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VTrans receives over $19 million in federal funds for Route 7 reconstruction
The U.S. BUILD grant to help fund the reconstruction project was announced Monday by the Vermont Congressional Delegation.
Follow Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark’s legal actions, with other jurisdictions and states, challenging actions taken by President Donald Trump.
US Supreme Court ruling on deportation protections leaves Vermont Haitians out of work and scrambling for options
The June 25 court decision will likely impact the local economy, with dozens no longer employed in several industries throughout the state, advocates say.
Bolstered bloc of Vermont Republicans see bills repealed this year as a win
“We’ve now spent an entire session undoing harmful policies passed by the previous supermajority,” Gov. Phil Scott said, pointing to when Democrats had greater numbers in the House and Senate.
Candidates for Vermont governor and lieutenant governor report large fundraising hauls
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have come in for candidates for Vermont’s top offices ahead of an August primary election.
St. Johnsbury landlord seeks to join wife in Vermont Legislature
In an unusual husband-wife candidacy, Steve and Debbie Dolgin are running for both seats in the Caledonia-Essex district.
Vermont Conversation: ‘Strive for that more perfect union.’ Rep. Becca Balint on resurgent white nationalism, war in Iran and her mixed feelings about America’s 250th
“This country is going to break your heart, and also the freedoms that are guaranteed in the First Amendment are an incredible, beautiful thing to behold,” Balint said on the eve of the nation’s semiquincentennial.
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Candidates backed by Vermont’s Bernie Sanders sweep House primaries in New York City
“The American people — in New York and all across this country — are sick and tired of status quo politics,” the independent U.S. senator said Wednesday.
Across Vermont, networks of volunteers push back on Trump’s immigration enforcement
From verifying ICE sightings to keeping track of detainees, activists across the state are responding to ICE actions amid a climate of fear.
Under Trump, ICE check-ins in Vermont have shifted
Advocates say people are required to check in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in person, more frequently, and with less support.
State and employees’ union butt heads over telework in Vermont’s highest court
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether Gov. Phil Scott had the right to order state employees back to the office without union bargaining.
Ralph Wright, ‘revered and feared’ longest-serving Vermont House speaker, dies at 91
“As long as it wasn’t against the law, didn’t require that I go to confession, or wouldn’t break up my marriage, I did it,” the charismatic yet cutthroat Bennington Democrat once claimed.
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