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MONTPELIER — The Vermont Statehouse was teeming with excitement Wednesday morning as the Legislature gaveled in for its first fully in-person session since the coronavirus pandemic forced lawmakers to go remote nearly three years ago.Adding energy to...

A new resolution allows for senators to debate, deliberate and vote remotely on a limited, emergency basis through Town Meeting Day.

This year marks one of historic turnover for Vermont’s Legislature, with roughly one-third of members starting their first terms. It is also the first year the Legislature returns to work fully in person since the coronavirus pandemic struck in 2020.

Federal and state lawmakers will take the oath of office later this week, and Gov. Phil Scott is scheduled to deliver his fourth inaugural address. But the real legislative work won’t start for a few more days.

Vermont Senate Democrats met Sunday to elect a new slate of leaders and unanimously nominated Sen. Phil Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, to serve as president pro tempore, the chamber’s leader.The pro tem is formally elected by the full chamber when the...

Even as Baruth celebrated his caucus’ power, he sought to manage expectations. And he signaled that he was particularly sensitive to concerns that an “arrogant” supermajority would be oblivious to the “average Vermonters’ lives, their pocketbooks, their wallets, their bills.”

Vermont voters on Tuesday approved two amendments to the state constitution: one that codifies the right to reproductive freedom and another that eliminates language that...

Vermont's constitution is the foundation upon which state government rests. It's difficult to change — by design. The process takes years, and both the legislature...

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