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After investigating accusations that a representative repeatedly bullied her district mate throughout the 2024 legislative session by secretly pouring water into his tote bag, the Vermont House Ethics Panel initiated a “restorative justice process as...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

When Vermont’s incoming first-term senators gathered in the Senate chamber in Montpelier this week for their new member orientation, the nine newcomers had something in common: They were all men.The new slate of senators will take their oaths of...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

MONTPELIER — A week and a half after Vermont voters eviscerated their supermajority, Senate Democrats convened Saturday to reflect on their election losses and chart a new course ahead of the 2025 legislative session. They voted to retain one top...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Having lost six seats to Republicans last week, Vermont’s weakened Senate Democratic caucus is poised to switch up some of its leaders ahead of the 2025 legislative session — but there are no signs this week of a mutiny afoot. Senate Democrats are...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Vermonters turned out in record numbers to vote in this year’s general election, largely without a hitch, Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas said Tuesday at a formal event certifying the election results.Out of 522,600 registered voters in the...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Vermont’s biggest election night winner was, by all accounts, Gov. Phil Scott.The Berlin Republican was widely expected to cruise to a fifth two-year term — and cruise, he did. Scott won 71.6% of the gubernatorial vote on Tuesday, besting his...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

A new dental school and clinic is slated to bring dozens of dental students to Vermont by 2027, thanks in part to an anticipated multi-million dollar earmark from Congress. Over the ensuing two years, the students would finish their training and begin...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Emotions ran high at a legislative hearing Wednesday morning, where lawmakers heard from Vermont’s Department of Corrections, as well as the state employees’ union and correctional officers, themselves, about working conditions in Vermont’s...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

After a post-primary rush this week, Vermont’s slate of general election candidates is now solidified, and mail-in ballots will be sent out by mid-September.First, on Monday, the Republican Party added nearly two dozen down-ballot candidates for...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

For the second primary election cycle in a row, the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office has delayed the certification of statewide election results due to a software glitch.Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas had been scheduled to join political...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Gov. Phil Scott, the incumbent Republican, will face Democratic challenger Esther Charlestin, an educator and former selectboard member from Middlebury, in Vermont’s general election this November.The Associated Press called Tuesday’s Democratic...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

In early 2023, House Speaker Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, issued verbal and written warnings to Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman after state legislators reported feeling uncomfortable when Zuckerman offered them access to a supply of menstrual products...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

When Vermont voters fill out their primary ballots next week, the party labels beside candidates’ names may not always mean what they seem.Several candidates running as Democrats in Vermont’s gubernatorial and legislative races have a demonstrated...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Two weeks after this month’s catastrophic flooding event, Vermont is still waiting on the federal government to issue possible disaster declarations, which could release significant funding to support recovery efforts.In the meantime, Vermont...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

After weeks of mounting pressure following a heavily scrutinized debate performance in June, Democratic President Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the 2024 presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place on the...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Nearly a week since yet another bout of destructive flooding hit Vermont, the full picture of the storm’s damage began to come into focus Tuesday.At a morning press conference in the state’s flood response center in Berlin, Deputy Commissioner of...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Two state senators are taking Gov. Phil Scott to court.In a lawsuit filed in Washington County Superior Court on Wednesday, Sens. Tanya Vyhovsky, P/D-Chittenden Central, and Dick McCormack, D-Windsor, allege that Scott “purposefully circumvented” the...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Two prominent Vermont Democrats who had floated the prospect of challenging Republican Gov. Phil Scott this November have decided against it.Former Gov. Howard Dean and former Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger both announced Monday they would not run...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Gov. Phil Scott isn’t ready to hang up his hat.In an announcement issued Saturday evening, the four-term Republican governor said he will seek another two-year term in this year’s election cycle. “During my four terms as Governor, my team and I have...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman wants to hold onto his gig.The Hinesburg Progressive/Democrat announced his bid for reelection to the state’s second-highest executive office in a press release Thursday morning, writing that he is “not done fighting for...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas wants another two years in office.The Bradford Democrat announced her bid for reelection at a press conference Wednesday in the Statehouse. She was flanked by dozens of legislators who called her a...