Vermont

Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott said he would sign a bill that would abolish Columbus Day and replace it with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”

Lincoln the goat, 3, was elected the official “pet mayor” of Fair Haven, Vermont, with 13 votes.

The Vermont House passed a bill Thursday that allows elective abortions until birth for any reason and strips the right to life from unborn babies.

Democrats in Rhode Island and Vermont are following in the wake of those in New York and Virginia in proposing bills that would strip most restrictions on abortion.

With Washington state’s semiautomatic rifle purchase ban now in place at least six states restrict the Second Amendment rights of 18-20-year-olds.

Lesperance said GOP losses in the region “were a continuation of a trend that began way before Donald Trump, but his presidency has increased the disconnect between New England Republicans and the broader national Republican Party.”

Parts across the Northeast United States are bracing for record cold temperatures on Thanksgiving Day, meteorologists say. 

The Northeastern United States is likely in for a “frigid” Thanksgiving as chilly winds may bring “more rounds of snow and slick travel.”

The Vermont Democrat Party announced it canceled events featuring Michael Avenatti following reports the 2020 hopeful was arrested over an alleged domestic violence incident. 

Federal prosecutors filed no charges and ended an investigation into a Burlington College land deal supervised by Jane Sanders, the wife of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to a Sanders adviser.

Vermont Democrats have picked a man who is living as a woman to run for governor in November against incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott.

A new report from the New York Times seemingly blasts the state of New Hampshire, as well as Vermont and Maine, for being “nearly all white.” 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is set to unveil a plan that would give American workers who want or need jobs guaranteed government jobs that pay at least $15 per hour and have health benefits.

Last week, Vermont Governor Phil Scott hurriedly signed the state’s first gun control laws in many decades.  He did this in violation of his repeated campaign promise that he would not support additional gun regulations.  One of the newly-passed gun-control laws limits rifle-magazines to 10 rounds of ammunition and handgun magazines to 15 rounds of ammunition.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) has caved and signed a ban on private on gun sales after running a gubernatorial campaign in which he rejected the need for more gun control.

Thirteen-year-old Vermont gubernatorial candidate Ethan Sonneborn, a Democrat, wants the state to pass a gun control bill, and he wants to be sure an “assault weapons” ban is added to it.

Vermont lawmakers are ready to vote on a massive gun-control bill on Friday, as gun-rights activists are rallying against politicians who oppose their Second Amendment rights.

Burlington, Vermont police arrested Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen on Saturday after he repeatedly violated a local noise ordinance in a personal protest against the F-35 fighter jet.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) stepdaughter is facing controversy in her candidacy to become the next mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

While our nation’s overall concealed carry landscape is a patchwork of frustrating laws many Americans struggle to navigate, it is heartening to know that 12 states makes things easy by allowing law-abiding residents to carry guns without any bureaucratic interference.

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan says Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber submitted at least two false invoices in connection with a $400,000 contract he had with the state to provide economic consulting services.

As Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) faces a possible FBI probe of a land deal his wife undertook, with allegations swirling that he pressured bank officials to approve the loan, he may soon face a new challenge at home — defending his own Senate seat from a Democratic challenger.

The wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) reportedly attempted to kick a group of disabled residents out of their home as she sought to expand the Vermont college of which she was president.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) warned graduates that the country is “moving radically and rapidly” towards “oligarchy” under President Trump.

Donald Trump is not a fan of wind turbines, as he has hinted occasionally on Twitter. So if he is to crush this bloated, parasitical industry as it deserves he’ll need some serious fire support.

A high school in Vermont has ignited controversy by empaneling a 40-member committee to explore the idea of eliminating the school’s 60-year-old “Rebel” mascot.

The mayor of Burlington, Vermont, has imposed an official ban on city employees traveling to North Carolina because of the southern state’s opposition to transgender groups’ political demands.

The governor of Vermont has pardoned the son of former Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro almost 30 years after he was convicted of selling cocaine to an undercover officer while in college, the Daily Mail reported.

Abortion is an issue in the deep blue state of Vermont, where Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Scott has been targeted by Democrats for his past support for legislation that restricts late-term abortions and requires parents to be notified when their teenage daughters are seeking an abortion.

Five Vermont teenagers were killed after a man driving the wrong way on a highway crashed into them, stole a police cruiser, and crashed into seven other vehicles.