10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (334+ words) Both of Vermont's senators voted against a stopgap funding bill to end the partial federal government shutdown on Oct. 16. The Republican-backed bill, which would restore government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 51-44 vote (it needs 60 votes to pass). That…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (614+ words) Federal lawyers want a judge to throw out Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, a first-in-the-nation law requiring major polluters to pay the state for emissions. The U.S. Justice Department asked Judge Mary Kay Lanthier last week to “end Vermont’s lawless experiment…...