The Senate passed a bill creating a regulatory control of carbon emissions in Vermont. But it withdrew the $1 million funding approved by the House. If the House and Senate can reconcile their differences, will the governor approve it?

A pair of bills aimed at reducing police brutality against minorities have passed the Vermont Senate, and now move on to the House.

After multiple “glitches” in the Zoom/YouTube platform resulting in lost connections, transparency, and accountability, Senate leader Tim Ashe (D-Chittenden) says that from now on, when Zoom stops working, the Senate will stop working.

An attempt to pass an Act 250 revision bill that makes it harder to build out in the country but easier to build in the city has run into procedural opposition as the Senate tries to wrap up business this week before adjourning until August.

A state senator who lost an election after voting for gay marriage in 2009 is now being pilloried by some fellow senators who say a recent comment was homophobic. John Rodgers says it isn’t so and he’s tired of the name-calling by senators and the threat of being demoted from a committee assignment.

For years, participants in Act 250 have complained about its user-unfriendliness and lack of transparency. Now that senators are reviewing changes in the bill itself, the same complaints are being heard.

If you live in a system that perpetuates racism and you call yourself color-blind, you’re part of the problem, Sen. Dick McCormack (D-Windsor) says.

A key Senate committee is moving forward with removing the penalty, during the State of Emergency, for people who have committed unemployment fraud in the past. Sen. Randy Brock (R-Franklin) objected.

Theo Kennedy, the likable lawyer and owner of the Gelato ice cream shop on State Street in Montpelier, will once again try to unseat one of the three Democratic incumbents for Washington County Senate.

Senator Deb Ingram (D-Chittenden), who is running for lieutenant governor, said Judiciary Chair Sen. Dick Sears (D-Bennington) appearing to rely on input for race-related legislation from just one, young African-American intern “smacks of tokenism.” Justified criticism or strategic shaming?