The 2020 closing of Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex left a vacuum in care for Vermont’s most troubled children when they require full-time oversight

Age Strong VT is intended to serve as a roadmap for building an age-friendly state.

Illegal immigrant advocates want the State of Vermont to continue to refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials. It’s unclear if a state criminal justice council agreed last week.

Funky Langdon Street in downtown Montpelier will get state funding to mitigate future flood damage and restore three commercial units and 16 apartments.

The choice of chicanes followed lengthy brainstorming of many options and a driver survey that drew more than 300 respondents.

Williams managed a $20 million budget as a lieutenant in the L.A. Police Department, and has led five police departments.

Government can proactively take steps to mitigate the risks or severity of disasters, especially in terms of critical infrastructure. Unfortunately, prevention is often underfunded and unappreciated.

Vermonters aren’t only strong – we’re tough, too. Or so the new license plate says.

The governor called on Congress to pass supplemental (additional) funding for buyouts in of homes in chronic flood zones.

The Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program will be administered by the Department of Economic Development and provide $20 million in grants directly to impacted businesses and not-for-profits who suffered physical damage due to the severe flooding.

“We will have a forward-facing application that they can file an initial claim through, and the difference between today and Wednesday will not change the timeliness,” DOL Commissioner Harrington said.

The 12 separate offices in the Vermont Legislature will soon have their very own budget development staffer.

The settlement “removes the State’s exposure to financial risk,” Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark said.

The Vermont Agency of Transportation wants you to know that traffic will be very, very slow on I-89 South between Milton and Barre for about eight hours this weekend.

Northfield’s police chief strongly disputes Thibault’s charge of ‘disparate treatment’ of two Black and Hispanic men arrested on drug charges over the white women driving the car.

The $200 bail for DeGreenia wasn’t the first controversial catch-and-release of Jiron’s brief judicial career.

The State’s pandemic-era ‘homeless hotel’ program will end July 1, barring any last-minute deal if the governor vetoes the budget.

The high-profile defense attorney who defended Ariel Quiros and the driver who killed five Harwood Union High School students has been named a Superior Court judge.

The names of first-time volunteers like Paul Bean are mingled with those of old hands like Don Turner in the latest list of appointments to state boards and commissions.

“Crumbling infrastructure will not heal itself,” a municipal leader echoed Gov. Phil Scott’s call for budgeting $150 million in matching funds for federal $$ to repair state highways and bridges.

Often, Vermont’s elected leaders respond to conflict of interest concerns with four words: “we’re a small state.”

The letter by frontline staff, who are members of the Vermont State Employees’ Association, alerts corrections management to a “toxic environment for both incarcerated individuals and staff” at the Newport facility and identifies alarming and disturbing conditions on the ground.

The Cannabis Control Board has ordered fungi-filled product pulled from the shelves of five Vermont retail outlets.

The State of Vermont offers homeless people help with the root cause of what put them on the street, but doesn’t require they accept the help in order to receive ongoing services.

Gov. Scott hopes sports betting revenue will boost next year’s budget.

If the Legislature wants more space for committee rooms, it can stretch out to nearby state office buildings. But hands off the corner office, Gov. Phil Scott said.

Vermont prisons are understaffed, have low morale, poor mental health, and an overall lack of activities for inmates.

‘Officer Clemmons’ added flair and a climactic final note of the National Anthem to the inauguration of Gov. Phil Scott yesterday.

Last year, how well did the state’s well-funded programs work? Auditor Terry Hoffer offers a 2022 year in review.

The discharge permit requires Casella Waste to develop a pilot system to reduce the amount of PFAS in the leachate.

Speakers at today’s ceremony highlighted the national implications of Vermont’s constitutional amendments.

Vermont gets a pretty poor bang for its buck, especially when compared to every other northeastern U.S. state.

Addressing symptoms without addressing the root cause of homelessness does not solve the problem.