The last Democratic legislator in Rutland County is leaving office. What could that mean for the county’s political future?
Historically a Republican stronghold, Rutland County sent Republicans to fill a large majority of its seats in the Legislature last session. This election cycle, the Democratic Party couldn’t find anyone to run for Senate and several House seats in Rutland.
Journalism Club to discuss Vermont election coverage on Nov. 5 in Williston
The event will be moderated by Boston Globe reporter Paul Heintz and feature VTDigger’s Shaun Robinson.
Could nuclear power return to Vernon?
The state is considering whether a small modular reactor could replace Vermont Yankee, though any project remains years away and would require local support.
Separate ballot asks voters to decide $54.9 million career center bond
The revised plan for expanding the Central Vermont Career Center is substantially different from the initial plan the district put to voters a year ago.
Bernie Sanders makes rare Vermont campaign appearance, stumping with Amanda Janoo to push universal primary care
“She is a progressive candidate who’s reaching out to working class people and in a variety of ways, I think, fills the agenda of what a strong, progressive governor can do,” Sanders told reporters.
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After upsets in 2024, parties focus on key races for balance of power in Vermont Senate
Political leaders are turning their eyes — and their funds — to closely watched contests in the chamber’s Addison, Bennington and Orange County districts.
Vermont Conversation: Stealing Elections, American Style: Voting rights attorney David Walbert on how the 2026 election could be hijacked — and saved
“One of the lessons that the election deniers learned in 2020 was it’s good to control the people that count,” said Walbert, whose new book recounts stories of voter suppression and stolen elections dating back 150 years.
ICE looks to boost staffing at intelligence hubs in Vermont
The agency is considering hiring 24 contract workers at its offices in Williston to support immigration enforcement operations around the country, federal records show.
Windsor, no longer a prison town, still maintains a connection to people who die in state custody
A dedicated lot in Ascutney Cemetery serves as the site of last resort when individuals die in the department’s care without next of kin. An effort to update aging markers and fix burial records is in the works.
Stick season approaches, but a beautiful weekend ahead across Vermont
Expect sunshine all weekend, just don’t expect to find the fall’s brightest colors.
5 takeaways from Phil Scott and Amanda Janoo’s first debate of the campaign
The two candidates proposed starkly different approaches to Vermont’s biggest challenges but kept things friendly between them.
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Magical thinking won’t fix Vermont’s problems
Higher wages, a four-day workweek, lower business costs and artificial intelligence in state government would do more for Vermont than another feel-good program.
Rural Vermont is done being the state’s expendable class
From land use to schools, state policy keeps sacrificing rural communities. Rural Vermonters are fighting back.
International and out-of-state students are an asset, not a threat
Admitting international and out-of-state students doesn’t take a seat from a Vermonter.
Budget cuts are hurting patients
A push to lower healthcare costs is closing services, overloading primary care offices and driving experienced doctors into early retirement.
Gov. Scott put property taxes and school consolidation center stage. Now Amanda Janoo is rallying opposition.
Scott has billed school consolidation as a path to lowering property taxes. Democratic challenger Amanda Janoo is doubling down on keeping small schools.
Emergency medicine responders meet with Becca Balint to talk rural health bottlenecks
So many of the problems EMTs deal with, providers said, catch people where they fall through the cracks of other social services.
Another approval, another appeal in long-running fight over private airstrip in Lincoln
The residents have filed an appeal in the Vermont Supreme Court and a petition for review in a federal court.
Essex failed to warn voters about a tax vote. Now the November result might not count.
The notification blunder means that if passed, the results likely must be adopted during Town Meeting Day in March.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
State panel sanctions ex-Rutland officer for violations of anti-bias policing and other policies
The action marks the second time this year the Vermont Criminal Justice Council voted to issue a written warning to a Rutland Police Department member for violating the Fair and Impartial Policing Policy.
