Vermont News
16 hours 9 min ago
Vermont researcher works to unlock mysteries of migraines
Alexandria Town Talk Shapiro just published a study, based partly on research on a Vermont family with a history of migraines, that identified a gene mutation associated with the condition. It was the eighth gene that's been pinpointed as connected to unusual forms of ... |
18 hours 15 min ago
Family runs for Vermont soldier at Burlington marathon
BurlingtonFreePress.com The family of U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Garvey, who was killed in combat 10 years ago in Iraq, has signed up to run in the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon and Relay in Burlington this year. About 20 members of the Proctor native's extended family plan to run ... Vermont State Parks Opening This Weekend Police increase security for KeyBank Vermont City Marathon - The Republic Keeping Vt. City Marathon safe |
18 hours 54 min ago
 WRGB |
Vermont Approves Physician-Assisted Suicide
WRGB Vermont Approves Physician-Assisted Suicide. Updated: Tuesday, May 21 2013, 05:17 AM EDT. MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont is now the fourth state to allow physician-assisted suicide. Governor Peter Shumlin signed legislation Monday allowing doctors to ... |
19 hours 4 min ago
There's a lot riding on the success of Vermont Health Connect, this state's ...
vt.Buzz (blog) While state officials in Vermont have designed and are building this state' new health insurance marketplace, also known as a health benefit exchange, it won't be the much talked about single-payer system. That development – if it materializes – won't ... Insurance company offers health exchange info |
1 day 3 hours ago
 vtdigger.org |
Public Service Board officer recommends backup generator permit for Vermont ...
vtdigger.org Almost two weeks before Entergy Corp. and the state of Vermont are set to meet in federal court, a Public Service Board officer recommended giving the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant what it wants: a permit for a backup generator ... Letter: A Telling Photo of Vermont Yankee Hearing scheduled on Vermont Yankee challenge - NECN.com Diesel generator recommended for Vermont Yankee plant |
1 day 4 hours ago
 vtdigger.org |
'Death with Dignity' signed into law in Vermont - VTDigger
vtdigger.org A decade of lengthy and divisive debate ended Monday when Vermont became the first state in the U.S. to enact legislation allowing terminally ill patients to obtain medication to help them end their lives. In a room jam-packed with lawmakers and ... |
1 day 5 hours ago
 San Francisco Chronicle |
Vermont governor signs end-of-life bill - USA Today
USA TODAY Ullrich, of Charlotte, Vt., was standing beside Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin on Monday as the governor signed the bill into law that makes it legal for doctors to prescribe such a medication to terminally ill patients who request it and can administer it ... Vermont governor signs 'death with dignity' measure Vermont governor signs assisted-suicide bill Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide |
1 day 7 hours ago
Vermont City Marathon offers free entry for runners stopped in Boston
BurlingtonFreePress.com As of the first week of May, two Vermont residents — Huyffer and April Farnham of Plainfield — were among the Boston Marathon's non-finishers who had signed up to run the full VCM. Many who are taking the VCM up on its “Boston Strong” offer are from ... |
1 day 12 hours ago
 Raw Story |
Vermont governor to approve 'Death with Dignity' law
Raw Story At a Monday afternoon ceremony, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) will sign a bill making the state the third in the nation to permit euthanasia, putting his autograph on the Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act, the first so-called “Death with ... |
1 day 12 hours ago
Mount's Cassie Roberge Signs National Letter of Intent with U. Vermont
Patch.com Cassandra Roberge of Seekonk, MA, a senior at Mount Saint Charles Academy, has signed her National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT to compete for their Divison I track and field team. Roberge signed her letter at ... |
1 day 12 hours ago
Can a Farm-to-Table Cookbook from Vermont Go National? - Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly “There's an idea of Vermont that far exceeds the borders. Vermont is ahead of the curve in the localized food movement,” says Tom Haushalter, publicity/marketing manager of the Countryman Press in Woodstock, Vt., a division of W.W. Norton & Co. |
1 day 13 hours ago
Hearing scheduled on Vermont Yankee challenge
BurlingtonFreePress.com A federal court judge has scheduled a hearing on June 4 on a challenge by the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Entergy Corp. sued the state last month, saying regulators have delayed approval of a backup emergency diesel generator. |
1 day 13 hours ago
 National Review Online |
Declare "Assisted Suicide Free Zones" in Vermont!
National Review Online Peter Shumlin signs it on Monday. But most Vermont hospitals are expected, at least for the time being, to opt out of implementing it. Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems. Olson said her group is advising hospitals to take their time to ... Vermont Hospitals Take Wait-and-See on Aid-in-Dying Vermont labeled 'a state that doesn't value life' - OneNewsNow.com Vermont's new choice for death with dignity |
1 day 15 hours ago
Vermont Fish & Wildlife to hold last 2 deer hearings
Brattleboro Reformer MONTPELIER (AP) - The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is preparing to hold its last two deer hearings that will help set regulations for this fall's hunts. On Tuesday, a hearing will be held in Lyndonville. The final hearing will be June 5 in ... Final two deer meetings to be held |
1 day 15 hours ago
 The Westender |
Vermont could be first State to label GMO food - FreshPlaza
FreshPlaza Vermont could be first State to label GMO food. Vermont seemed more likely than ever to become the first US State to mandate the labeling of genetically modified food (GMO) after a bill passed the state house. Similar bills seeking to provide consumers ... Genetically modified democracy? |
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