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BENNINGTON — As word spread over the weekend that long-serving state Sen. Dick Sears of Bennington had died, tributes soon began to pour in from colleagues, constituents and friends around

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   MONTPELIER — A bill updating Vermont’s sexual assault law is scheduled to be taken up again by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, with the hope that revised language on consent will allow the bill to move forward. The bill, H.183, was passed by the House by voice vote in March. It would update state law to clarify that sexual consent cannot be granted “when the other person is incapable of consenting to the sexual act...