State Auditor candidates Vince Illuzzi and Doug Hoffer debate what they'd bring to the office of State Auditor and explain why they'd be best to fill this role.

In the first of two interviews, we hear from current state Democratic Treasurer Beth Pearce, who says she has a clear focus for Vermont's finances.

Secretary of State Jim Condos says the official results of the upcoming election could be delayed past Thanksgiving by a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department.

A Vermont based Republican Super PAC is on track to spend $1 million during the 2012 campaign and the group is putting a lot of its energy into the race for State Treasurer. The GOP Super PAC is called Vermonters First and it's bankrolled by Lenore Broughton of Burlington. The group has raised just over $684,000 for this campaign cycle and all but $900 has come from Broughton.

An annual Montpelier conference on mental health drew different political perspectives on a single-payer health care system.

Progressive Chairwoman Martha Abbott says the history of her party extends to Bernie Sanders' tenure as mayor of Burlington.

Monday was a state and federal campaign finance reporting deadline and, all around, Vermont's top politicians have a financial advantage over their challengers.

Vermont's two leading candidates for governor continue to squabble over how much time off they've taken.

Turn on your television or open your mailbox and it's hard to avoid an anti-tax message from a group called Vermonters First. The new political action committee is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on political mailings and TV ads. One ad features a variety of people said to run their own businesses, including a designer and a hair stylist. They say they're worried that their cost of business may soon go up.

The U.S. Senate race between independent Senator Bernie Sanders and Republican challenger John MacGovern is lopsided in terms of name-recognition and campaign finances, but you wouldn't know that from the tone of their debate Friday.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state of Vermont and Secretary of State Jim Condos.

A liberal super PAC is throwing support and money behind State Treasurer Beth Pearce. Pearce faces a challenge from Republican Wendy Wilton, who is the Rutland city treasurer.

Republican gubernatorial challenger Randy Brock says Gov. Peter Shumlin has spent too much time away from Montpelier. But Shumlin's campaign says many of those trips were for official business.

Town clerks are gearing up for election day. But along the Connecticut River, the time it takes to vote may depend on where you live. That's because, unlike Vermont, New Hampshire is phasing in a new law that will require voters to show a photo ID.

Congressman Peter Welch has been railing against partisan bickering for nearly his entire term in the U.S. House. And Welch's challenger, Republican Mark Donka, says if elected he would find a way to bypass the party-line stand-offs on crucial issues like the budget.

On March 4, 1981, Burlington residents awoke to a political shock. Bernie Sanders, a 39-year-old, tousle-haired radical from New York City had defeated the incumbent Democrat Gordie Paquette for mayor of the city. And he started a political revolution.

A provision in Vermont's health care law called on the Shumlin Administration to identify several ways to finance a single payer health care system early next year. But the 2013 date was chosen when it seemed that the state might get a federal waiver to implement a single payer plan in the next few years.  Since that possibility now seems remote, officials say it doesn't make any sense to vote on a plan until at least 2015.

The major party candidates for Vermont's congressional seat, Democratic incumbent Peter Welch and Republican challenger Mark Donka, meet in debate live at noon on Wednesday.

VPR airs coverage of the Vice Presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, live from Centre College in Danville Kentucky. The focus is foreign and domestic policy.

Burlington has mailed corrected city election ballots to 523 voters who asked for absentee ballots or voted early at City Hall.

The future of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant is emerging as an issue in the race for Attorney General. While Incumbent Democrat Bill Sorrell is defending the state's decision to try to close the plant as soon as possible, his two opponents oppose the strategy for different reasons.

The Republicans seeking the top two state offices both support a moratorium on large-scale wind tower development in Vermont.

A 500-mile, 14-county bicycle tour is giving Vermont's lieutenant governor a new perspective on the state as he campaigns for a second term. The tour is also providing him plenty of time to think about the issues.

Leading Vermont Democrats say they hope President Barack Obama improves his performance in the presidential debates.