Vermont Town Meeting Day 2026: VTDigger’s Coverage
Town Meeting Day is Tuesday, March 3. VTDigger reporters are covering local votes, ballot questions, school budgets and community decisions across Vermont. This page brings together all of our 2026 Town Meeting Day reporting in one place. Check back for updates and follow along as stories are published.
Most recent Town Meeting Day coverage
Local option tax proposals see mixed reception in nearly 20 Vermont communities
After Town Meeting Day decisions, a dozen municipalities will see new revenue streams to shore up local projects.
Voters approve a majority of Town Meeting Day school budgets
Education leaders characterized Tuesday’s results as a return to normal following a historic rejection of school budgets two years ago.
Tom Donahue wins Rutland mayor race in rare write-in election
Rutland voters filled in a blank Town Meeting Day ballot after former mayor Mike Doenges resigned weeks before the vote.
Latest results: 2026 Vermont Town Meeting voting
As the state’s 247 municipalities decided local and school leaders and spending, Kirby moderator John McClaughry won for his 60th time, and at least a half-dozen communities debated President Donald Trump and his actions.
PHOTOS: Vermont Town Meeting Day 2026
VTDigger photographer Glenn Russell shares images from across the Green Mountain State.
Bradford voters reject proposal to double police force
All other articles before voters at the Bradford Town Meeting on Saturday passed, including the proposed annual general and highway budgets of $1.69 million and $1.4 million, respectively.
Vermont moderator set to gavel in his 60th annual Town Meeting
John McClaughry, an 88-year-old former train-hopping Eagle Scout turned storied political gadfly, has led gatherings in the Northeast Kingdom outpost of Kirby since 1967.
VTDigger’s 2026 guide to Vermont Town Meeting voting
The state’s 247 municipalities are set to decide annual local government and school spending, leaders, advisory articles and a few unusual extras — such as Underhill’s request for a $60,000 preowned rubber-tired backhoe.
Rutland City’s hectic mayoral race packed with write-in candidates
Despite ongoing debate about the process, Rutland City will elect its next mayor by write-in voting next Tuesday.
Health insurance, inflation and federal funding cuts: Here’s what’s driving school budget increases this year
With inflation and health insurance rates rising, school district officials say they’re running out of financial runway as they try to limit Town Meeting Day budget increases.
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