Election 2024 /election-2024 Election 2024 en-US 开云体育 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:31:11 GMT Hundreds protest Trump administration outside Vermont Statehouse /local-news/2025-02-05/hundreds-protest-president-donald-trump-administration-vermont-statehouse At the largest political rally Vermont has seen since President Donald Trump was inaugurated last month, the crowd erupted into spontaneous chants in support of transgender people, immigrants and other groups that have become early targets of the new administration. The protest was part of a nationwide movement called 50501. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:31:11 GMT /local-news/2025-02-05/hundreds-protest-president-donald-trump-administration-vermont-statehouse Peter Hirschfeld Vermont congressional delegation attends Trump swearing in /local-news/2025-01-20/vermont-congressional-delegation-attends-trump-swearing-in Vermont's entire Congressional delegation attended President Donald Trump's swearing in ceremony on Monday. Numerous Democratic members of Congress and other dignitaries skipped the ceremony. But U.S. senators Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Becca Balint were in attendance. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:55:36 GMT /local-news/2025-01-20/vermont-congressional-delegation-attends-trump-swearing-in Mark Davis Trump's second inauguration: Watch or listen on 开云体育 /local-news/2025-01-17/trump-inauguration-stream-watch-listen 开云体育 will air special coverage of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration online, on our main TV channel and on radio. Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:43:39 GMT /local-news/2025-01-17/trump-inauguration-stream-watch-listen Vermont lawmakers elect Republican John Rodgers as lieutenant governor /local-news/2025-01-09/lawmakers-elect-republican-john-rodgers-as-lieutenant-governor Thursday鈥檚 election was an unusual but not unprecedented event. Rodgers beat Zuckerman in the November elections, but because neither won more than 50% of the vote, the state Constitution required lawmakers to name a winner. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:14:05 GMT /local-news/2025-01-09/lawmakers-elect-republican-john-rodgers-as-lieutenant-governor Lola Duffort Phil Baruth faces a Republican challenge for top spot in the Vermont Senate /local-news/2025-01-03/phil-baruth-faces-republican-challenge-randy-brock-senate-president-pro-tem Franklin County Sen. Randy Brock says the GOP has gotten short shrift from Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth when it comes to key committee assignments in the state senate. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:10:40 GMT /local-news/2025-01-03/phil-baruth-faces-republican-challenge-randy-brock-senate-president-pro-tem Peter Hirschfeld Mystery continues over who will serve as Vermont's next speaker of the House /local-news/2024-12-07/mystery-continues-over-who-will-serve-as-vermonts-next-speaker-of-the-house Democratic lawmakers on Saturday declined to hold a vote that would have measured support for incumbent candidate Jill Krowinski, a Democrat from Burlington who鈥檚 served in the speaker鈥檚 post for the last four years. Sat, 07 Dec 2024 20:30:23 GMT /local-news/2024-12-07/mystery-continues-over-who-will-serve-as-vermonts-next-speaker-of-the-house Peter Hirschfeld Vermont House Republicans ready to serve as backstop for Gov. Phil Scott's vetoes /local-news/2024-12-04/vermont-house-republicans-ready-serve-backstop-gov-phil-scotts-vetoes Republicans now have enough members in both the House and Senate to sustain Gov. Phil Scott's vetoes, and House Minority Leader Pattie McCoy said they plan to use that power. Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:33:03 GMT /local-news/2024-12-04/vermont-house-republicans-ready-serve-backstop-gov-phil-scotts-vetoes Peter Hirschfeld New analysis predicts 5.9% hike in property taxes next year /local-news/2024-12-02/new-analysis-predicts-5-9-hike-in-property-taxes-next-year While next year鈥檚 forecast isn鈥檛 as dire as some elected officials had feared, Democrats and Republicans say the projected increase is more than many homeowners can bear. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:22:43 GMT /local-news/2024-12-02/new-analysis-predicts-5-9-hike-in-property-taxes-next-year Peter Hirschfeld Most of the country shifted right in the 2024 presidential election /npr-news/2024-11-21/most-of-the-country-shifted-right-in-the-2024-presidential-election In 2020, President Biden won six of the seven closely watched states. This year, President-elect Donald Trump won all seven 鈥� plus is on track to win a majority of the popular vote, according to AP. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:50:45 GMT /npr-news/2024-11-21/most-of-the-country-shifted-right-in-the-2024-presidential-election Domenico Montanaro, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Daniel Wood Trump deportation plan spurs calls for protections for Vermont farmworkers /local-news/2024-11-19/trump-deportation-plan-spurs-calls-protections-vermont-farmworkers Trump has repeatedly vowed to deport all of the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally. That population includes approximately 1,500 immigrants living and working on Vermont鈥檚 dairy farms, many of whom have resided in the state for more than a decade. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-11-19/trump-deportation-plan-spurs-calls-protections-vermont-farmworkers Peter Hirschfeld