802 News with Mark Johnson

Send us Fan Mail Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski is not running for re-election in November after 14 years as a legislator and speaker since 2021. The 46-year-old Burlington Democrat discusses accomplishments...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan McLaren , a former top aide to Sen. Peter Welch, is running for lieutenant governor. He faces Molly Gray and Esther Charlestin in the August Democratic Party primary. The winner will face incumbent...

Send us Fan Mail Molly Gray , a former lieutenant governor, wants her old job back and is in a three-way primary for the Democratic Party nomination. The winner will face incumbent Lt. Gov. John Rodgers, a Republican...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda Janoo , an economics and policy expert, is running for governor. She faces child care advocate Aly Richards for the Democratic Party nomination. The primary will be in August. Janoo, 38, grew up...

Send us Fan Mail The former chief executive director of Let's Grow Kids is seeking the Democratic Party nomination for governor . Richards, 40, will have at least one opponent in the primary, economist Amanda Janoo...

Send us Fan Mail Vermont investigative journalist Jasper Craven's new book "God Forgives, Brothers Don't: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood" explores how the military and its...

Send us Fan Mail Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt, calls the war in Iran a "catastrophe." He also discusses the firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi and the role of state and local police in a recent ICE raid in South Burlington.

Send us Fan Mail Innovation has increased maple syrup output over the last two decades, reducing fears that climate change could cause a "maple-pocalypse." Vermont sugar makers are thriving, producing half the country's...

Send us Fan Mail Leaders of South Burlington, Burlington and Vermont State Police defended their departments' actions during a March 11 federal immigration enforcement effort in South Burlington. Police Chiefs William...

Send us Fan Mail State Sen. Phil Baruth recounts the highs and lows of his 16 years in the Vermont State Senate, including efforts to pass gun control legislation and boosting childcare subsidies. The...

Send us Fan Mail Statistics from the Burlington Police Department for 2025 show an overall decrease in violent crime, including homicides, and reductions in quality-of-life incidents including burglaries, retail theft...

Send us Fan Mail Vermont journalist Peggy Shinn previews some of the events and participants at this year's Winter Olympics in Italy, including several with ties to Vermont. The Northeast Kingdom native has covered...

Send us Fan Mail There's a new book coming out about Bernie Sanders and Burlington. The author is Dan Chiasson, a Queen City native. " Bernie for Burlington " traces the political rise of Sanders from his 1981 mayoral...

Send us Fan Mail Many boys and young men are struggling with isolation and loneliness and there is a significant gender gap in academic achievement, opioid deaths and suicide rates . Why? A Vermont documentary " Gone...

Send us Fan Mail Burlington attorney Walter Judge was one of the approximately 4,000 people in the US who received a heart transplant this year.