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By Dan McLean, Burlington Free Press
BERLIN, Vt. -- Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., on Monday concluded a series of roundtable discussions with business leaders in four parts of Vermont. The conversations, he said, have offered input to recalibrate his legislative focus.
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By The Associated Press, Burlington Free Press
New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes plans to introduce legislation in Congress to give states that could be affected by neighboring nuclear power plants
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Burlington claims Morgan Stanley mishandled pension fund
By John Briggs, Burlington Free Press
The administration of Mayor Bob Kiss asked the City Council on Monday for authority to file a claim against Morgan Stanley with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for the company's alleged mishandling of the city's pension investments from 1991 to 2006.
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FairPoint plan would cut debt sharply
By The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News
PORTLAND, Maine — The telecommunications company FairPoint Communications Inc.'s debt would be cut by nearly two-thirds under its bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Monday, but the company said the reorganization won't prevent it from expanding broadband Internet in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
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States look to the bottle
By David Kesmodel and William Spain, The Wall Street Journal
States suffering through tough times are reaching for a tonic. Lawmakers in several states with tight control of liquor sales are considering legislation that would shift the job to private industry, saving money and raising revenue.
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The seventh annual Hal Hovey Award was presented Feb. 3 to Marc Perrusquia, an enterprise and investigative reporter for The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis Tenn. The award is made jointly by Stateline.org, which is part of the Pew Center on the States, and Governing Magazine for outstanding coverage of state and local government. | |
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