Jim Douglas
CommentatorJim Douglas, a former governor of Vermont, is an executive in residence at Middlebury College.
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Back when the General Assembly convened at the beginning of the year, I expressed the hope that each measure presented during the session would be鈥�
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When I served in state government, inevitably we鈥檇 answer the phone on the 1st Wednesday in March and hear from perplexed callers from out-of-state: 鈥淲hy鈥�
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On February 27, at the stroke of midnight, if Democrats and Republicans in Congress can't reach agreement, funding for the Department of Homeland Security鈥�
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Utah just reported a large, unexpected surplus. In some recent years Texas created as many jobs as all other states combined. Natural resources have鈥�
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There鈥檚 been a lot of controversy lately surrounding the Common Core State Standards for education. These are math and English skills that our students鈥�
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The Governor devoted his state-of-the-state address entirely to the rising tide of opiate addiction in Vermont and strategies to combat it. I鈥檒l leave to鈥� -
For at least the 18th time in the past 4 decades, we鈥檙e experiencing a government shutdown because Congress has failed to approve a budget. As a result,鈥�
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A recent survey reported that the condition of Vermont鈥檚 roads and bridges improved dramatically in 2009 and published comments have graciously鈥�
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In 1854 a group of disgruntled Democrats joined with Whigs and Free Soilers to form a new political party. Their goal was to stop the expansion of鈥�
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http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/56/2013/01/Douglas-0124.mp3(Host)Earlier this month, commentator and former Vermont governor Jim Douglas listened to the鈥�
