On Town Meeting Day one Vermont community banned activist flags on school grounds, 24 communities approved retail marijuana, and various candidates who dug in on key issues saw victory or defeat.
Democratic Mayor Miro Weinberger barely maintained his office as just 129 votes separated him from runner-up and City Council President Max Tracy. Also, mostly familiar faces remain in the liberal-leaning Burlington City Council, and voters approved all seven ballot items.
A landlord tells True North Reports that the current lockdown-economy, and the rules that come with it, are hindering landlords’ ability to collect rent and maintain their properties.
The Burlington mayoral election is turning into a referendum on police policy and social justice, as Mayor Miro Weinberger has taken a strong stand for the local police department and won the backing of the Burlington Police Officers’ Association.
As Town Meeting Day approaches, the Burlington GOP has released a statement making clear to voters that ballot initiatives that push green energy in homes will raise the cost of heating, and new eviction bans will mean fewer rentals while wealthy homebuyers benefit.
The Scott administration said Friday if someone gets the coronavirus and recovers from it, that will not count as immunity for the purposes of travel or visiting other households.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on Tuesday heard lawmakers and law enforcement say there was foreknowledge that members of anti-Trump extremist groups would be at the infamous Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
Among other ballot initiatives for Burlington on Town Meeting Day, voters will decide whether to allow ranked-choice voting for all city council races.
The Vermont Supreme Court has sided against a constitutional challenge to a 2018 state law banning standard capacity magazines, and now Vermont gun rights advocates may focus on a separate legal challenge — and one Second Amendment advocate says the issue could be headed for the federal courts.
On Thursday, lawmakers from the House Government Operations Committee heard social justice advocates testify on a bill to add two full-time employees for the task of weeding out systemic racism in state government.
Among the initiatives that Burlington residents will be voting on this Town Meeting Day include two climate-themed goals: letting the city regulate residential and thermal energy systems, and doing so with “climate justice” in mind.
At a joint hearing of the House Judiciary and Government Operations committees last Thursday, lawmakers heard Vermont’s public safety commissioner say current policing policies are sufficient to diffuse potential hostile situations between law enforcement officers and the public.