Gov. Phil Scott is fine with gubernatorial candidate John Klar’s plan to paint “Liberty and Justice for All” in big red, white and blue letters next to the Black Lives Matter mural on State Street.
In an appeal for unity, gubernatorial candidate John Klar has asked the Montpelier City Council for permission to paint the U.S. flag and words from the Pledge of Allegiance in red, white and blue next to the Black Lives Matter mural on State Street.
At least one Selectboard member in town has stated that she will use her seat to push the Black Lives Matter agenda.
Gov. Phil Scott said at his press conference Monday he will not veto S.348, the bill allowing Secretary of State James Condos to conduct a universal vote-by-mail for the Nov. 3 general election.
A top school safety official says recent proposals to get rid of school resource officers could lengthen the response time for an armed officer to prevent tragedies such as a school shooting.
The Vermont Senate has passed the Global Warming Solutions Act, but pulls $1 million funding. Also, the House gives itself a new pay raise, and pro-lifers and others suggest new “legal” graffiti messaging.
A federal judge on Friday blocked Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other New York leaders from prohibiting outdoor religious gatherings due to the coronavirus after officials endorsed mass protests.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation on June 19 instructed employees to not remove murals, signs or graffiti in the highway right-of-way unless profane, grotesque or dangerous to traffic, according to two agency memos.
The General Assembly passed a bill that would take the governor out of the decision to send mail-in ballots to all registered voters, but some town clerks say a universal vote-by-mail system in Vermont is a bad idea.
At his press conference Wednesday, Gov. Phil Scott left the door open — but only just a tiny crack — for a veto of S.348, universal voting by mail.
The sword in the statue of General John Stark is missing. Administrators at the monument site don’t know for sure who took it, or why.
In the wake of George Floyd’s death by the knee of a Minneapolis police officer one month ago, activists across the nation are urging police departments to defund or even disarm. Two police departments in Vermont have responded differently to such demands.