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Burlington Democrats on Thursday nominated five candidates for city council ahead of elections in March.

Like their Progressive counterparts, the Dems are making little effort to increase their power on the 12-seat council, setting the st...


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Vermont Treasurer Mike Pieciak and legislative leaders are getting behind a bill that promises to lower prescription drug costs by using the power of bulk purchasing.

The bill would allow Pieciak’s office to create a discount drug card program that would enable any Vermonter to save up to 80 percent on certain drugs.

Testimony on bill,


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The man accused of murdering a childhood acquaintance in Burlington’s Old North End in 2022 was sentenced last month to 14 years in prison.

Abdiaziz Abdhikadir was 19 years old when he gunned down 21-year-old Hussein Mubarak on Luck Street in July 2022. At the time, police said the execution-style murder was related to an ong...


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Circus Smirkus executive and artistic director Rachel Schiffer told Seven Days on Wednesday that the organization has surpassed the $400,000 goal it set last fall for its “crisis fundraising” campaign, allowing it to avoid bankruptcy and continue operations — though it will do so with...


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