Vermont today joined the states barring licensed therapists from subjecting minors to so-called conversion therapy, designed to turn LGBT people straight or cisgender.

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In a victory for the rights of adults with disabilities, a judge declared Friday that a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome can live the life she wants, rejecting a guardianship request from her parents that would have allowed them to keep her in a group home against her will ( Read more... )

Vermont's Citizens Will Drown in Piles of Money.

New Report Finds Vermont Could Save As Much As $1.8 Billion By 2020 From Shifting To Single Payer

Yesterday, the Vermont Legislative Joint Fiscal Office and the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration released a new report estimating the savings the state could ( Read more... )

Killer storm leaves Vt. homeowners, towns stranded

Flooding isolated entire towns in Vermont and New York, some communities warily watched swollen rivers and more than 2.5 million people from North Carolina to Maine lacked electricity Tuesday, three days after Hurricane Irene churned up the Eastern Seaboard.
The storm has been blamed for at least 40 ( Read more... )

Flooding conditions 'awful' in Vermont due to Irene's rains

What may be the worst flooding since 1927 turned communities across Vermont on Sunday into islands, as high, fast-moving waters swamped roads and shredded some of the state's iconic covered bridges.

In some areas, homes knocked off their foundations by Hurricane Irene's wrath floated in lake ( Read more... )

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - Much of Vermont was paralyzed Sunday by treacherous flooding in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, with scores of state and local roads closed, homes underwater, bridges wiped out and at least one person dead after being swept into a rushing river.
Much of the state was deluged with rain as Irene blew through on Sunday afternoon, ( Read more... )

Resolution Calling to Amend the Constitution Banning Corporate Personhood Introduced in Vermont ( Read more... )

Barber shop protest

Local protesters organized in front of Mike's Barber Shop, Saturday morning, to express their anger and disappointment after reading a letter in the Reformer Nov. 3 by a visitor to the village who implied he was denied service at the local barber shop because he is black ( Read more... )