Sarah Mearhoff
Politics Reporter at VTDigger
Flatlander covering Vermont politics @vtdigger. Co-chair @VTDiggerGuild. Past stops: PA, DC, NY, MS, SD, MN. @PSUBellisario @DailyCollegian alum. she/her
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Dec 4, 2024 |
vtdigger.org | Sarah Mearhoff
The Vermont company’s CEO declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal, nor would he say who holds a majority position.
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Aug 23, 2024 |
waterburyroundabout.org | VT Digger |Sarah Mearhoff
After a post-primary rush this week, Vermont’s slate of general election candidates is now solidified, and mail-in ballots will be sent out by mid-September. First, on Monday, the Republican Party added nearly two dozen down-ballot candidates for positions unfilled through the primary process. The Progressive Party added one new candidate in a hotly contested Burlington House seat, and switched out several placeholder candidates for fusion nominees.
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Aug 9, 2024 |
vermontpublic.org | Colin Flanders |Sarah Mearhoff |Alison Novak
After a bill to pause the state’s PCB testing program failed to pass this legislative session, schools across the state continue to struggle with mitigation efforts. Plus, panelists look ahead to next week’s primary election. And as of Friday afternoon, flood-fatigued Vermonters are bracing for tropical storm remnants that could bring heavy rainfall, and possible flooding, to parts of the state. Subscribe to the Vermont This Week podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
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Jun 21, 2024 |
vtcng.com | Shaun Robinson |Sarah Mearhoff
Last June, Vermont’s Democratic Legislature overrode a record five vetoes in a single day. On Monday, they one-upped themselves — but with an unexpected stumble. By 5:34 p.m., both chambers had adjourned, having overridden six vetoes. Another — of H.121, a sweeping data privacy bill — was ultimately sustained by the Senate. The House and Senate on Monday gaveled in for one day, colloquially referred to as a veto session, for the chance to override the seven vetoes Republican Gov.
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Jun 20, 2024 |
vtdigger.org | Sarah Mearhoff |Natalie Williams
Two state senators are taking Gov. Phil Scott to court. In a lawsuit filed in Washington County Superior Court on Wednesday, Sens. Tanya Vyhovsky, P/D-Chittenden Central, and Dick McCormack, D-Windsor, allege that Scott “purposefully circumvented” the Senate’s constitutional authority to confirm and deny gubernatorial cabinet appointments when he reappointed Zoie Saunders as interim education secretary after the Senate voted against her.
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