In the coming month, legislators are poised to cast historic votes on taxation, legal marijuana sales, police reform, climate change, clean water, and the next half-century of housing and business development — all while citizens have reduced access to lawmakers.
If you changed residences at any point in the past and there is a possibility that you remain on the voter checklist somewhere where you no longer reside, here’s a potential “mail-in-voting” scenario you should be aware of.
NBC’s Chuck Todd said Tuesday that 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign is concerned that President Donald Trump could “over perform” with black men.
New videos show protesters in Washington, D.C., harassing people eating at outdoor restaurants who are not raising their fists. A video posted Monday shows a woman seated at a table wearing a mask surrounded by protesters who chant “white silence is violence.”
Black people have been victimized by gun violence at a far greater rate than any other racial group amid a surge of shootings and murders in New York City, according to New York City Police Department data.
At Tuesday’s press conference, both Gov. Phil Scott and Health Commissioner Mark Levine urged widespread, aggressive immunization of Vermonters if and when a safe, effective vaccine becomes available.
The Vermont Legislature reconvened Tuesday with a stated priority to pass a budget for the final nine months of the 2020-21 fiscal year. But legislative leaders also want to deliver on their promises for action on several high-profile issues, including commercial cannabis, the Global Warming Solutions Act, and Act 250 reform.
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch on Saturday voted to pass emergency “bailout” legislation to protect the U.S. Postal Service from what he claims is political interference by the White House ahead of the November mail-in election. But Welch’s partisan support looks like it will add more debt to taxpayers by bailing out the USPS.
Virginia State Health Commissioner Dr. Norman Oliver’s announcement that he would require Covid-19 vaccinations for state residents once a vaccine is available has many Vermonters wondering: will the State of Vermont require mandatory vaccinations, too?
With steadily increasing electricity demand and the increasing reliance on renewables, Vermont’s blackout likelihood is likely to grow.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy sparred with Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts over recent U.S. Postal Service policy changes at a congressional hearing Monday.
Democrats blocked bills regarding coronavirus relief Saturday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the chamber back to debate and vote on U.S. Postal Service legislation.