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Tag: Vermont

Vermont vs. the big bad wolf, aka Monsanto and friends

June 20, 2014 Renee Shur Business, Consumer issues, Food, States Leave a comment

Have you heard the one about a fetching New England state and the big, bad wolf? Let me fill you in a bit. Last

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Vermont calls for Constitutional convention to overturn Citizens United: Is it a good idea?

June 6, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, Activism, Campaigns, Congress, States, Voting/Elections One comment

Hating Citizens United is easy. Overturning it is much more difficult, but that’s not stopping some intrepid legislators from trying. The hurdle is high:

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Vermont is first to go all in on GMO labeling

April 28, 2014 Renee Shur Food, States Leave a comment

It looks as if the near future—in fact, as soon as July 2016 if all goes well—Vermonters are going to know a lot more

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Vermont leads by example on environmental issues

September 4, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Health Leave a comment

In a recent e-newsletter, Senator Bernie Sanders shared a video about a little town in Vermont called Swanton. Swanton has recently made an important

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Old-school organizing: Vermont healthcare campaign’s “secret” weapon

July 27, 2011 Mike Davis Campaigns, Good government, Health care, Politics, States 2 comments

How did Vermont manage to approve universal healthcare, when its governor initially gave it a zero-percent chance of passing? The driving force was old-school

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Vermont governor signs historic single payer health care law

May 27, 2011 Madonna Gauding Health care 3 comments

On May 26, Governor Peter Shumlin (D) signed the legislation passed earlier by the VT House and Senate making Vermont the first state to

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Single-payer plan, alive and kicking in Vermont

May 28, 2010 Madonna Gauding Health care, Obama Leave a comment

After Congress passed the health insurance reform bill, it seemed that the idea of single-payer healthcare was all but dead for at least the

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