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FILE - In this March 11, 2008, file photo, moderator Dick Kipperman, right, accepts a resident's ballot during the annual town meeting in Springfield, N.H. The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting New England town meetings in 2021, a tradition where citizens gather to debate and decide on local issues. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Could pandemic further erode the New England town meeting?

By Wilson Ring Feb. 26, 2021 10:29 AM EST

Michigan leaders encourage residents to support local shops

By Anna Liz Nichols Nov. 26, 2020 09:39 AM EST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State leaders are asking Michigan residents to beat lines and avoid crowds by shopping at local small businesses on Black Friday. ...

Scott proposes more economic recovery grants

By Lisa Rathke Aug. 21, 2020 01:14 PM EDT
Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Friday proposed using $133 million more in federal coronavirus relief funding to help businesses and others recover from the...

Teachers from the Dover School and first responders tour around the Dover, Vt., area to send a message of missing their students on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
Governor proposes $400M in economic relief amid pandemic

By Lisa Rathke May. 20, 2020 08:43 AM EDT

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert speaks during a news conference announcing that Utah-based Merit Medical is now making a coronavirus sample and collection kit at its facility Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in South Jordan, Utah. Utah hospitals, doctors, dentists and other health care providers will soon be able to resume elective procedures "in a measured and cautious way," Herbert announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Utah halts malaria-drug buy, looks ahead to reopen dining

By Lindsay Whitehurst Apr. 24, 2020 07:07 PM EDT