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With the Aug. 9 primaries fast approaching, Vermont News & Media sent a questionnaire out to candidates with three questions: 1) What qualifications make you the best candidate for this

Outgoing Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos has broken his long tradition of not endorsing any candidates.

Experts say Mass.' climate goals are in line with the UN's targets, but they worry we aren't on track to meet them.

Massachusetts is not even remotely close to the number of electric vehicles on its roads needed to meet climate goals, but a top Baker administration official said Thursday she intends to "fight" for funding in a new bill to expand charging options and other needed infrastructure.

“A crisis like this is a reminder that there are better alternatives out there," Deb Markowitz of The Nature Conservatory said.

Reply House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) led a successful bipartisan effort to secure language in the proposed Fiscal Year 2022 House budget that will help preserve open space in Massachusetts by raising the annual cap on the states Conservation Land Tax Credit. With 53 of his House colleagues signed on as co-sponsors, the amendment passed the House of Representatives on a unanimous roll call vote of 160-0 on April 26, the first day of debate on the budget. The amendm...

Wilson Ring, Associated Press It’s the not-so-secret, disturbing-to-many fact of Vermont politics. Despite a reputation as one of the most liberal states, it has never sent a woman or a member of a minority group to Congress. And in its 230-year history, only one woman has served as governor. Vermont began carrying the mantle as the only state that has not sent a woman to Congress in 2018, after Mississippi Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith was appointed to the U.S. Senate. She was elected to a ful...

As climate change increases flooding, Mass. likely to see damaged-property costs surge, report says Advocates call for plans to manage a retreat from low-lying coastal areas By David Abel Globe Staff,Updated February 22, 2021, 12:01 a.m. Email to a Friend In January 2018. the Brant Rock section of Marshfield suffered at high tide during a blizzard.John Tlumacki By mid-century, nearly 50,000 homes a year in Massachusetts will face a substantial risk of structural damage from flooding, an 11 per...

It’s the not-so-secret, disturbing-to-many fact of Vermont politics. Despite a reputation as one of the most liberal states, it has never sent a woman or a member of a minority group to Congress. And in its 230-year history, only one woman has served...

It’s the not-so-secret, disturbing-to-many fact of Vermont politics. Despite a...