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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...

By AUDITI GUHA

Many Vermont residents value the outdoors. What they may not know is just how much the Green Mountain State’s outdoor recreation economy is worth. Outdoor recreation contributed $2.1 billion in value added, or 4.8% of the state’s gross domestic...

By KLARA BAUTERS

BURLINGTON — Designers Rory Shamlian and Clay Mohrman had no idea what kind of reaction they would receive when they sat on a couch in their spacious stoneware pottery-filled studio and uploaded a video revealing how they turned an iridescent glass...

By KLARA BAUTERS

A Middlebury-based cannabis retailer filed a civil suit against the Vermont Cannabis Control Board this week, arguing that the state’s restrictions on advertising infringe on constitutionally-protected free speech rights.In the suit recently filed in...

By KLARA BAUTERS

Three young drag performers are hosting a Christmas party in the small town of Bethel. They say they would rather do it in rural Vermont than in any big city. “I feel like it’s really important to show up and show that there are people here,” said...

By KLARA BAUTERS

BURLINGTON — The woman who pleaded guilty to international smuggling of protected turtles will not serve more time in jail but will be deported to Hong Kong, a federal court judge in Burlington ruled Friday.Wan Yee Ng, 41, of Hong Kong, was arrested...

By PETER D’AURIA

The Guidon, Norwich University’s student newspaper, has resumed reporting and publishing for the first time since it was suspended by administrators earlier this year.Prior to this week, student writers and editors had refused to resume publication of...

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

A group of lawmakers and a Vermont Agency of Education executive tasked with designing a potential school construction aid program have hashed out the details but stopped short of identifying a funding stream.The group is hoping Gov. Phil Scott will...

By FRANCES MIZE

In late October, Norma Gregory walked a path circling the Charleston Elementary School that she’ll sometimes invite a student to join her on.A teacher might call Gregory, the school guidance counselor, if a student is “having a moment” and perhaps...