Vermont Governor Jim Douglas has ordered all flags at state facilities lowered to half-staff in honor of the late Senator Robert Stafford. Vermont Senator-elect Bernie Sanders says Stafford was an example of the best of Vermont’s political traditions.
Longtime U.S. Senator Robert Stafford of Rutland died on Saturday. Stafford was 93. VPR’s Steve Zind has this retrospective on the senator’s long career in Vermont politics.