washingtonpost.com - VermontVermontSen. Jeffords Says He Plans to Step Down- May 4, 2005 Jeffords (I-Vt.), whose abrupt defection from the Republican Party in May 2001 handed control of the Senate to the Democrats for 19 months, will not seek a fourth term in 2006 due to his and his wife's health problems.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4481-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/v... Senate Impasse Stops 'Clear Skies' Measure- May 4, 2005 President Bush's bid to rewrite federal air pollution laws ground to a halt in Congress yesterday when Republicans were unable to overcome objections in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that the bill would weaken the central pillars of the nation's environmental protection framework.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20314-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/v... NEA, States Challenge 'No Child' Program- May 4, 2005 The nation's largest teacher's union joins school districts in Michigan, Texas, and Vermont in filing a federal lawsuit charging that the Department of Education has failed to provide adequate funding for the No Child Left Behind initiative.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4741-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/v... WETA Board Approves Switch To News-Talk Format- May 4, 2005 WETA-FM listeners who had hoped to prevent the widely anticipated decision by the public broadcasting station's board of directors to drop classical music programs left its Shirlington offices disappointed last night. By an overwhelming majority, the board approved a resolution to focus on news and public-affairs programming.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15840-2005Feb10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Conn. Backs Civil Unions for Same-Sex Couples- May 4, 2005 Connecticut's House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would make the state the second to establish civil unions for same-sex couples, and the first to do so without being directed by a court.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51518-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Orvis's New Angle- May 4, 2005 The Vermont-based company is extending its brand to luxury log homes, the better to shelter all that outdoor gear.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A397-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/vt Connecticut Closer to Approving Civil Unions- May 4, 2005 HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut could become the second state in the nation to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples -- and the first to do so without being prompted by a court order.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22026-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/v... The Special-Interest Group Hug- May 4, 2005 Incoming Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean spent yesterday in a series of meetings with valued Democratic constituencies at the Hilton Washington. He did the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus at 12:15 p.m., the Seniors Coordination Council at 12:45 p.m., the Women's Caucus at 3:40 p.m., the Native Americans at 4:35 p.m., the African Americans at 5 p.m., the Asian Pacific Islanders at 5:20 p.m. and the Hispanics at 5:40 p.m.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17718-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Memoirs- May 4, 2005 In Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage , (Shoemaker & Hoard, $24) Laura Waterman describes her life as shaped to an astonishing extent by her husband, Guy Waterman. Guy was a serious climber, and Laura learned to climb with him. Inspired by the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s and the writings of Helen and Scott Nearing, the couple bought a parcel of land in Vermont and lived there in a cabin without electricity or running water for 30 years. They called this place Barra.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17330-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Supercharged McAuliffe Revels in Closing Days of Tenure- May 4, 2005 With two days left before he hands the gavel over to former Vermont governor Howard Dean, McAuliffe was running at full speed, wrapping up the last details of the party's finances, lunching with reporters, and being feted at a gala whose speakers included former president Bill Clinton and the party's 2004 presidential nominee, John F. Kerry.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15398-2005Feb10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |