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The President spoke at a conservation summit Tuesday

Climate activists say President broke ‘promise’ by approving the Willow Oil Project

Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:17 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
ConocoPhillips has said the project will produce an estimated 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak.

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin wants cow’s milk to be the only milk

Sen. Tammy Baldwin pushes for legislation that would require relabeling of plant-based milks following release of new FDA guidance 

Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 3:49 PM EST
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By Stetson Miller
Senator Tammy Baldwin has reintroduced legislation that would limit what can be labeled as milk to dairy products.

Politics

Lawmakers push to reform laws as majority of United States legalize marijuana

Lawmakers push to reform laws as majority of United States legalize marijuana

Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 10:26 AM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
Lawmakers push changes to federal laws on marijuana, with a special focus on banking regulations.

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Lawmakers take a hard look at the dangers teens & kids can face online

Lawmakers take a hard look at the dangers teens & kids can face online

Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 5:59 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
Senate hearing looks at whether legislation is needed to protect children online.

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Lawmakers call for investigation against gun company that they say is marketing to kids

Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:32 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
The Senators believe there is little difference between the JR-15 and an AR-15.

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‘Life at conception’ act reintroduced in Congress as Republicans control the House

Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 3:56 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
“It’s an obvious fact," says Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.)

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Republicans push abortion restrictions as March for Life rally comes to Washington D.C.

Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:27 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
Days before the March for Life rally, the House GOP advanced a measure called the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.”

Politics

Republicans flex their new House majority with new committee chairs

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 6:47 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
House Republican leadership announces new committee and conference chairs.

Politics

How the U.S. will pick its next House speaker

Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 9:47 AM EST
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By Brendan Cullerton
Current Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, is the frontrunner to become the next speaker of the House, but he is short on the votes required

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Afghan refugees left in limbo as Congress fails to act on bill

Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 3:37 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
Legislation to sort out Afghan refugee status remains stalled in Congress.
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“Diversity is necessary at the table”: Nancy Pelosi’s last official acts

Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 5:39 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
Nancy Pelosi is stepping down as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

Politics

Nation’s most senior Senator delivers farewell speech

Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 10:06 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
For the past 48 years Senator Patrick Leahy has served the nation and his home state of Vermont.

Politics

Following her breast cancer diagnosis, Katie Couric throws support behind cancer screening bill

Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 8:29 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
Journalist Katie Couric joined lawmakers to announce the ‘Find it Early Act' for cancer screenings.

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The Senate’s most senior member prepares to retire

Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 5:36 PM EST
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By Jamie Bittner
Senator Leahy was first elected in 1974.

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President Biden, House Minority Leader McCarthy say they are willing to work across the aisle following the midterms

Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 7:04 PM EST
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By Josh Rultenberg
President Biden addressed the results of the midterm election and his own political future on Wednesday.

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Political experts skeptical that political parties can gain votes from each other’s base in the midterms

Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 11:59 AM EDT
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By Josh Rultenberg
Both Democrats and Republicans are confident they can win the November mid-term elections because they claim they’ve each poached voters from regions where, traditionally, they don’t have a lot of support.

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Experts concerned over who will cash in with the ‘Credit Card Competition Act’

Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 2:46 PM EDT
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By Molly Martinez
A new bill in Washington promises more competition when it comes to credit card transactions - but one expert says cardholders could be left footing the bill.

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Consumer watchdog calls Biden admin airline transparency push ‘good first step’

Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 8:20 AM EDT
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By Peter Zampa
The Biden administration says it wants more transparency from airlines when it comes to booking flights.

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Supreme Court to take up Alabama racial gerrymandering case

Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 4:45 PM EDT
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By Brendan Cullerton
Opponents of the election map say it does not provide proportional representation to minorities, making the map a violation of the Voting Rights Act

Politics

Idaho couple takes on EPA at the Supreme Court over land rights

Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 4:09 PM EDT
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By Molly Martinez
The case has the potential to strip the Clean Water Act of key environmental protections

Politics

Republicans eye New Hampshire as they seek to flip control of the U.S. Senate

Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 6:10 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
The Republican National Convention says Sen. Maggie Hassan is “one of the most vulnerable, if not the most vulnerable democrat Senate candidates.” Democrats say they ‘have no doubt’ Hassan will be re-elected.

Politics

President Biden to deliver ‘Cancer Moonshot’ speech Monday in Boston

Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 12:33 PM EDT
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By Josh Rultenberg
Ending cancer as we know it. President Biden will give a speech Monday in Boston on his plan to find a cure for the disease. What the White House says we can expect to hear about the president’s ‘Cancer Moonshot.’

Politics

The debate over abortion rights weighs heavy ahead of elections

Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 10:47 AM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
As some states begin to implement bans and restrictions on abortion, debate continues over how much the issue of abortion will drive voters to the polls.

Politics

Congress begins work on next Farm Bill

Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:56 AM EDT
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By Brendan Cullerton
Congress passes a new Farm Bill every five years. The old U.S. farm policy package will expire next September, and lawmakers are looking into what needs to be in the next version

Politics

President Biden to address ‘soul of the nation’ Thursday in Philadelphia primetime speech

Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:16 AM EDT
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By Josh Rultenberg
The soul of the nation. That’s what President Biden plans to talk about during a primetime address in Philadelphia.

Politics

FBI: Trump mixed top secret docs with magazines, other items

Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 11:46 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
The FBI submitted the affidavit, or sworn statement, to a judge so it could obtain a warrant to search Trump’s property.

Politics

Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO and friend Jack Dorsey

Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 4:03 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dorsey helped found.

Politics

What kind of impact will inflation have on midterm elections?

Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 9:36 AM EDT
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By Brendan Cullerton
Republicans believe the economy will work to their advantage in the November midterm elections, but Democrats say the country is turning a corner on reducing prices.

Politics

One year after American’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, bill promises to help refugees seeking citizenship

Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 11:51 AM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Thousands of Afghan refugees are stuck in legal limbo.

Politics

Lawmakers demanding fmr. President Trump’s tax returns talk after court rules in their favor

Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 3:25 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Following the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling, the Ways & Means Committee said the decision showed “the law is on our side in seeking Trump’s tax returns.”

News

Malloy defeats Nolan in tight GOP US Senate race

Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:25 PM EDT
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By WCAX News Team
Vermont Republicans gave Gerald Malloy a big win Tuesday night, edging out former U.S. Attorney for Vermont Christina Nolan in the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate.

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Balint tops Gray in US House Dem primary

Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:23 PM EDT
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By Adam Sullivan
Becca Balint prevailed over Molly Gray to win Tuesday’s closely watched Democratic U.S. House primary to replace Congressman Peter Welch.

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Inflation a common concern for Vermonters in new poll

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 5:02 PM EDT
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By Darren Perron
Economic issues weigh heavily on the minds of Vermonters as reflected in a new University of New Hampshire poll.

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Primary Preview: Meet the Democratic candidates for Vt. lt. governor

Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT
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By Christina Guessferd
Four Democrats are vying to become Vermont’s lieutenant governor but must first face off in the August 9 primary.

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Primary Preview: Meet the GOP candidates for Vt. lt. governor

Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 11:48 AM EDT
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By Christina Guessferd
Vermont Senator Joe Benning, R-Caledonia County, and Gregory Thayer, a Rutland financial accountant, may be members of the same party, but they stand on opposite sides of the political spectrum.

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UNH poll shows Balint with dominant lead in congressional race

Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 7:12 PM EDT
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By Calvin Cutler
The Vermont Democratic primary for Congress would not be close if the election was held today, according to a new political poll from the University of New Hampshire.

Politics

Legal battles begin over abortion pill as several states move to restrict or ban abortion

Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 1:17 PM EDT
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By Jamie Bittner
Access to the abortion pill is set to be the subject of legal challenges nationwide

Politics

Illinois congressman leads “final” January 6th Committee hearing focusing on Donald Trump

Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT
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By Nicole Neuman
Kinzinger and panel expected to reveal what Trump was doing as the Capitol attack unfolded.

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Primary Preview: Meet the candidates for Vt. attorney general

Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 4:35 PM EDT
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By Ike Bendavid
Two Democrats are facing off in next month’s primary election for Vermont attorney general following the resignation of Attorney General T.J. Donovan earlier this summer.

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Primary Preview: Meet the candidates for Chittenden County State’s Attorney

Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 6:02 PM EDT
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By Dom Amato
In Chittenden County, policies and public safety are the sticking points in the Democratic primary. Ted Kenney from Williston is seeking his party’s nomination, against incumbent Sarah George.

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Clifford drops out of race for Congress

Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 11:47 AM EDT
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By WCAX News Team
With three weeks to go until Vermont’s August primary, there is one less Democrat in the race for Congress.

Politics

‘It’s high time the 383 people who didn’t come back got recognized:’ Veterans celebrate ground-breaking of Desert Storm memorial in Washington

Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 3:59 PM EDT
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By Molly Martinez
Veterans have waited 32 years to break ground on this memorial

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Primary Preview: Meet the candidates for Vt. governor

Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 5:52 PM EDT
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By Calvin Cutler
Vermont’s primary elections are just under a month away and one Democrat and three Republicans are vying in separate primaries to go on to the fall election.

Politics

Yosemite fire grows as crews protect iconic sequoias

Updated: Jul. 10, 2022 at 6:27 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park has more than doubled in size since Saturday afternoon.

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Primary Preview: Meet the Republicans running for US Senate

Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 5:14 PM EDT
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By Kevin Gaiss
The race for Vermont’s open US Senate seat features three Republicans hoping to win the August 9 primary.

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Sanders endorses Balint for Congress

Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT
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By WCAX News Team
Senator Bernie Sanders Wednesday offered his endorsement to congressional hopeful Becca Balint.

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Primary Preview: Meet the Democrats running for US Senate

Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 5:40 PM EDT
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By Kevin Gaiss
Congressman Peter Welch will face Dr. Niki Thran and Isaac Evans-Franz in the August 9 primary to replace retiring Senator Patrick Leahy.

National

Some US clinics stop doing abortions as ruling takes hold

Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 9:41 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Abortion bans that were put on the books in some states in the event Roe v. Wade was overturned have started automatically going into effect.

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Primary Preview: Candidates for New York governor

Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 6:09 PM EDT
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By Kelly O'Brien
New Yorkers head to the polls next Tuesday to pick their favorite candidate for governor in the state’s primary. Reporter Kelly O’Brien breaks down what you need to know before heading to the polls.

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Early voting for Vt. primary underway

Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 4:25 PM EDT
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By Calvin Cutler
Early voting began Friday for Vermont’s August 9th primary elections.
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