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Republican Filibuster Blocks Cybersecurity Bill
A Senate cybersecurity bill failed to pass today as the result of a Republican filibuster, falling just eight votes shy of the 60 needed to advance to a final vote.As IVN has reported, the cybersecuri...
Police Violence Precedes Governor’s Conference in Vermont
Credit: dylankelley.blogspot.comNew England governors and friends were on their way to a dinner party prior to a conference in Burlington, VT and found the way blocked by pedestrians and protesters. ...
No Tar Sands Pipeline in VT Say Protesters, Despite FBI Visits
Credit: world350.orgIf you’re an oil company trying to get dirty tar sands oil from central Canada to a tanker port on the Maine Coast, why not just reverse the flow of a 71-year old pipeline that al...
Corrupt Campaign Finance an Unequal Venture
Credit: occupyboston.orgHarvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig knows about the money that flows through the election cycle. Just this Tuesday, Lessig testified before Congress at a hearing regarding t...
Wealth Inequality and the Anti-Oligarchy Amendment
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont Credit: madmikesamerica.comEconomic inequality has been steadily growing in the United States over the last three decades. Since 1980, the real after-tax income of the ...
Vermonters Take To Twitter
Much like the social media experiment put forth by @Sweden, Vermont has joined the ranks as the first state in America to create a Twitter handle to be managed directly by the citizens of the state. C...
Taser Moratorium Gains Support after Vermont Taser Death
MacAdam Mason. Dead after being tased by a police office. He was unarmed. Credit: theduckshoot.comIn the first three weeks following the police taser death of MacAdam Mason, an unarmed epileptic Verm...
Ten reasons to buy local food
Healthier food and communities, protection of genetic diversity, lower taxes, a richer local economy..There are countless reasons to support micro-farmers and urban homesteaders who provide local food...
Report: State-by-State June Employment Figures
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released today gives new insight into employment numbers, state by state, for the month of June.Compared to the month before, unemployment has increased in 27 states. Me...
Air Force Errors Escalate Vermont Fight over F-35 Base
Credit: Bill OetjenThe Pentagon has admitted it was wrong about basic facts relating to basing the F-35 stealth fighter-bomber in Vermont, so of course the announcement was made late last week in a s...