http://www.vermontguardian.com Vermont's independent statewide online daily en-us Tuesdqy, 8 May 2007 12:58:14 pm http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/052007/ClearChannelSale.shtml COLCHESTER — A Florida-based company has agreed to purchase several Vermont radio stations licensed to Clear Channel Communications as part of a multiple-station deal that includes stations in 36 markets. http://www.vermontguardian.com/dailies/052007/050807.shtml WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter Welch, D-VT, will host a statewide town meeting on whether Pres. George W. Bush and Vice Pres. Dick Cheney should be impeached. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/052007/ImpeachMeeting.shtml HARTLAND — After meeting with a handful of impeachment activists Saturday afternoon, Rep. Peter Welch, D-VT, agreed to co-host a statewide town meeting on the issue as early as next week. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/052007/NuclearAmbitions.shtml While nuclear power remains unpopular with many in the home county of Vermont Yankee, there are new efforts underway to ensure that the state’s only nuclear power station not only keeps pumping out electrons, but that nuclear power is potentially a greater portion of the state’s energy portfolio. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/WelchImpeach.shtml NEWFANE — Emboldened by a victory in the state Senate, and a near victory in the House, impeachment supporters will meet Friday with Rep. Peter Welch in hopes they can get the first-term Democrat to provide a greater platform for their push to have Congress investigate Pres. George W. Bush and Vice Pres. Dick Cheney. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/HungerStrike.shtml BURLINGTON — More than a dozen University of Vermont students ended a five-day hunger strike today after Pres. Dan Fogel agreed to re-examine how some employees are paid. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/ImpeachVote.shtml MONTPELIER — Despite the watchful eyes and conviction-filled voices of more than 300 Vermonters from around the state, House members defeated a measure Wednesday calling on Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against the president and vice president. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/SymingtonHouseVote.shtml MONTPELIER — Reversing weeks of steadfast disapproval to take up a resolution calling for Congress to initiate impeachment proceedings of Pres. George W. Bush and Vice Pres. Dick Cheney, Democratic House Speaker Gaye Symington said Tuesday she would let such a measure come to a vote tomorrow on the House floor. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/HouseImpeach.shtml NEWFANE — It’s been a long journey for Dan DeWalt, the Newfane selectman, musician, and carpenter, who crafted a town meeting missive in 2006 that his town, and six others, passed, calling for the impeachment of Pres. George W. Bush. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/WelchGreens.shtml WASHINGTON — A recent congressional report finds that U.S. House should reduce its environmental impacts by becoming more energy efficient, energy independent, and go “carbon neutral." http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/ImpeachmentVote.shtml MONTPELIER — The Vermont Senate this morning approved by a 16-9 margin a resolution calling on the U.S. House to launch impeachment proceedings of Pres. George W. Bush and Vice Pres. Dick Cheney. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/GiBill.shtml With his boyish face and soft tangle of curls, Matt Howard looks like he should have carried a fishing rod though a Norman Rockwell summer. Instead, the 26-year-old Vermonter lugged a gun through two tours in Iraq. Now, what the former Marine really wants to wield is a college diploma. But he and other returning veterans are finding it hard to collect the college benefits they expected when they enlisted in the military. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/AffordableHousing.shtml MONTPELIER — For years, Vermonters have heard Gov. Jim Douglas, lawmakers, lenders, developers, and non-profit agencies talk about the drastic need for affordable housing in Vermont. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/AbortionRuling.shtml WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the federal law banning so-called partial birth abortions by a 5-4 vote, marking the first time since Roe v. Wade that limits have been placed on abortion rights. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/042007/WelchReturns.shtml WASHINGTON — Back from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East and Afghanistan — including two days in Iraq — and Rep. Peter Welch said he is more sure than ever that putting in place benchmarks to ensure a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq is the right thing to do.