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House gives strong preliminary support to same sex marriage bill

By Bob Kinzel | April 3, 2009

The House last night gave its strong preliminary approval to the same sex marriage bill, but it’s not clear from the House vote, if backers of the legislation have enough support to override Governor Jim Douglas’s promised veto of the bill.

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Vermont House endorses same-sex marriage in 95-52 preliminary vote

By Ross Sneyd | April 2, 2009

The Vermont House gave preliminary approval to same-sex marriage by a 95-52 vote.

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House passes sex offender legislation

By Bob Kinzel | February 20, 2009

Legislation that’s designed to reduce the incidence of child sexual abuse in Vermont was given preliminary approval in the House last night. The vote on the bill was 131 to 2.

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Key committee chairman mulls lowering limit for DUI

By VPR | March 31, 2008

The chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the Vermont House says he’d like lawmakers to consider lowering the threshold at which a driver is drunk behind the wheel from a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent to a lowest-in-the-nation .05.

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Family of teenager killed in drunken-driving crash want DUI penalties stiffened

By Bob Kinzel | March 25, 2008

Several hundred people traveled to the Statehouse yesterday and asked lawmakers to crack down on repeat drunk drivers. The group was motivated by the death of a Swanton teenager last November. The student was killed by a car that was traveling the wrong way on Interstate 89. The driver was a repeat DUI offender, and he’s been charged with being drunk in this case.