Critics Pan Vt. Renewable Energy Siting Bill
Montpelier — Critics of Vermont’s process for selecting sites for renewable energy projects say they’re unhappy with legislation working its way through the Senate that is designed to give towns and regional planning commissions greater say in where solar and wind power projects go. About 60 members of the groups Energy Transformation Coalition and Energize Vermont gathered Tuesday for a news conference where leaders said Senate Bill...
Show Us the Money
Concord — The attention that New Hampshire gets from standing at the front of the presidential primary line is nice, but there’s another reason to put up with the endless pollster telephone calls and traffic blocked by campaign events: Money. “Usually the first quarter of the year is the slower time for us. You come off of the holiday party madness and it almost comes to a screeching halt after New Year’s Day,” said Sue O’Donnell,...
At the Hospitals: Nov. 22, 2015
Longtime VA Cardiologist Retires Hartford — Cardiologist James Bell has retired after a 41-year career at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction. Dr. Bell has played a “significant role in the education of Dartmouth medical students and with Geisel School of Medicine” and selflessly served the Upper Valley for many years, the VA said in a news release. He was honored with a ceremony Tuesday at the medical center....
Proof of Trump’s Charity Giving Elusive
Washington — Donald Trump, widely believed to be the wealthiest American ever to run for president, is nowhere among the ranks of the country’s most generous citizens, according to an Associated Press review of his financial records and other government filings. Trump has said he donated $102 million worth of cash and land to philanthropic and conservation organizations over the past five years. But his campaign has provided little...
McDonald’s Labor Hearings Begin Monday
The first round of hearings over alleged labor law violations by McDonald’s and its franchisees begins Monday in New York. The hearings, at the regional offices of the National Labor Relations Board, are the second phase of a union-backed campaign aimed at bringing McDonald’s to the negotiating table over wages, benefits and working conditions. The first phase involved street demonstrations calling for a $15 hourly wage. At the heart...
