Vermont Senate

The hustle and bustle of opening day has settled, leaving a legislature ready to get down to business in this second half of Vermont's biennium. So what…

Paid family leave, a $15 per hour minimum wage and a tax-and-regulate marijuana system are expected to be some of the key issues decided on in this…

The Vermont Senate has given its approval to legislation legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. On a voice vote, the Senate backed a…

Backers of legislation that would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 years old to 21 years old are urging members of the Senate to…

In a unanimous 30-0 vote, the Vermont Senate has advanced legislation that's designed to blunt part of the impact of new immigration policies of the Trump…

In November of 1968, Johnson State political science professor Bill Doyle was first elected to the Vermont Senate from Washington County. After that first…

The president pro tem of the Vermont Senate says the 2016 legislative session will be his last.Windsor County Sen. John Campbell told VTDigger’s Mark…

In a move that will create further electoral intrigue in the state’s most populous county, Chittenden County Sen. Diane Snelling, a Republican, has…

A lot has happened since Vermont Sen. Norm McAllister was arrested on felony sexual assault charges.First, there was word he'd resign – but that didn't…

Franklin County Sen. Norm McAllister didn’t say a word at his arraignment Friday morning as his lawyer entered a plea of not guilty on all charges against…