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Retiring Sen. Leahy reflects on ‘fragile’ democracy as he reads Washington’s farewell - Roll Call

“Remember, Washington put the country ahead of himself,” says Vermont Democrat, who has served in the Senate for nearly half a century.

Roll Call

Bernie Sanders calls for world to ‘defend democracy’ in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine

‘This aggression is unacceptable and the nations of the world must respond vigorously,’ says Vermont senator

The Independent UK

Alec Baldwin and family purchase a retreat in Vermont

Alec Baldwin and his family have purchased a retreat in Vermont that includes a farmhouse and about 50 acres

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Currently, voters in Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, and Vermont are slated to decide at least four ballot measures addressing abortion—the most since 1986. If proponents of an abortion-related initiative in Michigan collect enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, 2022 will be the year with the most abortion-related measures on record.

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Parents arrested after leaving 2-year-old in freezing car to go skiing

Katelynn Brent, 21, and Cory Ahern, 29, told Vermont authorities they checked on child after each ski run

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Former fugitive pleads guilty in 2009 parental kidnapping

A former Vermont woman who fled the United States with her daughter to avoid sharing custody with her former same-sex partner has pleaded guilty to parental kidnapping

The Independent UK

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 9

In this issue: Ocasio-Cortez, Our Revolution get involved in Texas and a former Lt. Gov. seeks old office in Vermont

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Vermont voters to decide whether to add a right to personal reproductive autonomy to the state constitution in November

On Feb. 8, the Vermont House of Representatives took the final vote to send Proposal 5 to the November ballot. Proposal 5 would add language to the Vermont Constitution stating that “an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life…

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A right-wing religious activist was caught on hot mic saying she prayed with Supreme Court justices

The woman, who was heard on audio obtained by Rolling Stone, is connected to an organization that filed a brief before the court.

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Vermont voters to decide constitutional amendment for the first time in 12 years that would prohibit slavery and indentured servitude

The Vermont House of Representatives took the final vote on Feb. 4 to send Proposal 2 to voters in November. The constitutional amendment would repeal language stating that persons could be held as servants, slaves, or apprentices with the person’s consent or “for the payments of debts, damages, fines, costs,…

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Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Delaware and New Jersey lift statewide school mask requirements

On Feb. 7, two governors—Delaware’s John Carney (D) and New Jersey’s Phil Murphy (D)—issued separate announcements lifting their states’ school mask requirements for the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year. Local authorities will now have the power to issue school mask requirements in both states.

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In an abandoned Koreatown building, homeless Angelenos create a community

LOS ANGELES — To enter 732 S. Vermont Ave., you must carefully shove open a rusted gray iron gate until a gap large enough for you to slide through sideways appears.

Los Angeles Times

Minnesota skier Paula Moltzan starts Olympic medal quest

The sprawling, powder-covered ski resort near the top of Killington Peak, deep in Vermont's Green Mountains, resembles tiny Buck Hill, a couple dozen yards from a freeway in a Minneapolis suburb, in the same way that Yosemite and Fenway are both parks. Yet as she stood atop a Killington starting…

Tribune News Service

States seek to protect election workers amid growing threats

Lawmakers in a handful of states are seeking greater protections for election officials amid growing concerns for their safety after they were targeted by threats of violence following the 2020 presidential election

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Covid packs far less punch in Vermont

Vermont’s collective measures do appear to be protecting residents from the worst of the contagion’s damage

Tribune News Service

Abortion fight in states picks up as legislative sessions begin

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s consideration of a near-total abortion ban in Texas and other limits in Mississippi are motivating state officials to pursue either tougher abortion restrictions or protections in case legal precedents change.

The Independent UK

Legislator dies using medical suicide law he helped pass

The wife of a former Vermont legislator and House majority leader says he has died with the help of a law he himself helped pass that allows the terminally ill to end their own lives

The Guardian - US

Bernie Sanders suggests he may support primary challengers against Manchin and Sinema

Progressive Vermont senator believes ‘there’s a very good chance’ Democrats will face challenges over their filibuster stance

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Abortion fight in states picks up as legislative sessions begin - Roll Call

The Supreme Court’s consideration of abortion cases is motivating states to pursue either tougher abortion restrictions or protections.

The Independent UK

Climate change makes the future of Nordic skiing uncertain

When COVID-19 hit in the winter of 2020, many escaped cabin fever by hitting cross country ski trails

The Guardian - UK

Anaïs Mitchell: ‘I want my songs to walk on their own legs’

The singer-songwriter is back with a new album after a decade spent nurturing her award-winning musical

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States That Tax Social Security Benefits in 2025

Not all retirees who live in states that tax Social Security benefits have to pay state income taxes. Will your benefits be taxed?

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