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Yesterday’s violent protests in Egypt and Libya that led to the deaths of four U.S. State Department diplomats, including U-S Ambassador Chris Stevens, in…

Two Entergy subsidiaries have filed suit against the state of Vermont over a new law that hikes taxes on the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant from…

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is negotiating with striking teachers, who are a key part of his — and the president's — constituency. Meanwhile, he's tasked with raising money for Priorities USA Action, the superPAC supporting President Obama. It seems that this election season, Emanuel has his hands full and his feet on a high wire.

The ongoing European debt crisis is expected to pose major challenges to the next U.S. administration.

The Vermont Supreme Court is on the road today.The court is hearing seven cases at the historic courthouse in Chelsea.The justices normally hear oral…

Proposals for the first two medical marijuana dispensaries in Vermont have won conditional approval from the Vermont Department of Public Safety.The…

Vermont lawmakers are hoping a new approach will get more school districts to merge.A plan approved two years ago had one regional school board take the…

Voters in a Vermont community will face ballot questions on whether a public elementary school should be closed and re-opened as an independent…

Thursday's primary elections will begin to reshape New York's Legislature following an unusual number of retirements and challenges against Republican…

The government says that the poverty rate for 2011 was 15 percent, essentially unchanged from the year before. That still means that more than 46 million people lived below the poverty line last year. According to one economist, "the bad news isn't as bad as it has been."