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	<description>The capital news bureau of the Rutland Herald and Times Argus</description>
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		<title>Latest Shumlin land deal leaves seller feeling jilted</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/latest-shumlin-land-deal-leaves-seller-feeling-jilted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Dodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Shumlin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As his July 15 moving date nears, Jeremy Dodge’s seller’s remorse has begun to intensify. Back on Nov. 7, when Dodge finalized the sale of his 16-acre homestead in bucolic East Montpelier, he believed the deal he cut with its &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/latest-shumlin-land-deal-leaves-seller-feeling-jilted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>House, Senate poised to withdraw controversial tax plan, pave way for copacetic adjournment</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/house-senate-poised-to-withdraw-controversial-tax-plan-pave-way-for-copasetic-adjournment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Shumlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shap smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[House and Senate Democrats look poised to end their veto showdown with Gov. Peter Shumlin by withdrawing an income-tax overhaul that would have delivered tax cuts to more than 200,000  middle-class Vermonters. Neither House Speaker Shap Smith nor Senate President &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/house-senate-poised-to-withdraw-controversial-tax-plan-pave-way-for-copasetic-adjournment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senate says &#8216;no&#8217; to &#8216;death with dignity,&#8217; but hope for deal still in the works</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/senate-says-no-to-death-with-dignity-but-hope-for-deal-still-in-the-works/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the Senate finally took up “death with dignity” Tuesday evening, it was to be the final chapter of a wrenching debate that has filled House and Senate galleries this year with Vermonters both for and against the end-of-life-choices bill. &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/senate-says-no-to-death-with-dignity-but-hope-for-deal-still-in-the-works/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shumlin, Smith Campbell seal deal over tax bill</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/shumlin-smith-campbell-seal-deal-over-tax-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/shumlin-smith-campbell-seal-deal-over-tax-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read their lips: “no new taxes.” Gov. Peter Shumlin, House Speaker Shap Smith and Senate President John Campbell this afternoon said they&#8217;re choosing budget cuts over tax increases, and will scrap entirely House and Senate revenue bills that would have &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/shumlin-smith-campbell-seal-deal-over-tax-bill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>House fuels up for long night of debate over end-of-life choices</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/house-fuels-up-for-long-night-of-debate-over-end-of-life-choices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/house-fuels-up-for-long-night-of-debate-over-end-of-life-choices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Gage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duncan Kilmartin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Till]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Waite-Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Morrissey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shap smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[House lawmakers this evening rejected a last-ditch attempt to postpone action on “death with dignity,” paving the way for an hours-long debate that will likely end with the preliminary approval of legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/house-fuels-up-for-long-night-of-debate-over-end-of-life-choices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In 8-3 vote, House Judiciary Committee approves end-of-life bill</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/in-8-3-vote-house-judiciary-committee-approves-end-of-life-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/in-8-3-vote-house-judiciary-committee-approves-end-of-life-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Pugh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Lippert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Galbraith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An end-of-life bill that had been dismantled on the Senate floor earlier this year has been pieced back together in the House, where the judiciary committee this afternoon approved legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/in-8-3-vote-house-judiciary-committee-approves-end-of-life-bill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative super PAC back in action with mailings that hit Dems over new taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/conservative-super-pac-back-in-action-with-mailings-that-hit-dems-over-new-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/conservative-super-pac-back-in-action-with-mailings-that-hit-dems-over-new-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenore Broughton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tayt Brooks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The conservative super PAC “Vermonters First” is venturing back into legislative politics, this time with a statewide mailing that hammers Democratic lawmakers for proposed increases on a slew of taxes. Earlier this year, Vermonters First, which spent about $1 million &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/conservative-super-pac-back-in-action-with-mailings-that-hit-dems-over-new-taxes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vt. GOP struggle: Go moderate? Or stay the course of conservative?</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/vt-gop-struggle-go-moderate-or-stay-the-course-of-conservative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/vt-gop-struggle-go-moderate-or-stay-the-course-of-conservative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Lindley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Scott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They’ve descended to super-minority status in both the House and Senate, and lay claim to just one of Vermont’s six statewide offices. By the numbers at least, the once-dominant Vermont Republicans have reached a new low in their years-long fall &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/vt-gop-struggle-go-moderate-or-stay-the-course-of-conservative/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dottie Deans elected to serve as Democratic Party&#8217;s new chairwoman</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/dottie-deans-elected-to-serve-as-democratic-partys-new-chairwoman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/dottie-deans-elected-to-serve-as-democratic-partys-new-chairwoman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dottie Deans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Perkinson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Vermont Democratic Party has a new chairman. The Democrats&#8217; state committee on Saturday voted unanimously in favor of Dottie Deans, who replaces outgoing chairman Jake Perkinson. Deans, of North Pomfret, most recently served as vice-chairwoman of the party, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/dottie-deans-elected-to-serve-as-democratic-partys-new-chairwoman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Administration wants to cut jobs of people helping welfare beneficiaries find them</title>
		<link>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/administration-wants-to-cut-jobs-of-people-helping-welfare-beneficiaries-find-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/administration-wants-to-cut-jobs-of-people-helping-welfare-beneficiaries-find-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hirschfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Curtis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Yacovone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Peter Shumlin made headlines in January when he proposed a five-year lifetime cap on welfare benefits. But lawmakers only recently found out that he also wants to eliminate 12 positions dedicated to helping welfare recipients find the jobs they &#8230; <a href="http://www.vermontpressbureau.com/administration-wants-to-cut-jobs-of-people-helping-welfare-beneficiaries-find-them/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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