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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A new Vermont bill could potentially lessen the severity of some traffic violations from primary offenses to secondary offenses, aiming to fix racial inequities in traffic
On the eve of the legislative session, Gov. Phil Scott is now tasked with appointing three people to serve in the Vermont House after resignations...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER â The House of Representatives gave final passage Wednesday to a resolution declaring racism a public health emergency, but not without some fireworks. The resolution, JRH 6, passed 135-8 on a roll call vote, following impassioned statements in favor of passage. JRH 6, sponsored by Rep. Brian Cina, P-Chittenden 6-4, cites racial discrepancies in health outcomes among BIPOC Vermonters including a much higher rate of COVID-19 cases, higher rates of mental health issues, lower incomes and higher poverty rates, as reasons the L...
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Noncitizens who reside in Vermont's capital city Montpelier are now one step closer to being able to vote in certain local elections after the state Senate approved such a measure on Tuesday. "I believe if someone wishes to be able to vote they should be a citizen," Vermont state Sen. Brian Collamore told Fox News in an interview. "The Montpelier bill allows what is defined as a legal resident of the United States to be able to vote in city elections. ... If someone is here on a permanent basis, why would he or ...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER â Ninety years to the day a bill legalizing sterilization targeting Abenaki people, French Canadian and French Indian immigrants, the poor and the mentally ill was signed into law, the Vermont House of Representatives confronted the grim history of the stateâs eugenics movement and unanimously endorsed a resolution apologizing for its actions nearly a century ago. In the resolution, the General Assembly âsincerely apologizes and expresses its sorrow and regret to all individual Vermonters and their families and de...