Apr 28, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Sen. Alison Clarkson in the Cedar Creek Room at the State House in Montpelier, Friday, February 23, urging fellow legislators to BACK THE FRAP by supporting the Flood Recovery Assistance Program (FRAP) provisions in the Flood Omnibus Bill that is being proposed...
Apr 21, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
At the start of the 2023 legislative session, VCV launched the Democracy Dispatch podcast to accompany its weekly emails that recapped the state house updates to our members. Frankly, I was new in my role and not fully confident I could communicate about the work we...
Apr 7, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Rep. Emily Carris Duncan // photo by Wild Hand Ah, remember the 2024 Election? Personally, I try not to. We already had many environmental champions choose not to seek reelection to the Vermont legislature, and then a handful of incumbents lost their contested...
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...
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,...
