An environmental group that supported U.S. Senator Ed Markey's re-election this week "the final chapter" in the 44-year member of Congress's "Cinderella story."
Environment Massachusetts noted in a written statement that Markey was an early underdog in his primary race against now-outgoing U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, which Markey won September 1.
Soon , there will be an openly transgender member of the Vermont legislature.
Taylor Small, a 26-year-old man biological male who identifies as a woman, won a seat representing Chittenden 6-7 district in the Vermont House of Representatives this week.