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A little after 6 p.m. last Friday, people began streaming into Essex Center Grange Hall #155, an austere white clapboard building that shares a parking...

weekly political column. Tim Newcomb Kevin Burgess, the Vermont Democratic Party's director of outreach, quit earlier this month, citing a "toxic" work environment and a "complete and utter failure of party leadership." Days later, Scott McNeil, the party's executive director, announced he's leaving, too. The Vermont GOP is also in disarray, split between fealty to and disdain for former president Donald Trump. Burlington's 19-year-old GOP chair, Kolby LaMarche, recently called on state party chair...

Burlington Republican Party Chair Kolby LaMarche will resign, leave party Maleeha Syed, Burlington Free Press © Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com-USA Today Network A supporter of President Trump and a Republican leader in Burlington,18 year old Kolby LaMarche attends Community College of Vermont in the nearby suburb of Winooski. The chair of the Burlington Republican Party will resign Thursday, citing extreme elements of party leadership as responsible for undermining progress. "As a result of their fixation on loyalty to narcissistic national leaders and their adoption of a po...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   We think the only appropriate response to the deadly storming of the Capitol, and a President who incited an armed insurrection over blatant lies about election fraud, is blanket condemnation. We thought Gov. Phil Scott’s and Rep. Scott Beck’s quick, unequivocal censure was entirely appropriate. On the other end of the spectrum, we were embarrassed for self-interested sycophants like Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, parroting Trump conspiracies of a rigged election (not the whole election, mind you … not the ballots where Republica...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   More than a few Vermonters have asked over the past four years: Why is Gov. Phil Scott still a Republican? That question — and, between the lines, a bigger question about what it means to be part of the Grand Old Party in Vermont — was asked out loud on Friday. Going back to the 2016 campaign, Scott has made no secret of his distaste for Republican President Donald Trump, criticizing him openly despite the potential ramifications. Scott was among the first Republican governors to say after Trump’s first impeachment that he s...