Middlebury voters approve climate resolution, support plastic bag ban and option tax revenues
Town Meeting Day at the Middlebury Union High School auditorium will likely be remembered by residents as a day for a changing of the guard.
Rutland mayor re-elected for second term
Republican David Allaire was re-elected for a second term on Town Meeting Day, with voters approving his disciplined city budget of $21 million, a school budget of $54 million and bonds of $10 million.
‘Youth vote’ moves forward in Brattleboro
The Vermont Legislature will now need to decide whether to amend the town charter to allow anyone 16 or older to serve as a Town Meeting member or as a member of the Brattleboro Town School Board and Brattleboro Union High School #6 Board, and to vote on local issues.
Arlington voters approve town administrator proposal
Residents voted 391 to 114 by Australian ballot Tuesday in favor of creating the position, an idea local leaders pitched as a way to help the town grow and improve.
Pownal votes to take buses, acquire gravel pit
Voters approved a $1.04 million general budget and a $1.02 million road budget Tuesday, along with multiple ballot articles, including one authorizing the Select Board to acquire, maintain and operate two buses donated by the Pownal School District.
Bennington voters again reject idea of a mayor
A proposed town charter amendment that would pave the way for a future switch to a mayoral format was shot down Tuesday by 306 votes.
Letters to legislators: Suicides not prevented by firearm purchase with waiting period
Dear Senator Sears, neither the case of Andrew Black, nor suicide data, provide a compelling reason to knowingly endanger those at imminent risk of lethal danger by preventing them from purchasing self-defense firearms at the time of need.
Four seats for Burlington City Council, fate of plastic bags decided on Town Meeting Day
The local Progressive Party made waves on Town Meeting Day as Progressive candidates won two city council seats out of four up for election.
State Headliners: School board member decries merger ‘injustice,’ urges Town Meeting listeners to contact senators
A school board member frustrated with Act 46 stood at the Berlin Town Meeting on Tuesday to deplore the unwelcome outcomes and suggest possible fixes concerning the controversial school merger law.
Ocasio-Cortez ‘could be facing jail time,’ former FEC commissioner says
If the Federal Election Commission (FEC) finds that the New York Democrat’s campaign operated in affiliation with the PAC, which had raised more than $1.8 million before her June 2018 primary, it would open them up to “massive reporting violations.”
More than 20 states sue Trump administration over Title X abortion funding ‘gag’
Twenty states, including Vermont, will file a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration over its latest move to force abortion clinics to separate abortion from other health care services in order to qualify for Title X funding.
Vermont lawmakers weigh 48-hour gun purchase waiting period
Senators are considering a controversial waiting period for gun purchases after parents of a suicide victim faced off against gun-rights advocates in emotional public testimony.