Following Friday’s recount, Gulick’s lead over Mahnke grew from two votes to four — but Mahnke signaled he may not yet be ready to give in. The candidates were vying to clinch a third spot on the ballot, along with Sen. Phil Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, and Rep. Tanya Vyhovski, P/D-Essex.
The process could take weeks, said Josh Wronski, executive director of the Vermont Progressive Party, who is skeptical about the current count.
The race for a third spot in the Chittenden Central district remained too close to call.
We have a mandate to ensure that all children can access an appropriate education that meets their educational needs and we are failing, especially for Vermont children who already are marginalized by our society.
For Progressives, the redrawn district will serve as a key battleground to maintain influence in a Democrat-dominated chamber.
Battleground districts in Franklin County and across the state could determine whether Democrats hold the power to override the governor’s vetoes in the next legislative session.
The Burlington Progressive was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Vermont House in 2006, and has been on the ballot every two years since. Only one incumbent in the district running for re-election.
When Vermont political leaders saw the news that the U.S. Supreme Court was poised to strike down nationwide abortion protections that have stood for nearly five decades, they couldn’t believe it was real.
Friday’s rally, organized by the Vermont Youth Lobby, was the first since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some students met with their legislators on the steps of the Statehouse.
The Syrian people, the people of Yemen, the Palestinians. Ethiopians, Iraqis, Afghans, those in Myanmar — sadly, this list goes on and on. How do we decide who is worthy of our support and solidarity and who do we ignore as they are persecuted?
Just in time to meet its deadline, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday OK’d a stripped-down version of a bill to end qualified immunity for police officers in Vermont. The bill has faced fierce opposition within Statehouse walls.
Legislators on the House Committee on Government Operations said the language Burlington voters approved in March 2021 was too vague and tried to winnow down the number of landlords the policy would apply to.
The Senate president pro tempore said she would not press the matter further. She said she had contacted the governor’s office in recent days to see if Scott had changed his mind or would allow the bill to pass into law without his signature. He will not.
Pointing to still-rising coronavirus case counts in the state, legislators and other stakeholders at a Monday press conference said Gov. Phil Scott should do more to control the virus’s spread. But Scott maintains that mandates will not help now.
