The House Committee on Human Services on Wednesday voted unanimously in favor of allowing Vermonters to list their preferred gender — instead of their biological sex — on their birth certificates.
When asked at the governor’s weekly press conference, Health Commissioner Mark Levine assured Vermonters that no shots will be approved for Vermont’s youngest until test studies are completed.
Despite continued claims from the Scott administration that COVID-19 is “a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” data from the Health Department continues to show significant deaths and hospitalizations among the fully vaccinated.
While early polling suggests the Democratic Party may lose many seats in Washington next year, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is calling for primary challenges to two of the party’s existing centrists — a move that could further weaken the left’s power in the U.S. Senate.
Vermont is awarding taxpayer money to schools that push their student populations to have some of the highest COVID vaccination rates, but many schools continue to experience significant outbreaks of the virus.
Progressives on Burlington City Council blocked the confirmation of Jon Murad as the city’s police chief Monday night despite support by half of city councilors, the city’s police union and Mayor Miro Weinberger.
During a presentation to the Senate Agriculture Committee on Friday, several witnesses shared how to fight climate change — including monitoring the energy and land usage by farmers.
The Vermont House of Representatives on Friday voted 93-47 to ban guns from hospitals, require background checks that could delay gun purchases for 30 days, and let health care providers alert police if they believe a patient might commit an act of gun violence.
A prominent voice in Vermont’s conservative circles, Gregory Thayer announced Thursday he is running for lieutenant governor.
During their weekly press conference Tuesday, the governor and the Vermont health commissioner revealed that about a third of COVID hospitalizations in Vermont were patients admitted for something else but who subsequently tested positive for the virus.
Burlington City Council on Monday heard what the public thinks about a charter change proposal to eliminate regulation of prostitution in the city — and many people argued prostitution and the sex trade are inseparable, despite some councilors’ claims to the contrary.
The Vermont Right to Life annual march through Montpelier took place amid frigid temperatures Saturday afternoon, drawing about 250 people who heard speakers warn about Proposal 5, a constitutional amendment that would allow unrestricted abortion up until birth.