A key House committee has given preliminary approval to a tax package
that would raise roughly $26 million, putting it on a collision course
with the governor because it includes provisions he opposes.
Federal
regulators want more information about Entergy Corporation’s finances after the
company dropped the value of its Vermont Yankee plant by more than two-thirds.
When an old dairy farm
in Shoreham became the hub for a trendy new whiskey company several years ago,
many were excited by the idea of new jobs and economic development. But two things may get in the company’s way: mold and the state’s
definition of a farm.