Vermont on Tuesday November 03, 2009

VT: Slaughterhouse was cited three times
By Sam Hemingway, Burlington Free Press
A Grand Isle slaughterhouse shut down last week after workers were caught on video abusing days-old calves was cited three times earlier this year for mistreating animals, a Humane Society of the United States official said Monday.
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VT: Vt. slaughterhouse closed for inhumane treatment
By The Associated Press, The Miami Herald
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A Vermont slaughterhouse ordered closed Friday after video showed calves kicked, shocked and cut while conscious had its operating license suspended three times earlier this year for similar conduct.
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VT: Legislative leaders want study of energy markets
By The Associated Press, Burlington Free Press
Vermont's legislative leaders want to launch a study of New England's energy markets.
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VT: Vermont Yankee misses deadline
By Terri Hallenbeck, Burlington Free Press
A Nov. 1 deadline set by legislative leaders came and went, and still no deal between Vermont Yankee and the state's largest utilities on a post-2012 power contract.
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Spending limits, gambling top&nbsp;fiscal 2009 ballot measures
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer

The national spotlight may be focused Nov. 3 on elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, but voters elsewhere could take action to profoundly change the way their states get and spend taxpayers’ money.
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