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"I did not know Russian bots were promoting my campaign."
"The real question to be asked is" why the Clinton campaign didn't do something.
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Two photos of the same location in downtown Montpelier showing the recession of flood waters between 11:30am and 4:30pm. Flood waters are beginning to recede in Montpelier and across Vermont, but more rain in forecast. Find updates from around the state:
"This is a very specific assertion that Sen. Sanders made that his campaign sought to help Clinton's campaign by providing information about Russian troll operation. None of that is true."
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Rich Price of Burlington was hosting his nephew, Hisham Awartani, and two friends, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed, for the Thanksgiving weekend. The three men were shot on Saturday night and remain in the ICU. Full story:
I plan to introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution that would restore the Open Internet Order and reverse the
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’s historic mistake of repealing
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. This fight is far from over.
In central and northern Vermont, sections of the Winooski River, the Lamoille River and the Mad River are all expected to continue rising overnight and cause major flooding.
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"I want to emphasize that the entire federal government, including the U.S. Department of Transportation, stands ready to assist any way we can," Buttigieg said Monday.
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Vt. jumped from 23rd place in 2020 to third place this year — largely because the state passed laws making it easier to vote. It's now one of eight states that are entirely vote-by-mail and that send ballots to all registered voters ahead of Election Day.
The cities of Montpelier and Barre have issued emergency health orders closing their downtowns until at least noon Tuesday.
A flash flood warning remains in effect until 7:15 a.m. for Barre, Montpelier and South Barre.
According to
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, two campaign sources say Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is planning to stay in the Democratic presidential race despite Tuesday's disappointing primary night.
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Here is the statement that Senate Judiciary Committee member
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Sen. Patrick Leahy released earlier today, in which he reiterated his decision to vote against Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court:
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Good morning, Vermont. It's Friday.
While our team is reporting from across the state, we're also maintaining an up-to-date set of online resources about flood recovery. Here's what you need to know. ⬇️
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It's Tuesday. River flooding has shut down entire communities in Vermont as officials urge residents to wait in safe locations until waters begin to recede.
We're continuing to post live updates throughout the day. Follow along here:
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Elizabeth Price's son Hisham Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot on Saturday in Vermont. Speaking to NPR from Ramallah, Price fears her son "is confronting a life of disability."
Vermont joins New Hampshire and Delaware as the only three states in the U.S. to achieve a no-kill or 90% 'live release rate' for pets who enter animal shelters.
We received a bunch of foliage pictures from VPR listeners! Take a look at some of these autumnal shots (plus listen to a conversation about leaf peeping with John Sinclair of
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Reporting from Trump rallies, evangelical churches, and towns across America large and small, award-winning Vermont journalist Jeff Sharlet chronicles what he’s seen in the new book 'The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War'.
Vermont is one of five states that created their own programs to keep school lunches free after pandemic-era funding wound down.
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's Ximena Bustillo visited our state recently to report on how it's going.
On a foggy, wet evening at the end of March, more than 50 people gathered on a dirt road in Salisbury with flashlights and rain gear. Everyone was there for the same thing:
“I am here to help the salamanders."
☑️ banned bump stocks, 119-25
☑️ expanded federal background checks to all private sales, 83-61
☑️ banned high-capacity magazines, 79-66
☑️ raised age to purchase a gun from 18-21, 88-56
✅ overall vote on the bill, 85-59
After a marathon 10 hour debate, featuring at least 8 roll call votes on various amendments, the House has given its preliminary approval to a gun control bill. The vote was 85 to 59. The bill will come up for final approval on Tuesday morning.
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A block of nearly 5,000 acres of forest in the northern Green Mountains has been permanently conserved and protected from development, say Northeast Wilderness Trust, The Nature Conservancy and Vermont Land Trust.