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California advances fentanyl bills focused on prevention, increased penalties
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have advanced more than a dozen bills aiming to address the fentanyl crisis, including some that would impose harsher prison sentences for dealers, ahead of a critical deadline this week. Legislators in the Assembly and Senate debated...
Vermont governor vetoes raise for state lawmakers
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have raised the salaries for members of state's part-time legislature and made them eligible for the state employees' health benefit plan. Scott wrote in his veto letter to lawmakers...
Vermont troopers plead not guilty in bean bag shooting case
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Two Vermont State Police troopers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor reckless endangerment charge after one of them fired a bean bag round from a shotgun against a man who was allegedly acting irrationally. During the brief hearing in Vermont...
Vermont's governor vetoes largest budget in state history
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's governor has vetoed a state budget that would have been the largest in the state history. Republican Gov. Phil Scott said the proposed budget, which is well over $8 billion, would unfairly raise taxes and fees on state residents. He said in his...
Vermont judge dismisses assault charge against troopers in bean bag shooting case
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont judge has dismissed one of the counts against two state police troopers who were charged criminally after they fired bean bag rounds from a shotgun against a man who was acting irrationally. The man who was hit subsequently fell and suffered a head...
America aged rapidly in the last decade as baby boomers grew older and births dropped
The United States grew older, faster, last decade. The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of any decade in 130 years, while the share of children declined, according to new figures from the most recent census. ...
Woman who fled US to keep child custody more than a decade ago says her lawyer encouraged flight
A Virginia woman who left the United States for more than a decade with her child to avoid sharing custody of her daughter with her former partner says her lawyer suggested she flee. In a document filed May 19 in federal court in Vermont as part of a long-running civil case, Lisa...
2 Vermont State Police troopers cited for roll in beanbag use-of-force case
Two Vermont State Police troopers have been charged with misdemeanors in an incident last year in which they used a beanbag fired from a shotgun against a man who was acting irrationally, who fell and suffered a head injury after he was hit, the state police said Monday. Sgt. Ryan...
Vermont Troopers' union says 2 officers to be charged in use of force case
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Two Vermont State Police troopers are going to be charged criminally for using a beanbag shotgun round during an incident last year in Newfane in which the man who was hit fell and suffered a head injury, the union that represents the troopers said Thursday. ...
Vermont Legislature's impeachment committee to meet over the summer
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A special committee of the Vermont House of Representatives formed to investigate the possible impeachment of the Franklin County sheriff and state’s attorney will be meeting over the summer, the speaker of the Vermont House says. Democratic Speaker Jill...
