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Burlington Electric continues to purchase Sheffield Wind power despite reports of mechanical failures

Burlington Electric has decided to continue purchasing power from Sheffield Wind’s 16 turbines for another five years despite skepticism from critics and a local resident over whether the facility is functioning properly.

August 29, 2019 in TNR News.
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Vermont hospital violated nurse’s conscience rights on abortion, HHS says

“Forcing medical staff to assist in the taking of human life inflicts a moral injury on them that is not only unnecessary and wrong, it violates long-standing federal law,” Roger Severino, director of the HHS Office of Civil Rights, said in a statement.

August 29, 2019 in TNR News.
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No, the Electoral College is not ‘affirmative action’ for rural voters

The Electoral College, the New York Democrat said on Instagram last week, is a “scam” that “effectively weighs white voters over voters of color.” Then she doubled down, tweeting that the Electoral College is nothing more than “affirmative action” for rural voters.

August 29, 2019 in Commentary.
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Report: Purdue Pharma, Sackler family, offer up to $12 billion to settle thousands of opioid claims

Purdue Pharma, which has earned $35 billion from the sale of OxyContin alone, has offered to pay $10 billion to $12 billion to settle the claims after meeting with at least 10 state attorneys general and plaintiffs’ attorneys in Cleveland last week.

August 29, 2019 in U.S..
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State Headliners: VT’s largest hospital deceptively, unlawfully forced pro-life nurse to help perform abortion

The University of Vermont Medical Center deceptively and unlawfully forced a known pro-life nurse to participate in an abortion procedure, the Office of Civil Rights for the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services reported today.

August 28, 2019 in TNR News.
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National Hydropower Day highlights costs, benefits of controversial technology

National Hydropower Day came and went last week, and the Vermont Public Power Supply Authority issued a statement celebrating the occasion, offering positive points regarding the most popular form of renewable energy in America.

August 28, 2019 in TNR News.
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Sanders: China has made ‘more progress in addressing extreme poverty than any country’ in history

While the Independent Vermont senator acknowledged how the country has become “more authoritarian” in recent years instead of more Democratic, he also praised the communist country for its success in helping its poor citizens.

August 28, 2019 in U.S..
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New Hampshire among states with highest labor force participation

Data released by the U.S. Department of Labor show that work force participation in New Hampshire rose again, this time up to 68.6 percent.

August 28, 2019 in U.S..
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Judge OK’s class action status in PFOA suit

Residents seeking damages over PFOA contamination of groundwater in an area around former ChemFab Corp. plants in Bennington have won another round in their suit against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics.

August 28, 2019 in TNR News.
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Warren wants to revive DNC, which she once said rigged the 2016 primary against rival Sanders

2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren wants to revive the Democratic National Committee, but she said in 2017 that the DNC rigged the 2016 primary against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

August 28, 2019 in U.S..
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Police uncertain where Patriot Front exists in Vermont

Despite reports that a white nationalist group recently placed posters in a few cities and towns in Vermont, law enforcement officials haven’t seen or been able to identify any of the group’s supposed members.

August 27, 2019 in TNR News.
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McClaughry: A renewed attack on the First Amendment

Section 1 of their “Democracy for All” Amendment authorizes Congress and the states to “regulate and set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections.” This would allow a future left wing Congress to revive and strengthen BCRA.

August 27, 2019 in Commentary.

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