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By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

In a letter directed toward school boards and superintendents on Friday, two leaders of legislative tax committees warned of the “unintended consequences” of the state’s newest education finance law, which, they suggested, could have districts trying...

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

For the first time in four years, none of Vermont’s 247 municipalities have publicly announced plans to cancel in-person March Town Meetings due to COVID-19 concerns, according to a VTDigger survey, although many are permanently adopting such...

By HABIB SABET

State transportation officials told legislators last week that Vermont’s electric vehicle transition has made substantial headway in recent years but still has a long way to go to meet its goals.Vermont currently leads the country in efforts toward...

By ALAN J. KEAYS

The director of enforcement and safety for the state Department of Motor Vehicles has been placed on paid administrative leave after less than six months on the job.Vermont Transportation Secretary Joseph Flynn, whose agency oversees the motor vehicle...

By PETER D’AURIA

School board members have decided to temporarily shutter Windham Elementary School after administrators struggled to fill staffing positions at the tiny school.The three-person Windham School Board voted Thursday evening to close the 15-student school...

By EMMA COTTON

On Thursday evening, members of the Fish & Wildlife Board voted unanimously to approve new rules for trapping and hunting. Recent laws required the board to create the rules, which were intended to make the activities safer for wildlife, pets and...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

With legal, regulated sports betting on track to launch in Vermont next month, the Scott administration has awarded state contracts to three vendors to host mobile sports wagering platforms.DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics Sportsbook were selected...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

A major foreign aid package designed to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia and Israel’s fight against Hamas failed on a key procedural vote in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as a united Republican caucus — joined by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. —...

By TIFFANY TAN

A former child care provider in Rutland was found guilty Friday of causing a child’s death by giving the infant a sedative, which the defendant denied doing when she took the stand earlier that day.A Rutland County jury found Stacey Vaillancourt...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

A Vermont Superior Court judge this week sided with a man sued for defamation over an op-ed in a local paper, citing the state’s laws protecting against frivolous lawsuits against free speech. Devon Kurtz, a Woodstock resident, wrote a commentary in...

By TIFFANY TAN

The number of young Vermonters who visited an emergency room due to an accidental drug overdose has been rising since the coronavirus pandemic, with older teens involved in most of these nonfatal cases, according to a new state report.The report...

By SARAH MEARHOFF

Vermont is suing the tech giant Meta, alleging that the company designed its social media platform Instagram to be addictive and otherwise harmful to the mental health of young users.Standing before the Vermont Superior Court in Burlington on Tuesday...

BY PETER D’AURIA

Vermont State University should end 10 degree programs, including agriculture, music and school psychology, and lose around 20-33 faculty positions, Interim President Mike Smith said in a draft report issued on Monday.Smith’s report also recommends...

By PETER D’AURIA

State educational data from 2022 showed mixed results for Vermont schools, with few gains in standardized test scores but improvements in discipline and educational opportunities.Troublingly, however, the data also showed a widening performance gap...

By TIFFANY TAN

Strips that check for the presence of the animal tranquilizer xylazine in street drugs could soon become more available in Vermont. The state Department of Health is in the process of ordering the test strips for public distribution, as...

By ERIN PETENKO

Central Vermont has received upward of 20 inches of rain from June to August, putting it on track to have the rainiest summer since the National Weather Service began collecting data in the region.The Edward F. Knapp Airport in Berlin reported 22.7...

By MAX SCHEINBLUM

Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Entrepreneurial Legal Laboratory is offering free legal assistance to Vermont businesses trying to recover from last month’s floods.The school has coordinated with volunteer attorneys across the state to provide up...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN 

Vermont’s medication program for incarcerated people with opioid use disorder has helped reduce overdoses after release, though COVID-19 reversed some progress.That’s the topline lesson gleaned in the first published analysis of the Vermont Department...

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

The two insurance companies that offer health care plans through Vermont Health Connect to individuals and small employers will be able to increase premiums by double digits in 2024. However, regulators significantly cut back the rates that insurers...

By AUDITI GUHA

COLCHESTER, Vt. — The Vermont Army National Guard on Wednesday celebrated the first woman to be promoted to brigadier general. During a ceremony at Camp Johnson, Col. Tracey Poirier acknowledged the promotion gives her greater visibility, but said...