Monday, January 5
The numbers don't lie: Vermont business data reveals tough times
BURLINGTON (AP) -- Vermont long has prided itself as an incubator of small businesses, but the current economy appears not to be helping that.
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Saturday, January 3
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission staff recommends that the state's largest electric utilities seek more favorable agreements with the New England power grid.
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Saturday, January 3
MADISON, Wis. -- Five Democratic governors are asking the federal government for a $1 trillion bailout package, including $250 billion for education and $150 billion in middle class tax cuts.
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Saturday, January 3
BURLINGTON (AP) -- A settlement has been reached in a fatal crash in Westmore that killed two teenagers five years ago and pitted the parents of the driver and the teens against each other.
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Saturday, January 3
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire public assistance offices have been so busy lately, they're changing the way they do business.
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Saturday, January 3
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Amid tears of joy at the state's Vital Records office, scores of people who had been adopted as children got their long-awaited wish Friday to receive copies of their original birth certificates.
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Saturday, January 3
BENNINGTON -- Vermont's historic sites such as the Bennington Battle Monument could be facing drastic changes next year, including closure or sale, as the state looks to save money.
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Thursday, January 1
BOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick's ambitious plan to revamp public education over a decade has crashed into the state's fiscal crisis, and now a commission is recommending savings and tax hikes -- including a 20 percent sales tax increase -- to achieve the plan's goals.
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Thursday, January 1
WATERBURY (AP) -- When Vermont new car shoppers start looking at 2010 models they will see an easy-to-read label showing the vehicle's greenhouse gas emissions.
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