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.

After the drop of the gavel Wednesday, the 2025 Vermont legislative session was underway. Day 1 consisted of a speaker of the House vote between the Independent from Dover, Laura Sibilia, and the ...

Rep. Laura Sibilia, an Independent from Dover, challenged Democratic House Speaker Jill Krowinski for the speaker’s gavel. “Laura is passionate but also thorough, ethical, reasoned ...

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 ...

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 ...

This Wednesday, lawmakers in the Vermont House of Representatives will be voting for their next speaker during the first legislative session. Democratic incumbent Jill Krowinski, from Burlington, has ...

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.

Jill Krowinski, the Democratic Speaker of the House from Burlington. Beck said he believes if lawmakers can lower building costs it will quickly help the issue. "The problem with housing right now is ...