Three Vermont state lawmakers are leaving their tenures early, meaning they will not come back in January to finish out their terms. Local party committees along with the governor have begun choosing replacements to fill those seats.
During his weekly press conference Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott signaled support for the use of vaccine passports to visit service establishments such as restaurants and bars.
On Monday night Burlington city councilors held a marathon session that included passage of a precedent-setting policy regarding the legal status of prostitution. The measure will ultimately go before the voters on Town Meeting Day in March.
Middlebury College is having an outbreak of COVID-19 cases even while its vaccination rate is reportedly 99 percent.
Vermont has new seats opening at the state, local and federal levels for the 2022 elections, and Republicans hoping to make gains are feeling emboldened by new polling numbers and a series of blunders by the Biden administration.
At the invite of President Joe Biden, Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday addressed a large audience in a virtual “Summit for Democracy,” which is currently being held today and tomorrow.
The majority of Burlington residents are on board with supporting a “net-zero” energy policy via a $20 million Net Zero Energy Revenue Bond for the Burlington Electric Department. However, a $40 million General Obligation bond for infrastructure failed.
At the governor’s weekly press conference Tuesday, Vermont’s high COVID case counts continued to dominate discussion, and the state’s aggressive COVID testing could be one reason for the spike.
Members of Burlington City Council on Wednesday night voted unanimously to impose a citywide mask mandate, but many local residents warned beforehand that the mandate would do more harm than good.
Gas prices are expected to remain high over the holidays and rural Vermont drivers will have to accommodate those added expenses despite President Joe Biden’s move to release strategic oil reserves.
Vermont will be using federal COVID-relief funds as incentives to get schools to push vaccinations on young children.
Filmmaker Bradford Broyles on Monday sent a message to the Essex-Westford School District Board urging members to remove a sex-education library book that contains explicit graphic material.