A crowded Rutland Senate race and a stiff challenge to a veteran Republican lawmaker from Stowe are among the more high-profile races in the Vermont Legislature this year.

Every day, there’s a new bad news story about Molly Gray, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. Is she being targeted by her nasty opponent, as she claims? Or does she have a spotty history behind her pleasant demeanor? The answer could be - yes, and yes.

Democratic challenger David Zuckerman said incumbent Gov. Phil Scott has done well with the pandemic but that he would have done more and sooner. He also wants to raid the state’s rainy day fund and raise taxes on incomes above $250,000.

Responding to a listener from Brattleboro, VPR revisits the 2016 interviews of pro-Trump Vermonters and asks them what they think of the president now.

Sen. John Rodgers (Essex-Orleans) missed the primary election filing deadline, so he’s running as an independent. Will his name recognition overcome the lack of party support?

Social media defenders of Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Molly Gray say anyone, anyone on the campaign could have been sending out those campaign tweets sent while she was still a state employee - a violation of state campaign law. OK - why not just say so?

Eight Democrat and/or Progressive senators apparently are NOT supporting Molly Gray, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. At least one is actively supporting her GOP opponent, Scott Milne. Even the wife of Senate President Dave Zuckerman had some snarky words for her. For someone who strolled to the nomination on a rose-covered garden path, she’s having a reality check in the run-up to November. Apparently the blessing of family friend Sen. Patrick Leahy goes only so far.

Vermont’s state employee retirement fund is $4.5 billion underwater, and Carolyn Branagan has a plan to fix it. But her plan needs buy-in from the very people who have been ignoring the problem for years: our legislators.

A former - emphasis on the “former” - U.S. naval officer, fishing competition organizer, and GOP campaign volunteer is running for both the Vermont House and Senate as an independent. Now a union organizer, James Ehlers wants nothing more now than to kick the F-35 out of Vermont and, for pete’s sake, stop polluting Lake Champlain.

John Walters insists a politician's spouse should be allowed to speak his/her mind. Sure- but what does David Zuckerman's wife know about LG candidate Molly Gray that the voters don't?