Vermont argues that Trump administration provided no factual basis for voter data request
“We don’t want the federal government to have that level of information about individual Vermonters,” Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas said.
Vermont judge rules man accused of shooting three Palestinian students is competent to stand trial
“Belief in such extreme or conspiratorial ideas does not render one delusional in the sense of a psychotic disorder,” the judge wrote.
VTSU cuts diesel and automotive mechanic programs
Instead of the associate degrees, VTSU plans to offer “industry recognized credentials” in automotive technology and diesel power technology.
Vermont House Ethics Panel dismisses complaints against legislators who took paid trip to Israel
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Vermont State University labor leaders criticize administrators, citing staff attrition and stagnating wage
Three years after Vermont State University’s merger, staff and faculty say they’ve “borne the brunt” of financial cuts while administrative positions and salaries have increased.
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John Grismore, embattled sheriff of Franklin County, won’t seek reelection
Grismore cited “moments of significant challenge, many of them highly public and deeply stressful” as a reason he was not seeking a second four-year term.
Vermont Conversation: Who killed abortion rights?
Journalist Amy Littlefield discusses her new book, “Killers of Roe: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights,” in which she chronicles her meetings with key figures in the movement to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Once billed as the future of Town Meeting, the ‘Brattleboro Experiment’ is ending
The state’s only municipality to elect members to the equivalent of a local legislature is retiring the tradition after 65 years. What comes next is sparking its own debate.
Vermont won permission to use Medicaid funds for homelessness. It’s sitting unused.
“The idea of letting this opportunity go to waste when it is there right now is unconscionable, in my opinion,” said Jessica Radbord, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont.
Candidate steps up to run for Addison County prosecutor post held by embattled incumbent
Two days after the Vermont Supreme Court suspended State’s Attorney Eva Vekos’ law license, Peter Bevere, a Middlebury resident and current Rutland County deputy state’s attorney, announced he’s running for the Addison County job.
Big crowd at Brattleboro’s return to open Town Meeting backs ‘compromise’ budget
Nearly 300 residents — twice the attendance of past sessions with elected members — aimed to balance spiraling municipal costs and people’s shrinking ability to pay.
Opinion
Commentaries and letters to the editor written by community members and regular contributors.
Stop pretending you don’t get it
The ‘No Kings’ movement isn’t about offering policy solutions — it’s about resisting a president who believes constitutional law doesn’t apply to him.
The lesson Vermont refuses to teach
Most states require or encourage Holocaust education. Vermont has nothing to say about it.
Are we serious about addressing the housing shortage?
Young Vermonters are leaving, workers have nowhere to live, and the Legislature has less than two months to do something about it.
You can build it, but they will not come
Vermont is building expensive homes for wealthy buyers while younger workers and families can’t afford to live here.
On Montpelier’s edge, a vast tract becomes a possible bellwether of the city’s future
Between three developer proposals and the complex math of balancing affordability with economic opportunity, city councilors say there’s still a lot to consider about what to do with the former Elks Country Club.
Young Writers Project: ‘The World Starts to Bud’
This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “The World Starts to Bud” by Kayleigh Briggs, 15, of Rutland. The photo is “Turning Life” by Bea Robinson, 15, of South Burlington.
Anatomy of a forest project
A Dummerston harvest reveals how science, markets, and long experience shape what neighbors see on Black Mountain Road.
A slowdown in federal science grants has Vermont researchers worried
Though leaders at the National Institutes of Health say they intend to allocate all the federally assigned dollars, changes in how they do so is disrupting the research of early career scientists.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
6 suspects charged in Vermont kidnapping case remain in custody
The charges stem from the kidnapping of a woman from Claremont, N.H., in January. Police allege the suspects tortured and held the woman for ransom in Springfield for three weeks before police rescued her.
