The Burlington Democrat won 111-35 over Sibilia, a Dover independent. The Senate also voted to retain its top leader, President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth.

Vermont legislative session kicked off Jan. 8, marking the start of a biennium that promises to break from the patterns of recent years. Following shifts in the composition ...

House Speaker Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth (D/P–Chittenden-Central) hope to continue running their respective chambers when a new biennium convenes ...

Laura Sibilia (I-Dover) posing a legitimate threat to incumbent speaker Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington). Despite residual animosity between both Democrats and Republicans, both sides have agreed to ...

Vermont lawmakers reelected Burlington Democrat Jill Krowinski as House speaker on Wednesday, turning back a challenge to her leadership from Rep. Laura Sibilia (I-Dover). Krowinski won by 111 ...

Jill Krowinski will keep her title as Vermont's House speaker after defeating challenger Laura Sibilia in a vote of 111 to 35. Sibilia, an independent representative from Dover, believed she could ...

Laura Sibilia’s bid to oust House Speaker Jill Krowinski and become the chamber’s next leader appears to have found momentum. Twenty-one Democratic, Progressive and independent lawmakers ...

House Speaker Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) and President pro tempore Phil Baruth (D/P-Burlington) will both keep their powerful positions in the Statehouse. Krowinski handily defeated challenger Rep.

The speech will highlight the governor's key policy initiatives and priorities he will ask lawmakers to focus on this legislative session.

Only one Republican — Coventry Rep. Michael Marcotte — chaired a House panel in recent years, the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee. This session, Marcotte will be joined by a second ...