Feb 28, 2025 | 2024, Core Issues, General, Legislative Session, Press Release
Today, Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) released the Vermont Congressional delegation’s scores for the League of Conservation Voters’ 2024 National Environmental Scorecard, which highlights our state’s leaders’ work to protect our environment and democracy. Since...
Feb 25, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Vergennes Union High School’s Green Team, now led by Quincy Sabick, collected 10,000 pounds of non-recyclable soft plastic to create this bench The song “The Greatest Love of All” (written by Linda Creed and recorded and made famous by George Benson in...
Feb 18, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Justin Marsh donating the remainder of their 2012 campaign balance to Kesha Ram Hinsdale on August 2, 2016 I met Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D-Chittenden-SE) a decade ago after admiring her from afar for years. Then she was a young, outspoken, progressive state...
Feb 10, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Governor Phil Scott speaks during his weekly press conference on June 11, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Confession time: I’ve voted for Phil Scott before. I guess it’s maybe not a bold confession since the majority of Vermonters have voted for him too...
Feb 3, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Will Greer When I was 23, fresh out of college, I chose to run for the Vermont Legislature. I had no clue what I was really doing, but looking back now and having worked in several election cycles since, that’s pretty common for a first time candidate. With a...
Jan 27, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Matthew Vigneau I’ve always been into maps. In the backseat pocket of any car I rode in as a kid, chances are there was a well-loved Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer, often complete with a bent cover and some crinkled pages. I loved following along on travels,...
