By Sarah Mearhoff/VTDigger Rep. Becca White, D-Hartford, is looking for a promotion. The two-term state representative on Monday, April 4, launched her candidacy for one of Windsor County’s three state Senate seats. Unless any of the delegation’s incumbent senators — Alison Clarkson, Dick […]
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Bernie rallies in Middlebury
By Marguerite Jill Dye MIDDLEBURY—About 500 crowded onto the Middlebury Green to hear Senator Bernie Sanders and friends speak about labor issues, education, health and child care, discrimination, and the importance of the upcoming elections in Vermont and the nation. […]
Vt. is ripe for digital economic development
By Alison Clarkson, Senator, Windsor County Both bodies of the Vermont Legislature have now passed three major measures to improve firearm safety in our state. These bills: S.221, H.422 and S.55, are designed to keep guns out of the hands […]
Senator proposes fee to clean up waterways
By John Flowers, Addison Independent Debate in Montpelier surrounding efforts to clean up the state’s waterways has been surging like the Otter Creek in April, but legislative action on funding for those efforts has been moving at a glacial pace. […]
Sen. Leahy announces $11 million in affordable housing and community development funds
Senator Patrick Leahy announced Tuesday, June 20, that Vermont will receive more than $11 million in new affordable housing and community development funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Earlier this year, as vice chairman of […]
Getting more Vermonters to go to college
By Sen. Bernie Sanders The good news is that Vermont has one of the highest high school graduation rates in the country; fully 88 percent of our kids leave high school with a diploma. All of us – parents, educators, […]
Windsor state senator challenged on education
Dear Editor, In his recent commentary in the Mountain Times, “Something to Write Home About,” Windsor County state senator Dick McCormack opines about “respecting the education fund.” He claims that he would never raid the education fund for other purposes, due […]
Windsor state senator challenged on education
Dear Editor, In his recent commentary in The Mountain Times, “Something to Write Home About,” Windsor County state senator Dick McCormack opines about “respecting the education fund.” He claims that he would never raid the education fund for other purposes, due […]