What happens if Vermont school districts can’t pass budgets by July 1?
A rarely used set of state laws govern such cases.
Brian Searles, 2-time Vermont transportation secretary, dies at 77
Searles’ long career in public service also included various roles in law enforcement and leading Burlington International Airport.
A Vermont GOP rule bars it from backing felons. The state party chair says that’s not a problem for Trump — yet.
The Vermont Republican Party’s executive committee has yet to decide whether to reverse the rule, according to chair Paul Dame.
Vermont to get $3 million from nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson over products that may have contained asbestos
“Johnson & Johnson not only marketed its products as safe when it knew they were not — it tried to avoid accountability,” Attorney General Charity Clark said Tuesday.
Pride flag goes missing at Harwood Union Middle and High School
In a letter to school students, staff and families, school officials shared the news of the theft and promised to replace the flag, which was supposed to fly through the end of June in observance of Pride Month.
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Mapping Vermont’s wildlife highway: how advanced data is helping species one road at a time
“This is our strategy for adapting nature to climate change,” said Robert Zaino, natural community ecologist with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.
Phil Scott vetoes property tax bill, unsettling next year’s school funding
Democrats said they are still waiting to see the plan the governor has mentioned for weeks.
Burlington police’s mock shooting exercise rattles high school students
According to school employees, the police wanted the reenactment ‘to be as realistic as possible.’
Seeking to build a Vergennes youth facility, state officials confront skepticism — and history
At a public forum Wednesday night, officials faced questions about the state’s fraught track record of housing youth involved in the justice system.
Vermont’s brown pine trees aren’t dead. They’re just a little sick.
White pine needle disease — another long-term effect of last summer’s heavy rains in the Green Mountain State — is forecast to be more prevalent this year than in past years.
6 bills — tackling municipal ethics, animal welfare and more — become Vermont law
Gov. Phil Scott opted not to sign three of the bills, including one that would establish a “municipal code of ethics” for local officials such as selectboard members, clerks and planning commissioners.
Vermont Supreme Court tosses out verdict that awarded $600k to fired prison superintendent
The ruling in favor of the Vermont Department of Corrections stated that Mark Potanas wasn’t entitled to whistleblower protections because he raised concerns about “potential” waste, not waste that had already happened.
iSun, a major Vermont solar installer and the parent company of SunCommon, files for bankruptcy
The company has been “on the precipice of shutting down,” its CEO wrote in a court filing last week.
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Marc Boglioli: UVM conference provided important context to debates over Abenaki identity
I am grateful that the University of Vermont was willing to create a public forum that allowed the Abenaki of Odanak to represent themselves here in Vermont.
Graham Unangst-Rufenacht and Grace Oedel: Farmers support the pollinator protection bill
We need healthy soils, water and biology to produce healthy food for our communities now and in the future.
Rep. Rebecca Holcombe: Vermonters deserve affordability, but Gov. Scott has no ‘grand plan’
The bill is more responsible than the governor’s offerings, and some of his ideas would raise taxes.
Kate O’Neill: Prevent suffering and death, override the overdose prevention center veto
We are begging on behalf of our sisters and sons and cousins, fathers and aunts and neighbors: Help us.
Protests of president punctuate rainy graduation for Dartmouth’s Class of ’24
Dartmouth President Sian Beilock’s address, which came near the end of the ceremony, was met with a walkout by about 60 freshly-minted graduates.
Colchester Causeway now under state ownership
“On day one this became one of or maybe the most highly visited state park in our entire system,” one state official said.
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Jenna’s Promise enters new phase
Taking over the leadership role will be current board members Kitty Toll, a former Democratic representative in Montpelier, and Lamoille County sheriff Roger Marcoux.