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Montpelier Weighs Changes To Its Petition Policy
February 7, 2012
Voters in Montpelier on Town Meeting Day next month are going to decide on a change to the city's charter.
Luskin: Voting Season
February 6, 2012
Commentator Deborah Luskin lives in the Town of Newfane, where full participation in local government means attending and voting in separate meetings for the high school, the elementary school and the town.
In Montpelier, Voters To Weigh Tax Changes
February 3, 2012
On Town Meeting Day, voters in Montpelier will consider proposed tax changes designed to raise revenue. Montpelier's City Council wants to implement a 1 percent local sales tax as well as a 1 percent local rooms, meals and alcohol tax.
Towns To Vote On Corporate Personhood
February 3, 2012
Many cities and towns are putting the hot-button national issue of corporate personhood on their local agenda. By petition, residents across Vermont have requested that an article be placed on ballots asking voters whether they support overturning the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
Thetford Considers Digitizing Tax Maps
February 1, 2012
More and more municipal governments have moved their business online, and now many of them are digitizing town records, such as tax maps.
With No Mayoral Candidate, Progressives' Strength Questioned
January 30, 2012
Burlington's Progressive Party may be one of the most successful third parties in the country, but it has run into a rough patch lately. For the first time in decades, Progressives won't have a candidate for Burlington mayor.
Hollar Enters Race For Montpelier Mayor
December 20, 2011
A Montpelier lawyer who served as chairman of the capital city's school board is running for mayor. John Hollar says he's a fiscal conservative, but liberal on social issues.
After Tie, Burlington Democrats Re-caucus And Nominate Weinberger
December 11, 2011
Democrats in Burlington have elected their nominee in the race for mayor of Vermont's largest city, choosing developer and airport commissioner Miro Weinberger to represent them in the general election in March.
Kiss To Step Down Amid Financial Woes, Eyes Political Future
November 30, 2011
Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss won't seek re-election. The Progressive mayor is stepping down in the midst of several ongoing controversies in the state's largest city, and he says he may try to return to the state Legislature.
Burlington Democrats To Resume Caucus In December
November 17, 2011
Democrats in Burlington have scheduled another caucus on December 11 to choose their candidate for mayor, after the first caucus ended in a tie vote between two candidates.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE
TOWN MEETING DAY 2011
Legislative Update From Senate President John Campbell
April 5, 2011
Senate President John Campbell charts the course for the Senate over the next several weeks. Plus, rocker-turned-professor Joe Gittleman relates his experiences from life on the road in a Lyndon State classroom.
Franklin Lawsuit Questions Prayer At Public Meetings
March 31, 2011
Marilyn Hackett and the Vermont chapter of the ACLU are suing the town of Franklin and its moderator, Timothy Magnant, in Vermont Superior Court for allowing a pastor to recite the invocation before Town Meeting business each year.
Voters Boost Tax Benefits For Disabled Veterans
March 8, 2011
Voters in 31 towns have decided to boost a property tax benefit for disabled veterans. State law allows towns to exempt the first $40,000 of a disabled veteran's property value from local taxes. But up until a few years ago, many towns did not allow the full benefit.
Doyle Surprised By Town Meeting Survey Results
March 8, 2011
The preliminary results of Senator Bill Doyle's town meeting survey are in. And as VPR's Bob Kinzel reports, Doyle was surprised by some of the results.
ACLU Sues Franklin Over Town Meeting Prayer
March 3, 2011
A Franklin County town is in trouble for its practice of beginning town meeting with a prayer.
TOWN MEETING DAY 2010
Voices In The Week's News: March 5, 2010
March 5, 2010
These were some of the voices in the news this week.
Majority Of School Budgets Pass At Town Meeting
March 3, 2010
Despite the difficult economic climate, a vast majority of local school budgets passed at Town Meeting. Officials think that's because many school boards spent months preparing level funded budgets.
Rutland Vote May Be Difficult To Enact
March 3, 2010
Rutland residents upset with the rising cost of government say one way to save money would be to rein in the benefits paid to city workers. But city officials say that might be difficult to do.
Addison Towns Approve Unified Union
March 3, 2010
A new unified union school district was formed in Addison County at town meeting yesterday. The five towns of the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union school district all agreed to the merger.
GMP Says Lowell Wind Project Will Move Forward
March 3, 2010
Yesterday voters in Lowell approved a measure to support the development of the Kingdom Community Wind Project. And it was a wide margin 342 to 114.
TOWN MEETING DAY 2012
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TMDVT Will Be Storified
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TOWN MEETING TRADITION
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