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By HABIBSABET

Hill Farmstead has always had a hardcore contingent of Canadian fans. But even the award-winning brewery is facing boycotts from Quebecers frustrated with the Trump administration. 

By HABIB SABET

The Vermont-based outdoor gear and apparel company Orvis plans to lay off 4% of its workforce by the end of the year, the company said Wednesday. 

By ALICE FINNO

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark announced Monday that she and 54 attorneys general from U.S. states and territories agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with PurduePharma, maker of the painkiller OxyContin, and the Sackler family, owners of the drug firm.

By ALAN J. KEAYS

BURLINGTON — A federal judge has ordered a competency hearing for a California man accused of setting a fire at the Burlington office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders a little more than a year ago.

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has cut six administrative posts as it seeks $4 million in reductions and new revenue to balance its $119 million annual budget.

By ALICE FINNO

A Vermont dad took the Burlington Free Press to court for not covering his son’s basketball games, but a judge recently tossed out his lawsuit, citing the state Constitution’s protection of press freedom.

By IZZY WAGNER

Vermont has joined 27 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit aimed at blocking the recently bankrupt genetic testing company 23andMe’s proposed sale of its assets, including consumers’ sensitive personal data.

By AUSTYN GAFFNEY

Hundreds of people gathered under gray skies in Burlington’s City Hall Park Tuesday to rally against deportations of immigrants in their state and across the country that have ramped up under the Trump administration. 

By KEVIN O’CONNOR

The Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese is one of a dozen U.S. religious entities that have filed for bankruptcy whose digital information — potentially including confidential sex abuse claims — was exposed in a cyberattack.

By HABIB SABET

Hospice staff at the University of Vermont Health Network Home Health & Hospice voted overwhelmingly in favor of formalizing their union on Thursday after roughly six months of organizing.

By CHARLOTTE OLIVER

Starting July 1, a new law is set to expand unpaid parental leave for Vermonters — and for the first time, guarantee employees can take off work after the death of a family member. It also defines family relationships more broadly under the law, naming its intention to equitably include LGBTQ+ Vermonters. 

By HENRY FERNANDEZ

A parking company with more than two dozen private lots in the Burlington area has agreed to pay a hefty fine after the Vermont attorney general found it was using deceptive ticketing practices.

By HENRY FERNANDEZ

Bennington College has finalized its collective bargaining agreements with the three groups that make up the college’s union, according to a June 5 news release.

By HABIB SABET

GlobalFoundries announced plans Wednesday to invest $16 billion in its New York and Vermont operations to bolster domestic chip manufacturing.

By HENRY FERNANDEZ

A Vernon, Vt.-based subsidiary of the demolition titan NorthStar is making history as the first commercial entity to ever dismantle a nuclear aircraft carrier.

By GRETA SOLSAA

In a small town in the southwestern corner of the state, the ownership rights to a historic church property are in dispute. 

By IZZY WAGNER

Vermont’s skies were a little hazier Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning due to wildfire smoke from Canada, but incoming heavy storms are expected to clear the smoke by Friday.

By SHAUN ROBINSON

MONTPELIER — A bill that would make a host of changes to the state’s election laws, including an expansion of who must file campaign finance disclosures, appeared to be facing dim prospects Friday — even though the House approved the legislation in March.

By IZZY WAGNER

Vermont State University President David Bergh announced Thursday that he plans to retire after the 2025-26 academic year when his current contract ends.

By IZZY WAGNER

More than 100,000 income-eligible residents are going to have free access to Vermont’s state parks this year, thanks to a first-in-the-nation pilot program.

By SHAUN ROBINSON

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Senate voted on Friday evening to approve its version of this year’s landmark education reform bill, H.454. The decision came just before 6:30 p.m., after hours of discussion on the floor and days of debate in committee hearings and a number of other meetings behind the scenes this week in the Statehouse.