Jim Douglas News

The New York State Transportation Department announced today the Lake Champlain bridge can't be fixed.

The cost of retirement benefits for public workers is threatening to swallow up the state budget, and it's a problem that won't be solved by simply shifting the responsibility for teacher pensions from Montpelier to local school boards.

There is another name to add to the possible candidates for governor of Vermont.

Gov. Jim Douglas says a foreign trade mission to Asia was a big success. The governor led a delegation of government and business leaders on a ten-day trip to Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.

Every afternoon Anthony Pollina hosts a talk show on WDEV. From single payer health care-- to workers' rights-- it's a similar message when he's on the campaign trail.

"Matt Dunne is in the race for governor - pass it on," reads the headline over an under-construction Web site for the newest Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

Another Democrat is going to get into the race for Governor in Vermont. Matt Dunne is planning to announce Tuesday.

Businesses such as the Bridge Restaurant and the West Addison General Store are just two examples of several Addison County businesses that are being affected negatively by the closing of the Lake Champlain Bridge.

Vermont utilities will be able to match money to upgrade meters. By Nancy Remsen, Free Press Staff Writer * October 28, 2009 During the next three years, Vermont's electric utilities plan to install electric meters at nearly every residence and business that doesn't already have state-of-the-art metering devices capable of communicating in real ...

Lindsay Harris' four cows are grazing down in the pasture. Up the hill in a room off the Hinesburg barn, their milk sits in a cooler in half-gallon jars labeled with names of the customers who will stop by later.

Transportation officials, state police and state senators attended a closed-door meeting Monday afternoon under the shadow of the Crown Point Bridge.

An anchorman who's been a fixture in the Vermont news scene for 42 years signed off Thursday, fighting back tears as he said goodbye to viewers.

Anchorman Marselis Parsons, a fixture in the Vermont news scene for 42 years, holds the hand of his co-anchor, Kristin Kelly, in South Burlington Thursday on his last evening broadcast, Parsons, whose first big assignment for WCAX-TV of Burlington was covering student protest over George Wallace's presidential campaign stop at Dartmouth in 1967, ...

Is Jodi Rell going to retire rather than seek another term as governor of Connecticut? Nearly non-existent fundraising is re-fueling the longstanding rumors .

Vermont has earned the shameful distinction of being one of only three states that fails to require candidates for statewide office or the Legislature to disclose their personal financial information.

The Vermont Department of Public Service has reached an agreement with the owners of the Vermont Yankee on its proposal to spin off the nuclear power plant to a new company called Enexus.

Deborah L. Markowitz has been Vermont's Secretary of State since 1998, and earlier this year announced her intention to compete for the nomination of the Democratic Party for governor.

Rutland County may have the highest unemployment rate in Vermont, but 15 county residents have helped reverse the trend this week - the lucky 15 are now gainfully employed by the Vermont Wood Pellet Company in Clarendon.

The state Senate's most powerful Democrat, Peter Shumlin, confirmed he is close to a run for governor next year, and will make an announcement within the next three weeks.

Though Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas has indicated he won't seek re-election next year, his decision not to seek a fifth two-year term isn't expected to disrupt the state's captive insurance industry.