The story of Vermont's 2019 legislative session is what didn't get done. Despite holding veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate, Democratic and Progressive…
By Taylor Dobbs and Kevin McCallum
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Jun 5, 2019 | Politics
Three climate activists were arrested in the Vermont House chamber Thursday morning after they interrupted legislative proceedings. Capitol Police also appeared to threaten members of…
“Clean water: Funded,” Vermont Sen. Brian Campion (D-Bennington) announced as the Senate Finance Committee adjourned Thursday afternoon. The triumphant declaration came after the Senate’s tax…
The Vermont Senate approved legislation Wednesday that would create a mandatory paid family leave program for workers, funded through a 0.2 percent payroll tax.…
In 2001, Larisa Bolivar moved from a corporate job near Washington, D.C., to Colorado as a self-described "medical marijuana refugee." She was using weed…
After a lengthy debate Thursday, the Vermont House gave final approval Friday morning to legislation that would ban single-use plastic grocery bags and styrofoam…
Members of the House and the Senate have reached an apparent impasse in negotiations to grant a one-year deadline extension to school districts ordered…
Rookie Rep. Nader Hashim (D-Dummerston), who this year became the first active-duty Vermont State Police trooper to serve in the legislature, has now become…
Victims of sexual assault or exploitation would get expanded opportunity to hold perpetrators accountable in court under a pair of bills making their way…
Vermont’s House and Senate on Tuesday each approved new legal protections for women’s access to reproductive health care. House lawmakers voted 106-38 to approve…
Updated at 5:28 p.m. The medical marijuana business Champlain Valley Dispensary allegedly outsourced the growth of approximately 300 cannabis plants to a farm that wasn't…
After a debate that lasted well into Thursday evening, the House Government Operations Committee voted 10-1 for legislation that would create a regulated retail…
The Vermont Human Rights Commission can’t investigate potential discrimination unless someone files a complaint, a format that executive director Bor Yang said often hinders commissioners’…
Increasingly in the Statehouse, the topic of marijuana regulation has been inseparable from road safety policy. Gov. Phil Scott has demanded a roadside testing…
The House General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee approved legislation Friday to increase Vermont’s minimum wage to $15 by 2024. The bill has already…
The Vermont Senate voted 28-1 Wednesday to approve an amendment to the state constitution that clarifies its ban on slavery. The Vermont Constitution currently reads: “no…
Nader Hashim opened a folder and presented a pair of documents to members of the House Government Operations Committee last week. The 30-year-old Vermont…
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