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The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals is beginning a grievance process because Fletcher Allen Health Care terminated contacts for 35 per diem nurses over the phone.

The unionized bus drivers who drive routes in parts of northern Vermont could go on strike on Monday.

Adirondack tourism interests have launched two new digital platforms to entice people to visit the region.

Massachusetts has named the Berkshire organization designated as part of the commonwealth’s Creative Economy Network.

  There’s growing unease over Governor Andrew Cuomo’s tax freeze plan. One hundred local government officials have signed a letter opposing the plan, and there are signs that the legislature may modify what critics have called an overly complex proposal when the Senate and Assembly release their one house state budgets.

The lobby groups for the state’s counties, cities, and school boards are voicing numerous concerns. Tim Kremer is with the State School Boards Association.

The Empire State Pride Agenda announced the launch of its fifth annual LGBT Health Month this week. The campaign is designed to bring awareness to the unique health needs of the LGBT community. 

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of a prosecutor to be a federal judge in western Massachusetts.

   The 18- member committee on a voice vote Thursday approved President Obama’s nomination of  Hampden District Attorney Mark Mastroianni to be the presiding U.S. District Court Judge in Springfield. Mastroianni appeared before the committee on February 11th and so did Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren who urged swift action on the nomination.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas delivers the evening forecast for Thursday, March 6, 2014. 

A poll indicates there's strong support in Connecticut for legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe medication to help terminally ill patients end their lives.

Revised numbers out today show Massachusetts added 55,200 jobs last year, almost all of them in the private sector. State officials say it is the largest number of new jobs in a December-to-December period since 2000. The Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped to 6.8 percent in January. The Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, Rachel Kaprielian, said the job gains were varied.