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Tag: Bobby Starr

A busy legislative assembly session in a grand chamber, with members engaged in discussion and laptop use.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Yearning for warmer winters, generational change, higher office or a stable living: Legislators cite myriad reasons for leaving their seats

by Sarah Mearhoff July 8, 2024, 5:22 pmJuly 9, 2024, 9:09 am
Two side-by-side images of men.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

The Vermont Senate loses two giants in a week — and with them, decades of institutional knowledge

by Sarah Mearhoff June 3, 2024, 6:23 pmJune 3, 2024, 6:27 pm
An elderly woman with glasses, wearing a scarf, intently reads a document in a room with soft lighting.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Vermont House members hope to clinch Senate seats in open races

by Sarah Mearhoff May 31, 2024, 5:37 pmMay 31, 2024, 5:37 pm
John Rodgers
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Former Democratic lawmaker John Rodgers to run for lieutenant governor as a Republican

by Ethan Weinstein May 24, 2024, 3:36 pmMay 24, 2024, 3:53 pm
A man in glasses speaking into a microphone while holding a paper in a room with attendees, viewed past the blurred foreground.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Final Reading: House panel taking up major labor reforms passed last year in Senate

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Sarah Mearhoff and Shaun Robinson April 24, 2024, 6:58 pmApril 24, 2024, 8:04 pm
Middle-aged man in glasses speaking and gesturing during a meeting with two other men in a formal office setting.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Final Reading: Vermont lawmakers respond to ‘ghost guns’ case addition to SCOTUS docket

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Sarah Mearhoff and Shaun Robinson April 23, 2024, 7:58 pmApril 23, 2024, 8:05 pm
Sen. Bobby Starr
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Regional

Sen. Bobby Starr to retire after 46 years in Vermont Legislature

by Sarah Mearhoff April 22, 2024, 3:47 pmMay 20, 2024, 1:06 pm
A man and woman sitting at a table in front of a computer.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Final Reading: For bill to ban flavored nicotine products, Gov. Phil Scott’s veto likely to stick

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Peter D'Auria, Sarah Mearhoff and Shaun Robinson April 11, 2024, 6:40 pmOctober 24, 2024, 3:10 pm
A woman sits at a table in front of a group of people.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Final Reading: Bill banning forever chemicals in consumer products comes back to life in the Vermont House

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Peter D'Auria, Sarah Mearhoff and Shaun Robinson March 29, 2024, 6:30 pmMarch 29, 2024, 6:15 pm
A man is standing next to a flock of ducks in the snow.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Final Reading: Essex Junction cannabis farmer visits the Statehouse

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Kristen Fountain, Sarah Mearhoff and Shaun Robinson February 6, 2024, 7:21 pmNovember 12, 2024, 4:11 pm
An aerial view of a building next to a highway.
Posted inCentral Vermont, Government & Politics, Regional, Washington County

Lawmakers hear plan to use Waterbury armory as a 40-50-bed emergency shelter 

by Waterbury Roundabout January 26, 2024, 11:39 amSeptember 18, 2024, 1:38 pm
a woman standing in front of a group of people.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Final Reading: Legislators try again to increase their weekly pay

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Sarah Mearhoff and Shaun Robinson January 10, 2024, 6:55 pmOctober 17, 2024, 2:10 pm
A photo of a man at a desk with a photoshopped thought bubble of Taylor Swift.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Final Reading: Vermont’s Senate president pro tem is a Swiftie 

by Kristen Fountain and Sarah Mearhoff January 5, 2024, 8:06 pmJanuary 8, 2024, 3:30 pm
A lake with trees on the shore at sunset.
Posted inChamplain Valley, Environment, Franklin County, Regional

In St. Albans Town, questions over who should pay for a cleaner Lake Champlain

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Shaun Robinson September 10, 2023, 6:52 amSeptember 9, 2023, 9:38 pm

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