UVM Faculty Member to Release Documentary on Resurgent Progressive Movement
News Release — UVM April 17, 2017 Contact: Jeff Wakefield, Jeffrey.Wakefield@uvm.edu, 802-578-8830 University of Vermont Professor Jon Erickson has never been a fan of the status quo. As an ecological...
View ArticleBurlington Progressives say keep Burlington Telecom local
News Release — Burlington City Progressive Steering Committee October 15, 2017 Contact: Kelly Mangan, kellyannmangan@gmail.com, 802-324-6560 Don Schramm, dlschramm@gmail.com, 802-399-2493 KBTL offers...
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Progressives make ‘Hail Mary’ move to vote on marijuana regulation
Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, a Progressive/Democrat. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger This legislative session began with a major victory for proponents of marijuana legalization. They are hoping it ends...
View ArticleJim Fitzgerald: I’m not leaving the Democratic Party, it has left me
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jim Fitzgerald, of St. Albans, who is a Republican candidate for the Franklin 3-1 House seat. He is a former Democratic state legislator and former mayor of St....
View ArticleProgressives Outline Principles for Healthcare Reform
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 8 Vermont Progressive Party Contact: Morgan Daybell, (802) 229-0800, morgan@progressiveparty.org Progressives Outline Principles for Healthcare Reform Montpelier –...
View ArticleProgressives set slate for primary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 17, 2010 Vermont Progressive Party Contact: Morgan Daybell (802) 229-0800 Press Statement on Progressive Slate Brattleboro – The State Committee of the Progressive...
View ArticleBurlington Progressives to hold caucuses on Jan. 22
For Immediate Release: January 11, 2012 Burlington Progressives Announce Details for Mayoral and Ward Caucuses Caucuses to take place January 22nd at Fletcher Free Library 4-5:30PM BURLINGTON—The...
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The road not taken: the Green Mountain Parkway fight
For immediate release Feb. 7, 2012 Contact Maverick Media Email: mavmedia@aol.com Remarks by Greg Guma for a February 8, 2012 talk Billings North Lounge, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30 p.m....
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Progressive lawmakers demand that administration shelve tax credit cut
Sen. Anthony Pollina, P/D-Middlesex, talks to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013. Photo by Nat Rudarakanchana Progressive lawmakers sharply criticized the Shumlin administration’s proposal to take $17 million...
View ArticleProgressives to roll out tax proposals to counter Shumlin administration’s...
Rep. Chris Pearson is holding a press conference today to announce $50 million in new tax proposals. The representative from Burlington says he will be presenting a variety of options for raising new...
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Business group criticizes Progressives’ resolution on F-35
Dale Rocheleau, senior counsel at Downs Rachlin Martin, a Burlington-based law firm consulting for GBIC on the F-35, spoke about the possible legal and economic consequences of a resolution setting...
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Moats: The anger of the young, justified but ineffective
Protesters stand in front of a row of National Guard soldiers, across the street from the Hilton Hotel at Grant Park, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 26, 1968. Wikimedia...
View ArticleGregory Dennis: Progressives ponder the perfect presidential candidate
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Gregory Dennis of Cornwall. A version of this first appeared in the Addison Independent. There’s a new parlor game among progressives these days, a question we...
View ArticleDeborah Bucknam: Republicans are intelligent and passionate about Vermont
This commentary is by Deborah Bucknam of Walden, vice chair of the Vermont Republican Party. On May 9, Kevin Ellis wrote an open letter to Republicans in VTDigger. His commentary echoes leftists’...
View ArticleElayne Clift: Our country faces an imminent climate crisis, and an urgent...
This commentary is by Elayne Clift of Saxtons River, who writes about politics, women and social justice for several New England newspapers. It took mere minutes for rumors of the Democratic Party’s...
View ArticleKolby LaMarche: Lessons on governance from Burlington Progressives
This commentary is by Kolby LaMarche, a Democrat from Burlington. On a humid day in the month of June 2020, the Burlington City Council adopted a resolution, spearheaded by council Progressives,...
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Vermont’s left is split on US House candidates — but unified in opposition to...
Clockwise from top left: State Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, D-Chittenden, Sianay Chase Clifford, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, and Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, D-Windham. File photos Lt. Gov. Molly...
View ArticleSue Schaefer: Inaccurate to see Dobbs ruling as a power move by white Christians
This commentary is by Sue Schaefer of Essex, retired after many years working in the education field. The wake of the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is frothing over with a never-ending...
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More departures could shake up Progressive representation in the Statehouse
The Vermont state flag flies in front of the Statehouse. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger In an election year poised to bring historic turnover in Vermont’s Legislature, a number of preeminent...
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