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By HABIBSABET

A local group that includes longtime Burke Mountain benefactors and community stakeholders is on the cusp of acquiring the Northeast Kingdom ski resort, according to people familiar with the deal. 

By ERIN PETENKO

The United States is in the midst of a surge in measles cases driven by unvaccinated children. 

By CARLY BERLIN

The Legislature’s chief lawyer has deemed Gov. Phil Scott’s move to extend motel voucher eligibility for a narrow segment of unhoused Vermonters an “unconstitutional consolidation of power.” 

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

Accusers with unresolved clergy misconduct lawsuits are trying to stop the Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese from paying monthly pensions to two unidentified priests who the church acknowledges face credible allegations of sexual abuse.

By CARLY BERLIN

Gov. Phil Scott took executive action on Friday to extend motel voucher stays for unhoused families with children and certain people with acute medical needs through June 30. 

By SHAUN ROBINSON

MONTPELIER — The Vermont House on Friday passed its version of the state budget for the 2026 fiscal year, including a proposal that would let top lawmakers access more state dollars to plug feared future losses in federal funding. The bill now heads to the Senate for further consideration and then would go before Gov. Phil Scott.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The Vermont House and Senate have constructed diverging versions of education reform proposals in recent weeks, setting up a clash between the two chambers.

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

Seeking “full disclosure and transparency,” claimants with unresolved clergy sexual misconduct lawsuits against the Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese have asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge to order the church to detail local assets that so far aren’t part of the proceedings.

By CARLY BERLIN

Last summer’s flooding rendered Chris Duprey and his family homeless. When floodwaters ripped through the small town of Plainfield, Vt., they claimed the manufactured home Duprey rented with his wife and two young children. For the last five months, the Motel 6 in Colchester, Vt., has been home to the family of four, with the aid of a state voucher.

By PETER D’AURIA

Top officials at the Department for Children and Families acknowledged the existence of an internal calendar used to monitor Vermonters’ pregnancies, confirming an allegation made in a striking lawsuit filed by the Vermont ACLU in January.  

By PETER D’AURIA

The University of Vermont Health Network has reached a tentative agreement with the Green Mountain Care Board to resolve a dispute over the fact that the hospital network brought in roughly $80 million more patient revenue in the 2023 fiscal year than it was allowed to. 

By IZZY WAGNER

SOUTH BURLINGTON — Forty-five employees at the Ben & Jerry’s corporate headquarters, accompanied by co-founder Ben Cohen, briefly walked out of work Wednesday in support of CEO Dave Stever amidst an ongoing legal battle regarding his employment status. 

By GRETA SOLSAA

When Laura Martin bought her home in south Bennington, Vt., seven years ago, she was well aware of the problems of PFAS contamination in Bennington’s private well supply and groundwater.

By PETER D’AURIA

State regulators signed off on a proposal from Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., to construct a roughly $10 million psychiatric unit for adolescents, overruling concerns from the Brattleboro Retreat and a disability advocacy group.

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — For the first time since establishing the state’s only Town Meeting of elected resident representatives six decades ago, this southeastern Vermont hub rejected a proposed municipal budget over the weekend after complaints the $25 million plan for the coming fiscal year would increase taxes by 12%.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.

By HABIB SABET

NEWPORT, Vt. — Track Inc., a leading distributor of snow grooming equipment, straddles the U.S.-Canada border, so it doubly fears being caught in the middle of a trade war between the two nations.

By SHAUN ROBINSON

Vermont Democrats have a new leader.

By CARLY BERLIN

Amid an increasingly heated debate over Vermont’s motel voucher program, Gov. Phil Scott’s administration has rejected a compromise proposal on a midyear spending bill presented by Democratic legislative leaders late Tuesday.

By COREY MCDONALD

The University of Vermont on Monday named Dr. Marlene Tromp, Boise State University’s president, as the sole finalist in its presidential search.

By CARLY BERLIN

Without the votes to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto on a midyear spending bill, Democratic leaders in the Legislature have narrowed their focus to asking the governor to extend motel shelter for some unhoused Vermonters.