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Lt. Gov. Molly Gray and Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint are the leading candidates in a Democratic U.S. House primary that could make either of them the first female member of Vermont’s congressional delegation. Gray has the backing of the centrist lane of the party, with endorsements from former Govs. Madeline Kunin and Howard Dean. Retiring U.S. Sen. Patrick...

Mitten season may still be months away, but this Pride Month, some recognizable mittens are warming hearts instead of hands. The maker of the official Bernie Mittens announced a new charitable partnership Friday with a nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ youth in Vermont. Vermont Teddy Bear is the official maker of Bernie Mittens, through its sister brand, the Vermont Mitten Company....

This Pride Month, some recognizable mittens are warming hearts in addition to hands.

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina met Monday in Boston to debate a range of issues, including gun control. The debate, which was produced by FOX News, took place at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Dorchester. It came one day after a bipartisan group of senators reached a tentative deal on…

New England’s largely Democratic delegation responded to reporting that the Supreme Court is prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade with fury and calls for Congress to protect the abortion rights it has guaranteed for half a century. Politico reported Monday that a draft opinion circulated by justices suggests the high court’s majority supports the overturning of the landmark 1973...

U.S. stock futures fell Friday after Dow stock JPMorgan fell nearly 3% in the premarket as investors parsed quarterly results.

Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin pressed BlackRock CEO Larry Fink to intervene in a coal miners’ strike.

Leaders from across the political spectrum in Vermont are calling for action amid a shortage of nurses.

Leaders from across the political spectrum in Vermont are calling for greater attention on what they have labeled a crisis: the urgent need to attract more nurses to the profession.

Bernie Sanders asked Warren Buffett to get involved in a strike at Special Metals, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Precision Castparts.

Democrats have pushed a Senate vote on the Build Back Better Act into next year, and Sen. Joe Manchin is just one of the hurdles they have to clear.

Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize at least one cafe.

Starbucks workers at three cafes in Buffalo, New York, voted this week to decide if they will form a union.

House Democrats’ spending package boosts the limit on the deduction for state and local taxes to $80,000 through 2030.

The House has passed the largest expansion of the social safety net in decades, a $1.75 trillion bill that funds President Joe Biden’s top priorities.

The 80-year-old Vermont senator wrote, “We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share.” Musk retorted, “I keep forgetting that you’re still alive.”

House Democrats late Thursday altered their spending package by changing the limit on the deduction for state and local taxes to $80,000 through 2030.

House Democrats have proposed increasing the state and local taxes, or SALT, cap to $72,500 from $10,000 through 2031.

Biden is scheduled to speak before leaving on an overseas trip to Europe for talks with Pope Francis, other leaders about climate, economy and other issues.

President Biden unveiled a $1.75 trillion framework for his social spending bill. But it still may not be enough to win over key congressional holdouts.