Town clerks and select boards say it is getting harder to run meetings and conduct town business as the vitriolic tone of political polarization continues to ramp up.

Opposing groups held rallies in Burlington on October 23, 1986. They came ahead of the election day vote on a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would have enshrined equal rights for women.

On Tuesday evening Gov. Phil Scott called on Douglass to resign after a leaked group chat showed Douglass and his wife using racist and antisemitic language with fellow young Republicans from across the country.

A Democratic candidate has stepped forward to campaign for the Vermont Senate seat left vacant last week by Republican Sen. Sam Douglass. Douglass resigned after facing backlash for his alleged involvement in a private Telegram chat among the "Young Republicans" group.

Vermont state Senator Samuel Douglass on Monday officially stepped down from office less than a week after he was exposed for participating in a racist group chat with other young Republicans

Between physical and mental health programs, nutrition initiatives, and even election security plans, Vermont will get tens of millions of dollars less from the federal government next fiscal year.