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May 16, 2012

The Vermont Tax Department is getting ready to issue refund checks to businesses that have paid the "cloud computing" tax over the past few years. One of the big tax issues of the 2012 session involved the imposition of the state sales tax on services that businesses receive on line from remote servers.

Congressional candidates are increasingly raising money from supporters and groups who are ideological and outside their district — leaving some to say local voters and local issues are playing second fiddle to these donors' ideologies.

Officials in Chittenden County are weighing the economic benefits of the Air National Guard's proposed plan to bring F-35 fighter jets to Burlington International Airport, while raising concerns about noise levels and government transparency.

Customers of Vermont's largest electric utility could see their monthly bills go up to help pay the costs of recovering from Tropical Storm Irene. If approved, beginning on July 1, CVPS customers would see their bills increase by 1.4 percent.

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An aerial view of a turbine pad on the Lowell ridgeline.

Green Mountain Power's Lowell wind project is facing a potential $11 million cost increase because of transmission upgrades requested by the operators of the New England electric grid.

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We discuss how rural mass transit is being accomplished in the state and where Vermont needs to improve.

This year, Vermonters are reading Paul Fleischman's Bull Run, a novel published in 1993, and The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, a classic tale of the Civil War first published in 1895. Both books offer detailed descriptions of life and leadership in a time of war, based on an extensive archive of personal narratives written at the time, and still available in collections today.

The head of the Vermont National Guard is remaining tight-lipped on his nomination to a senior military position. Major General Michael Dubie is President Obama's pick to be the deputy Commander of Northern Command, based in Colorado Springs.

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Maj. Gen. Michael Dubie announces the deaths of two Vermont National Guard soldiers in Afghanistan on Aug. 24, 2010.

State Archivist Gregory Sanford stands among the stacks of stored records in Middlesex. The man responsible for ensuring that Vermonters are able to keep in touch with the state's history is retiring.

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The Mexican literary legend's passing this week spurred a particular recollection from NPR's Linton Weeks, who spent time with him in 1995.

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There was a 2.6 percent increase in housing starts in April from March, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development say.

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It's an old saying that we're limited only by our imaginations... and maybe it isn't exactly accurate. But Helen Labun Jordan has started to look at that possibility from a new perspective.

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