BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 23 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release on Oct. 22: This morning, Vice President Biden announced plans to establish, if elected, a bipartisan commission to study potential reforms to U.S. Courts. Democracy for America CEO Yvette Simpson released the following comment in response to Biden's plan for a court reform commission: "For much of the last 18 months, Joe Biden has been largely opposed to any real efforts to reform the judiciary in respons more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 21 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release: With less than two weeks to go before voting concludes, Democracy for America (DFA) has announced its position on 41 statewide and municipal-level direct-democracy initiatives in 17 states across the country. These direct-democracy initiatives include ballot initiatives, ballot measures, referendums, and state constitutional amendments that will be approved, rejected, or ratified directly by voters who cas more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 23 -- Democracy for America issued the following news release on Oct. 22: Minutes ago, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, in a party-line vote, voted to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States to the full Senate. Democracy for America's CEO Yvette Simpson on the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote: "The party-line vote that just took place in the Senate Judiciary Committee was one of the most brazen displays of anti-demo more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 24 (TNSResB) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * "Stephen King and American History" by Michael Blouin and Anthony Magistrale * * * Killer clowns, haunted hotels, alien invasions. Stephen King, "the King of Horror," has scared generations of readers with his wild and chilling imagination, amassing hundreds of titles and writing credits to his name along the way. If wading through the entirety of King's corpus seems like an exhaustively bad  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 20 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release: A federal judge has ruled in favor of the lawsuit filed earlier this year by Attorney General T.J. Donovan to protect food assistance. In January, Attorney General Donovan joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and New York City in filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from eliminating food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans, including more than 200 Vermont househol more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 24 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on Oct. 23: Attorney General T.J. Donovan will partner with Windham County State's Attorney Tracy Shriver, Vermont Legal Aid, and Code for BTV to host an expungement "tele-clinic" on Friday, November 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Expungements wipe from your record specific convictions and dismissed charges after a certain period of time has passed. Under Vermont law, many misdemeanors, more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 24 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott and Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD, today detailed the State's framework for distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, once one is produced and distributed to the state. The State has submitted responses to a series of questions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), laying out the framework for vaccine distribution and Vermont's preparedness. The federal govern more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 23 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Oct. 22: Governor Phil Scott today announced the second round of the Frontline Employee Hazard Pay Grant Program, which was passed by the Legislature. This round expands the types of employers who are now eligible to apply and includes employees who worked for an eligible employer last spring during the worst of the pandemic in Vermont but are no longer working for that employer. "I want to thank t more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Oct. 20: Governor Phil Scott today announced an expansion of the state's Economic Recovery Grants, utilizing an additional $76 million in funds from the $1.25 billion the state received from the Federal CARES Act. These funds are in addition to the $152 million in economic relief already delivered to Vermont businesses. Per Act 154, passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Scott, these new  more PR