Lisa Rathke

February 23, 2010 | Daily Report Online

RUTLAND, Vt. AP - A Vermont judge overseeing a custody battle ordered the arrest Tuesday of a Virginia woman whose whereabouts are unknown after she renounced homosexuality, became an evangelical Christian and took off with the young daughter she had with her ex-partner.Judge William Cohen found Lisa Miller of Forest, Va.

By LISA RATHKE

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July 02, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BETHEL, Vt. AP - The former stepfather of a missing Vermont girl was arrested and authorities said Tuesday he would be charged with obstructing justice for destroying evidence.Neither the FBI nor the head of state police discussed what evidence Ray Gagnon is alleged to have destroyed or whether that evidence was part of the investigation into 12-year-old Brooke Bennett's disappearance or unrelated sexual assault accusations against him.

By LISA RATHKE

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April 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MONTPELIER, Vt. AP - A sign planted outside the Vermont capitol read, "Let Love Win." For gays and lesbians seeking the right to marry, it did.The state House on Tuesday narrowly achieved the votes necessary to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill that allowing gays and lesbians to marry beginning Sept.

By LISA RATHKE

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August 09, 2011 | Legaltech News

A third-year law student who's legally blind and learning disabled has won her first court case: her own. Deanna Jones sued the National Conference of Bar Examiners, claiming it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by refusing to let her take a key legal ethics exam using a computer with screen access software that she has used to read in law school.

By Lisa Rathke

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