Janssen Willhoit joined the Legislature only two years ago, but now the St. Johnsbury representative has given up his seat to run for attorney general following a special GOP nominating process in late August.
Five candidates for state Senate faced-off in a forum Monday evening in the Channel 17 studios, and voters got to hear distinctly different plans for Vermont from both the left and right.
A national workplace benefits organization has issued a report card on which states are expanding paid family leave benefits, but some Vermont business leaders say the assessment fails to represent a business perspective.
Vermont’s top gubernatorial candidates met last week to discuss prekindergarten education in Vermont, and the message coming from each is that pre-K is a top priority of their respective campaigns.
A Republican House candidate on Saturday received a terrifying death threat in the mail that said “socialism is here” and declared “open season for Republican death in Vermont.”
Multiple Bennington County residents are accusing former Rep. Kiah Morris and her husband of hypocrisy, saying the husband threatened others on social media, and the alleged threats were known to state and local authorities in August.
A comment by state Rep. Annmarie Christensen saying she fears she might rip the heads off local Trump supporters has landed the Windsor-2 Democrat in trouble with her constituents.
Republican Gov. Phil Scott has received a perfect 100 percent score from Planned Parenthood after filling out the abortion provider’s 2018 candidate survey.
The grades are in for Vermont’s economic progress over the last two years, and the main takeaway is that household income is down, despite some hopeful signs.
A $15 minimum wage could have a negative impact on retirees who live on a fixed income, yet the state’s advocates for seniors are refusing to get involved.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week showed that some Vermonters are willing to believe Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser without any evidence or corroboration of her testimony.
In a wild week dominated by such Twitter-rant hashtags as #KavanaughHearings and #MeToo, social media junkies in Vermont were able to follow other important happenings closer to home.