Insurers See Growing Risks and Costs from Climate Change

WASHINGTON, March 1 - Coming off a year of record-setting $1 billion-plus natural disasters, representatives of leading insurance companies said today that costs to taxpayers and businesses from extreme weather will continue to…

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Dental Crisis in America

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 - A Senate panel heard today that millions of Americans do not have access to dentists and millions more cannot afford dental care. "As a nation, we don't talk about…

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Vermont Wins $35 million for Economic Development

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 - Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced today that Vermont Rural Ventures will receive $35 million in federal tax credits to spur…

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Delegation announces $930,000 loan to Jasper Hill Farms in Greensboro, supporting value-added agriculture in Vermont and state’s growing cheese industry

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 22 - Vermont's congressional delegation - Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) - today announced a $930,000 federal loan guarantee to…

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Senators Seek Study on Voter Laws

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 - A group of U.S. senators today asked the Government Accountability Office to study what they called an "alarming number" of new state laws that will make it "significantly harder"…

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