The minimum wage increases in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington will be 28 cents to 37 cents an hour.

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8 States to Raise Minimum Wage

Week after maddening week of unusually balmy temperatures have made snowfall scant in New England and wreaked havoc on snowmaking at ski resorts.

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Many Ski Areas Lack an Essential Ingredient

In the three months since Hurricane Irene, the state repaired and reopened some 500 miles of damaged road, replaced a dozen bridges with temporary structures and repaired about 200 altogether.

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Vermont Rebounding From Hurricane Irene

Two Vermont ski resorts open.

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East Coast Hit With Snow

Communities in Vermont and in upstate New York struggled to open roads and find stranded residents.

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Flooding Devastates Vermont and Catskills

Floodwaters brought by Irene began to recede in Vermont, but the governor warned that further flooding and loss of life are likely ahead for the small, rural state.

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Irene ‘just devastating’ in Vermont, governor says

Much of Vermont was deluged with rain as Irene blew through on Sunday afternoon. At least one person was dead after being swept into a rushing river.

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A Soaked Vermont Awaits Even More Flooding

As the winds died down and the storm passed through the Northeast, an extraordinary onslaught of flooding is still playing out as some rivers continue to rise in an already waterlogged region.

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With Shocking Speed, Floods Turn Deadly

A child was found Sunday in Prince George’s County, but police said they could not find his parents. The child was found about 2:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of Vermont Avenue in the Landover area, police said. They said they carried out an extensive search in that neighborhood but could not find any relatives. Read full article > >

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Boy found, police look for parents

Gov. Peter Shumlin still has to figure out how much the plan will cost and how to pay for it — and whether he will still be in charge by 2017.

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A Doctor’s Push for Single-Payer Health Care for All Finds Traction in Vermont

The storm system that caused tornadoes in Louisiana and dumped 30 inches of snow in parts of Vermont and New York may cause flooding in parts of the South.

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‘Snowiest, craziest’ winter not over yet

The snowiest winter on record got worse as two more feet of snow forced the closing of state government, schools and I-89 because trucks could not make it uphill.

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Another Snowstorm Pounds Vermont

Attorneys general from New York, Connecticut and Vermont expressed concern about the prospect of long-term storage of radioactive waste at plants.

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3 States Challenge Federal Policy on Storing Nuclear Waste

Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont denounced the president’s tax compromise for more than eight hours.

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Estate Tax Cutoff Draws Special Fire in Congress

Emergency workers raced to the scene of a bus accident Friday that injured at least 30 passengers — three of them critically — after the vehicle lost control and rolled over while driving on a Vermont interstate highway, police said.

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Vermont bus crash injures dozens