nov 9, 2022