While there has been only one COVID death in three months in Vermont, the state continues to collect at least $1 billion in federal taxpayer money to alleviate economic hardships resulting from Gov. Phil Scott’s virus-related shutdowns.
On Election Day last Tuesday, Art Peterson of Clarendon proved that a determined challenger can defeat an established Democratic incumbent, without any help from Facebook.
At 9:05 Monday morning, WDEV listeners tuned in to the “Dave Gram Show,” only to find Vermont radio veteran Ric Cengeri hosting a new program called “Vermont Viewpoint.”
Gov. Phil Scott wants the Legislature to allow mail-in voting for Town Meeting, he said at his press conference Friday.
The 2020 presidential election is still undecided as of Thursday afternoon, but substantial doubt has been cast over the results as significant voting irregularities have cropped up in key battleground states across the country.
The Vermont House Democrat/Progressive supermajority evaporated on Election Day. The axiom that Republican governors have short coattails proved wrong this year.
Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts on Monday announced an executive order limiting indoor and outdoor crowd sizes and authorizing police to levy $500 fines for each person in attendance above the limit. Will Vermont follow suit with something similar?
After narrow Election Day wins, the Vermont Republican House Caucus now stands at 46, with two independents considered likely to vote with them on many issues.
As of 12:20 a.m., with 252 of 275 districts reporting, several House districts appear to have “flipped” to a different party, according to the Vermont Secretary of State website. The net impact of these preliminary results is a gain of three seats for the GOP.
Two-time incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott handily won reelection Tuesday night, defeating Progressive/Democrat David Zuckerman by a 67%-26% margin.
Republicans in the Vermont House of Representatives need eight more seats to reach the 51 necessary to sustain a governor’s veto.
About 40 people attended an online public hearing on the Chittenden Solid Waste District’s request for two permits described by some public commenters as “after-the-fact permits” to legitimize the alleged illegal dumping of at least 2,100 tons of glass into a closed landfill in Williston.