Republican leaders and candidates are distancing themselves as far as possible from the expected “armed rally” Jan. 17 in Montpelier. But the VT AFL-CIO says it will be there - and asks people to keep the kids at home.

The Town of Stamford is talking with a lawyer about how to proceed with its termination of Phil Scott’s State of Emergency within town limits.

When Republican lawmakers gathered to discuss the upcoming vote on JRH #1, condemning both the violence in Washington DC and the president, the caucus was divided. Was this just an outcome of the resolution - or its desired effect?

The Vermont House yesterday elected Jill Krowinski, a former Planned Parenthood lobbyist and executive, as Speaker of the House.

Bernie is outraged that Trump and his supporters are protesting the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.

The Selectboard of the Bennington County Town of Stamford voted Dec. 17 to affirm the constitutions of Vermont and the United States, in response to the governor’s restrictions on gathering for worship, work and socializing.

John Rodgers won’t be Vermont’s Senator for the Second Amendment anymore. There will soon be a president in Washington who doesn’t know an AR-15 from an AR-14. Vermont’s gun rights organizations are waiting expectantly, keeping their powder dry.

Louis Meyers, physician and former political candidate, says the company charged with delivering cost-effective healthcare in Vermont has a transparency problem - especially about overspending.

Refuse to be tested? “Presumed positive.” Refuse to give your name at a restaurant? “Presumed positive” - and you can be expecting a call from the contact tracers.

If you play the market, work in the tech field, sell rural real estate, or run a business that was doing okay but still received federal recovery $$, the pandemic has meant good times. But if you’re a single mom with kids who can’t even go to school much anymore - meh, not so much.