Sanders: Vermont seniors can now get food assistance more easily

By: Vermont Business Magazine Beginning October 1, 2020, Vermont seniors applying for 3SquaresVT are able to use a simple application and benefit renewal process as part of the new 3SquaresVT IN A SNAP program. The easy to use application is available to individuals and households age 60 or older and persons with disabilities. “3SquaresVT IN A SNAP is an improvement to

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Bolivia’s Left Could Win an Upcoming Election. U.S. Democrats Don’t Want a Repeat of Last Year’s Crisis.

By:  Ishaan Tharoor The Washington Post A year after staging an election mired in controversy, Bolivia may be on the verge of doing it all over again. Following multiple postponements by the country’s caretaker regime, elections are slated for Oct. 18. Current polling shows a clear lead for Socialist presidential candidate Luis Arce over centrist former president Carlos Mesa and

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How Vermont Became a ‘Model for the Country’ in Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic

By:  Meredith Deliso ABC News It’s mid-September, and Dr. Mark Levine is feeling really good. Vermont, where he serves as the state’s health commissioner, has had the lowest rate of new COVID-19 cases and test positivity in the country for several weeks now. As of Wednesday, there were only three patients hospitalized in the state for the virus, and Vermont’s last reported

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Floor Speech on the Republican “Skinny” Relief Bill

Mr. President: Today, as a result of the horrific pandemic and economic meltdown, the American working-class is hurting like they have never hurt before.  Tens of millions of our fellow citizens have lost their jobs.  They have lost their incomes.  They have lost their health insurance. They have depleted their life savings.  They cannot afford to pay the rent.  They

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Sanders Presses Health Officials on Vaccine Availability

By: WCAX News Team; WCAX Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Wednesday pressed federal health officials on whether Americans will have to pay for a vaccine once one has been approved by the FDA. The Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions heard from advisers to the president’s coronavirus response, including National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome

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