By Opinion on March 4, 2010
Sapphire: Steve Cormier would have been wise to contextualize the circumstances of both Dunne’s and Racine’s attendance at our Forum.
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Posted in Opinion | Tagged Doug Racine, Matt Dunne, Orleans County Democrats, Orleans County Progressives, Peggy Sapphire, Steve Cormier
By Press Release on February 4, 2010
We must focus our efforts on conservation, efficiency, and local and regional sources of renewable power.
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Posted in Digger digest | Tagged Doug Racine, Entergy, Vermont Senate, Vermont Yankee
By Anne Galloway on January 26, 2010
The candidates presented a unified front against what Racine called an “us-versus-them mentality" between the state and local school districts.
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Posted in Bartlett, Dubie, Dunne, Markowitz, Racine, Shumlin, Vt. Guber '010 | Tagged Brian Dubie, Deb Markowitz, Doug Racine, Matt Dunne, Peter Shumlin, Susan Bartlett, UVM Davis Center, Vermont education
By Anne Galloway on January 25, 2010
The state’s $151 million deficit was one of the few subjects on which their opinions diverged.
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Posted in Vt. Guber '010 | Tagged Browns River Middle School, Deb Markowitz, Doug Racine, Jericho, Matt Dunne, Peter Shumlin, Susan Bartlett, Vermont deficit, Vermont Democratic candidates, Vermont governor's race, Vermont Yankee
By Anne Galloway on January 21, 2010
"It’s hard to be saying we should cut direct services to people who are already hurting when we’re sitting on $60 million of rainy-day funds."
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Posted in Budgetwise, State of the state | Tagged Doug Racine, Douglas administration, Vermont legislature
By Anne Galloway on January 7, 2010
The Vermont Workers’ Center is pushing for passage of health reform bills S.88 and H.100.
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Posted in Health | Tagged Doug Racine, health care reform, Peter Shumlin, S.100, S.88, Shap Smith, Susan Lucas, Vermont Workers Center
By Anne Galloway on November 8, 2009
Shumlin says he'll announce candidacy Nov. 16
Editor's note: Five Democratic candidates for governor answered questions about conservation, the Current Use program and renewable energy as part of a gubernatorial candidates' forum at the Environmental Action conference at Vermont Technical College in Randolph on Nov. 7, 2009. Eight to nine minute video clips follow of remarks by Shumlin, Sec. of State Deb Markowitz, Patrick Parenteau standing in for Sen. Doug Racine…
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Posted in Vt. Guber '010 | Tagged Current Use, Deb Markowitz, Doug Racine, Dubie, Matt Dunne, Peter Shumlin, Susan Bartlett, Vermont governor's race, Vermont League of Conservation Voters, Vermont politics, VNRC, VPIRG
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