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By AUDITI GUHA

For nearly half a century, a round barn in Grand Isle has served as subsidized low-income housing for seniors. Now, with plans to move that housing elsewhere, developers are trying to find a new purpose for the structure.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Following a federal order that schools ban diversity, equity and inclusion-related programs, the Vermont Agency of Education is asking school districts to submit compliance certifications.

By CARLY BERLIN

The Legislature has once again sent a midyear spending bill to Gov. Phil Scott’s desk, but a partisan standoff over Vermont’s motel voucher program continues to unfold.

By GRETA SOLSAA

Tom Huebner, who died Wednesday at Massachusetts General Hospital at age 71 following a brief illness, served many roles across Vermont’s health care system, taking a human-centered approach and offering a visionary path forward for improving health care access, former colleagues recalled.

By PETER D’AURIA and ALAN J. KEAYS

Three members of a group known as “Zizians” appeared in court Thursday afternoon for a bail hearing a day after being charged with new firearms misdemeanors, according to Allegany County, Maryland court records.

By HABIB SABET

Ben & Jerry’s has accused its parent company, London-based Unilever, of ousting the Vermont ice cream maker’s CEO over his support for the brand’s progressive social activism.

By ALAN J. KEAYS

BURLINGTON — A Shelburne, Vt., police sergeant who investigators say had a YouTube video playing in his cruiser when he drove into and killed a cyclist has denied a felony offense, with a judge rejecting a bid by his attorney to toss or reduce the charge.

By PETER D’AURIA

All Vermont prisons were locked down Wednesday, a scheduled event to allow correctional staff to check units for weapons or illegal substances, a state Department of Corrections spokesperson said.

By PETER D’AURIA

In July 2024, the secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Human Services announced that the state had been selected for a new federal health care reform model.

By HABIB SABET

Commissioner Joan Goldstein is stepping down after a decade leading Vermont’s Department of Economic Development.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

MONTPELIER — For the first time, Gov. Phil Scott and his team released their education reform proposal in bill form, all 176 pages of it, for lawmakers’ consideration on Tuesday.

By KLARA BAUTERS

Vice President JD Vance plans to make a visit to Vermont, Gov. Phil Scott’s office confirmed Monday afternoon.

By SHAUN ROBINSON

MONTPELIER — The Vermont House on Friday passed its version of an annual bill to true-up state spending midway through the fiscal year — and, at least for now, appears to have far more common ground with Gov. Phil Scott over its proposal than not.

By GRETA SOLSAA

Following a report that Middlebury College sent to federal authorities last year disclosing its own lapses in laboratory research work and outlining a remediation plan, an animal research watchdog group is calling on the college to take tougher measures.

By AUDITI GUHA

He was called the N-word. His head was compared to a chimpanzee’s skull. A banana was waved at him with comments about him looking like he needed it. His arm was drawn on with a dark marker with remarks about how it could not be seen on his skin. Comments and memes about fried chicken and his ancestors picking cotton, and references to slavery, persisted for months.

By SHAUN ROBINSON

MONTPELIER — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott proposed a $9 billion budget to state lawmakers Tuesday for the 2026 fiscal year, a spending plan that, once again, he said prioritizes making the state more affordable and tackling demographic challenges.

By AUDITI GUHA

President Donald Trump’s executive order to halt the country’s refugee resettlement program as of Jan. 27 has Vermont organizations ramping up efforts to support newcomers and those still expected to arrive in the state.

By CARLY BERLIN

The federal government has given Vermont the green light to use funds from the low-income health care program Medicaid to pay for housing programs for people experiencing homelessness who have high medical needs.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Mimi Brill, Windham County’s supervising public defender, remembered one remote court hearing that neared catastrophe.

By EMMA COTTON

A lawsuit filed by the state of Vermont against oil giants Exxon Mobil, Shell, Sunoco and others recently took a step forward after years of hurdles.A Chittenden County Superior Court judge has denied the oil companies’ request to dismiss Vermont’s...

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

When 82-year-old George Aiken retired to his Putney, Vt., home in 1975 after a lifelong political career as a state representative, speaker of the House, lieutenant governor, governor and U.S. senator, the man who chose green for the color of...