By Sarah Mearhoff/ VTDigger U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is not just backing Lt. Gov. Molly Gray’s Democratic bid for the U.S. House with financial and institutional resources. On Friday, July 28, he said he has already cast his own […]
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NAACP to host Congressional Candidate Forum in Rutland
Saturday, July 30 — RUTLAND — This November, Vermont will elect a new person to its single Congressional House seat, and on Saturday July 30 at 2 p.m., the Vermont branches of the NAACP will host a forum to discuss […]
Opinion
Molly Gray or Becca Balint for Congress?
By Angelo Lynn Editor’s note: Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison County Independent, a sister publication to the Mountain Times. In the Democratic primary battle of Vermont’s lone congressional seat, Democrats — and all others who […]
Local News
Candidates for U.S. Congress in Ludlow forum Thursday, July 21
Thursday, July 21 — LUDLOW —Five candidates seeking their party’s nomination for the Vermont seat in the United States House of Representatives will participate in a candidates’ forum in the Ludlow Town Hall’s Heald Auditorium on Thursday, July 21 at […]
Business, Real Estate Guide, State News
Senators move forward with housing bill, attempt a compromise on contractor registry
By Fred Thys/VTDigger Senators have offered a compromise to Gov. Phil Scott on a registry of home contractors — an issue that has been holding up a bill, S.226, intended to create more housing. Scott vetoed a contractor registry earlier this year, […]
State News
Golden opportunity
By Rep. Jim Harrison Last Tuesday, Jan. 18, Governor Phil Scott began the week with his annual budget address to the Legislature. In that speech, he called on lawmakers to work with his administration to pass a budget that was […]
State News
Becca Balint, leader of the Vermont Senate, joins race for U.S. House
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger Becca Balint, the president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, is running for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, she announced Monday morning, Dec. 13. “I’m running because I believe that, even with […]
Covid-19 updates, State News
Lawmakers react to being called back into session to allow town mask mandates
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger As soon as Gov. Scott told top lawmakers in a letter Monday afternoon, Nov. 15, that he would call them back into session and allow them to pass a measure clearing the way for time-limited municipal mask […]
Covid-19 updates, Featured, State News
‘Monkey wrench’: How the Delta variant caught Vermont off guard
By Mike Dougherty/VTDigger As the pace of vaccinations slowed this spring, some experts began floating a new vision of Covid-19’s future as endemic. Rather than focusing on herd immunity — the threshold at which enough people had been vaccinated or […]
Covid-19 updates, State News
Vermont’s legislative leaders call off plans to convene in October
By Grace Benninghoff/VTDigger Vermont’s legislative leadership has called off plans to reconvene this October due to substantial delays to President Biden’s federal infrastructure bill. The decision likely forecloses the possibility that the Legislature could seek to enact more stringent Covid-19 […]