Sixteen- and 17-year-olds in one prominent Vermont town will be able to vote in local elections and serve on the community's selectboard if elected, after the Democrat-controlled state Legislature ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Thursday was the deadline for major party candidates in Vermont to file to be on the August primary ballot, but with all statewide incumbents seeking re-election this year, it ...

Vermont’s at-large congressional district hasn’t elected a Republican since 1988, and that won’t change anytime soon.

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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced Monday he will run for re-election this year, squelching speculation that the 82-year-old progressive icon might retire at a time when the Democratic Party ...

The forthcoming retirement of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the longest-serving member of the current Senate, is paving the way for Vermont to send a woman to Congress for the first time in history.

Gov. Phil Scott and Vermont lawmakers are calling for the resignation of state Sen. Sam Douglass, R-Orleans, after a news article in national outlet Politico alleged that he and other Young Republican ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont was hospitalized Thursday after he felt unwell at his McLean, Virginia, home, his office said. As a precaution Leahy, 82, was taken to a ...

A Vermont state senator who took part in a Young Republicans group chat on Telegram in which members made racist comments and joked about rape and gas chambers has resigned. State Sen. Sam Douglass ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Pandemic politics have been taking on a new meaning as Vermonters across the political spectrum continue to debate who should be getting the vaccine and when. With state ...