Town Meeting Day
Vermont voters are set to decide local spending, elected leaders and other big questions — as well as join the nation in the Super Tuesday presidential primaries. Follow our coverage.
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak elected mayor of Burlington, 1st woman to lead the city
The Progressive state representative beat out Democratic City Councilor Joan Shannon.
Nikki Haley wins Vermont, the only state to spurn Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary
President Joe Biden easily prevailed in the state’s Democratic primary.
Vermonters reject nearly 1 in 3 school budgets on Town Meeting Day
Twenty-nine of 93 reported budgets were voted down, according to data from the Vermont Superintendents Association.
Stamford officials say ‘no’ to flood-related federal buyout program
The decision of the Stamford Selectboard has left a local family in limbo, as they try to figure out what to do with their property, which lies within a special flood hazard area.
Lawmakers will consider a new education funding formula. One already has a plan.
Conversations about a new education funding formula could begin this week, but legislators will have to balance a system in crisis with calls for caution.
Final Reading: Senators consider pilot of speed enforcement cameras
The technology would automatically snap photos of cars that are speeding through work zones on the state’s highways, allowing officials to issue a civil citation.
Final Reading: Your inside guide to Vermont’s Statehouse
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Anticipating hundreds will lose motel rooms on Friday, Scott administration to open 4 temporary shelters
The shelters would only be open for a matter of days to allow people staying in motels to apply for a new waiver to remain in the program.
Final Reading: Lawmakers dish on how they spent Town Meeting week
State reps disconnected, mindfully or by accident, over the adjournment period last week. They visited family nearby and across the world, compulsively checked election results, oh, and won a historic mayoral election.
Dick McCormack to retire after 3-decade Senate career
“You want to leave while at least some people will be sorry to see you go,” the longtime Windsor County Democrat told VTDigger.
Bennington voters approve sale of senior center under plan to redevelop old high school
An agreement calls for the owner of the former Bennington High School to transfer the building to the town’s developer-partner in exchange for a package deal of $1 million and the senior center.
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