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By CARLY BERLIN

As the number of people experiencing homelessness in Vermont continues to rise to record levels, the Green Mountain State’s per-capita rate of homelessness remains among the highest in the nation.That’s according to a new analysis of the 2024...

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.

By COREY MCDONALD

The personal data of students and staff at several dozen Vermont school districts may have been compromised in a nationwide data breach of a student information system, according to state education officials.

By KLARA BAUTERS

Citing “a regrettable oversight” by the prosecution, a superior court judge last week denied the state’s request to delay the murder trial of a Bennington man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in 2019 pending more DNA tests, prompting the prosecutor to dismiss the case.

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

The executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party, Jim Danendeau, is stepping down next month.

By CARLY BERLIN

Vermont will receive nearly $68 million in federal long-term disaster recovery funding tied to the July 2023 floods. The funding, announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday, comes out of a $12 billion allocation for communities impacted by disasters across the nation in recent years, from fires in Hawaii to hurricanes in Florida and North Carolina. 

By SHAUN ROBINSON and ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Jill Krowinski, a Democrat from Burlington, won a third term as speaker of the Vermont House on Wednesday, defeating Dover independent Rep. Laura Sibilia in a vote that showed Krowinski still enjoys substantial support among her House colleagues. 

By YARDAIN AMRON

The two victims of a house fire in Sandgate, Vt., on New Year’s Day have been identified as a young mother and her newborn son, Vermont State Police said in a press release Friday. Following autopsies at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in...

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

Facing a more than 20% municipal tax hike this coming fiscal year, town leaders in Brattleboro have suggested lowering expenses through everything from curbing office-supply purchases to closing the public pool.City government counterparts in...

By COREY MCDONALD

A federal court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the University of Vermont by the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. That lawsuit, filed in September 2024, challenged the legality of the group’s suspension following...

By AUDITI GUHA

A couple found dead in a tent last month in Wolcott, Vt., both died due to accidental drug overdoses, according to death certificates released Friday by the Vermont Department of Health.Tammy Menard, 53, died due to a fentanyl overdose and Lucas...

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

For likely the last time, state health care regulators at the Green Mountain Care Board recently approved the annual budget for OneCare Vermont, the accountable care organization that has been the linchpin of Vermont’s “all-payer” health care payment...

By KLARA BAUTERS

FAIRFIELD, Vt. — Nestled in a grove of sugar maples, the Branon Family’s sugar house buzzed with early activity Friday as sap boiled down to maple syrup. Inside an evaporator, golden liquid bubbled, releasing the warm aroma of syrup in the...

By ERIN PETENKO

Last Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a flood watch that set off a cascade of preparations across Vermont. On that same day, Vermont Department of Mental Health announced that it had received an extension of funding for its Starting Over...

By EMMA COTTON

Last week, at the University of Vermont dairy farm in South Burlington, Jess Waterman climbed up to an opening in a large storage tank, inserted a long metal dipper, and pulled out a test tubes’ worth of raw milk. Gathered around Waterman — a dairy...

By PETER D’AURIA

For the second year in a row, University of Vermont Health Network hospitals reported bringing in more money than they were supposed to.During hospitals’ 2024 fiscal year, which ended September 30, the University of Vermont Medical Center and Central...