In This State: For Mexican workers, Vermont is a land of milk and money
In summer, they milk as the sun paints the barn walls with the same golden hue that lit their walks with a sweetheart or friend in their distant villages.
Man’s death in City Hall Park shocks occupiers
Two of the witnesses to the fatal shot were wary of talking. They swung between belligerence and tears. They were torn between needing to tell the horrific tale and wanting to control the story and protect their companion’s reputation.
Drug shortage puts patients at risk in Vermont
In the first six months of this year, 99.5 percent of hospitals reported at least one drug shortage, according to a June American Hospital Association survey.
Low-hanging fruit Medicare could pick to cut costs
When patents are expiring, drug companies pay off other firms to delay marketing cheaper generics. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the deals raise costs for consumers, including Medicare and Medicaid, by $3.5 billion a year.
Allen: Wheeler Dealer vs. Healer
The American Medical Association has sued the government to keep secret how much the Medicare, the government health plan for Americans over 65, pays physicians for expensive procedures.
Photos from Gov. Peter Shumlin’s Inaugural Ball
Gov. Peter Shumlin’s Inaugural Ball was held at Sugarbush Resort in Warren on Friday, January 7, 2011, where multiple acts performed before a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd. All photos by Terry J. Allen.
Photos from the inauguration of Gov. Peter Shumlin
Journalist Terry J. Allen captured the scene at the State House on Thursday, January 6, 2011, when Peter Shumlin was sworn in as the 81st governor of Vermont.
Allen: Balls, blows and NFL eunuchs
The favored few who reach the pinnacles of violent sports are lauded like heroes and paid like princes. But bound across cultures and centuries, the eunuch and the football player gamble all for a glittering and barbaric escape.
Food stamps, soda and the sweet nanny state
Mayor Bloomberg asked the Department of Agriculture to allow a two-year pilot program that adds soda to the list of items that the city’s food stamp recipients cannot buy with benefits.
Coal ash: The glowing national security threat
Burning coal concentrates naturally occurring radioactive materials including uranium and thorium. When filtered out by smokestack control equipment, the toxins do not magically disappear.
