On May 8, 2014, Governor Peter Shumlin of Vermont signed Act 120 into law.[1] This law will become enforceable on July 1, 2016, and is one of the country’s first mandatory-labeling laws for genetically modified organisms (GMOs).[2] Connecticut and Maine also have passed GMO-labeling laws, and similar bills have been introduced in many other state legislatures.[3]
Native News Online and KNBA, a Native–owned and operated public radio station in Anchorage, Alaska, collaborated to reach out to all four Native candidates running in the special election. Of the four candidates, one responded to our interview requests: Tara Katuk Sweeney (Republican).