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By GRETA SOLSAA

Landmark College — the first institution of higher education that serves exclusively neurodiverse individuals — will receive the bulk of an $8 million federal grant intended to promote STEM education and research in southern Vermont.

By KLARA BAUTERS

BURLINGTON — Former Addison County Sheriff Peter Newton, accused in 2022 of sexually assaulting and unlawfully restraining a woman, pleaded guilty to lesser charges of lewd and lascivious conduct and simple assault during a court appearance Friday.

By OLIVIA GIEGER

Ian Baucom is set to become Middlebury College’s 18th president after a unanimous recommendation from the college’s presidential search committee, the university announced Wednesday. 

By PETER D’AURIA

Top executives at the University of Vermont Health Network received bonuses worth a combined $3 million at the end of last year, according to the hospital network.

By ERIN PETENKO

Vermonters who work mostly from home earned 28% more than the average employee in the state in 2023, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau released in December. 

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

MONTPELIER— State officials unveiled the broad strokes of Gov. Phil Scott’s education proposal Wednesday, a plan that includes sweeping changes like consolidating Vermont’s dozens of school districts to just five and adopting a foundation formula. 

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A Vermont judge has rejected the latest bid by a self-professed white nationalist to toss out charges that he illegally possessed high-capacity firearm magazines in a case that stretches back nearly six years.

By ALAN J. KEAYS

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot and another person was killed Monday afternoon in the Northeast Kingdom town of Coventry, according to the FBI. A third person was injured and in custody, the federal agency said. 

By PETER D’AURIA

The Vermont Department for Children and Families went to extraordinary and illegal lengths to remove a child from its mother’s custody, aided by an internal program that monitors the pregnancies of multiple Vermonters, a new lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont alleges.

By KLARABAUTERS

The U.S. Economic Development Administration is ramping up its investment in national microchip manufacturing, awarding $23.8 million to Vermont’s Tech Hub — a partnership between the University of Vermont, GlobalFoundries and the state — to advance local semiconductor manufacturing.

By KLARA BAUTERS

Whether it’s chiming in on Front Porch Forum or casting a vote on Town Meeting Day, Vermont has a rich tradition of community engagement. But just how involved is its citizenry? 

By ALAN J. KEAYS

The estate of a man killed late last year when he was struck in South Burlington by an on-duty Shelburne police sergeant driving a cruiser has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the town of Shelburne, Vt.

By CARLY BERLIN

A new pro-housing advocacy group has entered the scene at the Vermont Statehouse. Their message: Vermont needs to build, build, build, or else the state’s housing deficit will pose an existential threat to its future economy. 

By EMMA COTTON

MONTPELIER — Holding a baby who reached for the microphone in front of her, Yari Barabata said she had stayed quiet for too long about her struggles to find safe housing, and she had finally decided to speak up.

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

When Vermont Democrats lacked a gubernatorial candidate the afternoon of the primary deadline in August 1972, Rockingham lawyer Tom Salmon, in the most last-minute of Hail Mary passes, threw his hat in the ring.

By ALAN J. KEAYS

The Vermont Supreme Court has upheld a decision to terminate a state police sergeant for misconduct, including sexually harassing female troopers.

By KLARA BAUTERS

The Vermont Department of Labor has received notice that C&S Wholesale Grocers is planning layoffs in Brattleboro starting in March.

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

A central figure in Vermont health care reform efforts plans to leave the center of the fray this spring. 

By PAUL HEINTZ

Nine of the Vermont Senate’s 11 standing committees will have new leaders this biennium and three will be helmed by Republicans, Lt. Gov. John Rodgers announced from the Senate floor Thursday afternoon.

By SHAUN ROBINSON

MONTPELIER — John Rodgers, a Glover Republican, was formally elected Vermont’s next lieutenant governor on Thursday as a vast majority of state legislators voted to affirm his upset win in last fall’s race over Progressive/Democrat David Zuckerman.