Dan Chiasson’s portrait of Bernie Sanders places the senator’s rise within the turbulent history of Burlington and Vermont.

At his weekly press conference on Wednesday, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott voiced his frustration about what he calls inaction by lawmakers on the housing crisis. The governor said he would like to see Act ...

As the state’s 247 municipalities decided local and school leaders and spending, Kirby moderator John McClaughry won for his 60th time, and at least a half-dozen communities debated President Donald ...

Typically concerned with local issues, residents at town meetings in Vermont and elsewhere increasingly use the forum to debate polarizing national and international events.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bernie Sanders, then the mayor of Burlington, greets Jesse Jackson backstage at a 1988 Vermont rally where he endorsed Jackson's ...

Vermont is home to one of the oldest and most cherished forms of local election in the country: town meetings, a day-long ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a major figure in the Civil Rights Movement and American politics, has died. Top video: Jesse Jackson leaves significant mark on US politics Sign up for our Newsletters Jackson was ...

Rep. Willem Jewett (D-Ripton) at a House Democratic press conference last week at the Statehouse. Credit: File: Paul Heintz When House Democrats held a rare Statehouse press conference last Wednesday ...