Democratic gubernatorial candidate Christine Hallquist recently announced her plan to offer “free” college education for low income Vermont students. Only, the plan is not free for Vermont property taxpayers.
Campaigning together at a forum in Bristol last week, Republican candidates made a show of unity and praised House Minority Leader Don Turner for providing strong leadership on behalf of the party.
While the GOP has three solid candidates ready to challenge Chittenden County’s six incumbent liberal state senators, two other challengers in the race — an independent and a libertarian — think they have what it takes to bring change to the Vermont Statehouse.
Vermonters have a choice to make about the direction of our state this November. Will we allow ourselves to be taxed to death, or not? Here, very bluntly, is what’s at stake.
Levi Sanders received only 1.8 percent of the vote in the Granite State’s primary election, losing to Executive Council Chris Pappas. Levi faced an uphill battle after he managed to cobble together less than $40,000 in donations.
Former New Hampshire state Sen. Molly Kelly won the Democratic gubernatorial primary election on Tuesday and will now face the popular incumbent GOP Gov. Chris Sununu in November.
As Einstein said, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. So, I’m giving the Vermont Republican Party a try because Vermont is my home and I want to be able to stay here.
Try out the questions that interest you on your candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, House and Senate. If they can’t give you a coherent reply, look for others who can.
The latest headache for Democratic Socialist darling Julia Salazar includes the uncovering of documents showing she was arrested in 2011 on suspicion of trying to access the bank account of the former wife of retired baseball all-star Keith Hernandez.
While much of Vermont is a safe haven for liberals and progressives, Rutland continues to thrive as a regional outpost for GOP leaders, as shown by the results of the recent primary election.
While national headlines focus on Vermont hosting the first transgender candidate for governor, the Green Mountain State remains the only state in the nation to have never had a woman as a federal representative. Vermonters now have a chance to change that.
Efforts to elect the president by popular vote has had mixed popularity this year. After the Connecticut Legislature voted in May to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the plan is just 98 Electoral College votes shy of becoming a reality.