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News from Shumlin for Governor campaign.
Shumlin offers prescription for new jobs in state
7/29 Shumlin offers prescription for new jobs in state
Vt Primary Race Heats Up!
7/29 Vt Primary Race Heats Up!
Brian Dubie takes a shot on Vermont Yankee
7/29 Brian Dubie Takes a Shot on Vermont Yankee
Campaigns Take Up Vermont Yankee Question
7/28 Campaigns take up Vermont Yankee question
Shumlin, Dubie Spar Over Vt. Yankee
7/28 Shumlin, Dubie Spar Over Vt. Yankee
Shumlin criticizes Dubie after comments on Vt. Yankee viability
7/28 Shumlin Criticizes Dubie after Comments on Vt Yankee viability
Health care and the governor’s race
7/25 Health care and the governor’s race
Business group rates lawmakers
7/20 Business group rates lawmakers
Peter Shumlin is at home in the middle of the action
By Terri Hallenbeck, Free Press Political Reporter
7 July 2010
PUTNEY — Down a winding dirt road on the outskirts of Putney is the business Peter Shumlin’s parents started that he now runs with his brother. Over the ridge is the dairy farm Shumlin bought and turned back over to the farmer to run. Nearby are acres [...]
County Senators Endorse Shumlin
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Bennington Banner
Wednesday July 7, 2010
BENNINGTON — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sen. Peter Shumlin snagged endorsements Wednesday from Bennington County Sens. Dick Sears and Robert Hartwell.
Shumlin,the president pro tem in the Vermont Senate, faces four others — Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz, Sens.Susan Bartlett and Doug Racine, and former Sen. Matt Dunne — in a [...]
vt.Buzz Round 6 Q&A – Peter Shumlin
This week’s question for the major party candidates running for governor has to do with the social services safety net. As the recession forces Montpelier to cut spending, the budgeteers are faced with this conundrum: People need help from the government most precisely when tax revenues fall and government [...]
Burlington Free Press: Shumlin unveils economic plan
By Terri Hallenbeck
Burlington Free Press
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Peter Shumlin released an economic-development plan Wednesday in which he said he would boost the economy by implementing a single-payer health-insurance plan, expanding Internet coverage, and expanding early education and higher-education opportunities.
Shumlin, one of five Democrats seeking the party’s nomination for governor in [...]
Divison of Labor: Teamsters Endorse Shumlin
By Shay Totten
Blurt: The Seven Days Staff Blog
In a break from their union brothers and sisters, the Teamsters Local 597 — a 1,000-member union headquartered in Barre — endorsed Senate President Peter Shumlin in the Democratic primary for governor.
Three of the state’s largest labor unions are backing Sen. Doug Racine (D-Chittenden).
At a midday press conference [...]
VPR: Marijuana Becomes Issue in Gov Race
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Treasurer Spaulding puts money on Shumlin
By DANIEL BARLOW
Vermont Press Bureau
Published: June 23, 2010
MONTPELIER – State Treasurer Jeb Spaulding, a Democrat known for his fiscal restraint, endorsed Senate President Peter Shumlin Tuesday in his bid to become the next governor of Vermont.
Spaulding said he made the unusual move of endorsing a candidate in the Democratic [...]
Peter Principled?
Shumlin’s got the political mojo, but can he win Vermonters’ trust?
By Andy Bromage [06.23.10]
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Lots of people were surprised last February when the Vermont Senate pushed through a vote against relicensing the state’s aging nuclear power plant. Except, perhaps, those who know something about gubernatorial candidate Peter Shumlin.
Shumlin, the longtime Senate president pro [...]
Jeffrey Hollender
Peter isn’t afraid to do what’s right and he has the leadership skills and experience to protect our environment and create jobs. If the Gulf crisis has taught us anything it is that we can’t do business as usual. In an age where climate change threatens our way of life, tough leadership is required…I can [...]
Leadership wants Yankee pipes rebuilt above ground
By DANIEL BARLOW VERMONT PRESS BUREAU – Published: June 3, 2010
MONTPELIER — The Democratic leaders of the state House and Senate called on the owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to replace its entire underground piping system after the discovery of yet another radioactive leak.
Senate President Peter Shumlin and House Speaker Shap Smith [...]
Peter on Vermont Edition
From Vermont Public Radio’s Vermont Edition:
“There’s a wide field of candidates for governor, and the primary campaigns are well underway. This month on Vermont Edition we’re interviewing the major party candidates and getting their positions on key issues facing the state. On Wednesday our series kicks off with Democrat Peter Shumlin, [...]
Shumlin Launches Governor Campaign
Shumlin launches governor campaign
By DANIEL BARLOW Vermont Press Bureau – Published: May 25, 2010
BURLINGTON – Senate President Peter Shumlin officially began his gubernatorial campaign Monday afternoon, casting himself as a socially liberal and fiscally conservative Democrat who can beat Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie.
Shumlin, a Windham County resident, did not mention the [...]
The Boston Globe: Power Politics
Senator Shumlin, a charismatic politician who leans forward to make a point, calls the vote an act of courage. “This is what democracy is intended to be,” he says.
Legislature Protects Vermont’s Small Businesses and Consumers
Legislature passes bill to protect our small store by cracking down on fees that credit card companies charge.
Legislature Protects Vermont's Small Businesses and Consumers
Legislature passes bill to protect our small store by cracking down on fees that credit card companies charge.
Senate passes initial $4.7 billion state budget
The budget for fiscal year 2011 would spend a total of about $4.7 billion when state and federal money is included
Vermont senate steps into Flynn’s tax dispute
The Flynn Center in Burlington hopes the Legislature will help resolve a dispute
