These examples continue to emphasize the need for the Vermont legislature to wake up and squarely address the affordability crisis in Vermont. The House majority party continues to block our efforts to do exactly this. Stay tuned as we fight the affordability battle for you. The choice couldn’t be clearer.
Also, UVM students raise $100K; SBA honors local innovators
White River Valley Supervisory Union’s controversial policy in question – the “C30 – Anti-Racism Policy” – states that its purpose is to “provide a call to action and a plan to address all forms of racism” within the Supervisory Union and its member school districts, according to documents obtained by Defending Education.
Our current system is also failing those in need of those mental health services, as well as the victims impacted by these cases. Individuals are often effectively warehoused in correctional settings while refusing or unable to participate in evaluations, resulting in prolonged court delays without meaningful treatment or progress toward restoration. At the same time, victims and families are forced to relive their trauma again and again through repeated postponements — often stretching on for years with no resolution in sight. This ongoing cycle is not only ineffective, it is deeply harmful — to the individual, to the courts, to public safety, and to the victims who are left waiting for accountability and closure.
Currently, 67% of Vermonters report they never attend religious services, with only 9% attending weekly or more.
“The State has refused to bargain in good faith and interfered with employees’ exercise of rights…., through unilaterally implementing changes to telework protocols,” The VRLB said.
The two men, both running as write-in candidates on Vermont Town Meeting Day, had tied 144-144 forcing the run-off election.
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Rep. Chris Taylor (R-Milton) has resigned from the Legislature due to work conflicts.
Dean Roy is a 14-year-old freshman at Stowe High School who is running for governor of Vermont — something the state’s constitution permits, since it sets no minimum age for candidates. Roy didn’t join either major party. He founded his own, the Freedom and Unity Party; a refreshing departure from the two-party system.
The Select Board cited several concerns, including public safety, police relations, and, perhaps most memorably, wardrobe choices.
“in order for us to have faith that the outcome of the election reflects the will of the people we need as many people as we can possibly get to vote. I think we should be aiming for 100% participation.,” Copeland-Hanzas said.
As NASA prepares for the Artemis II mission—the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972—Vermont is showcasing its direct historical connection to the Apollo program through a special public display of rare lunar samples. At the same time, a Vermont-based engineering firm is contributing cutting-edge technology to support the broader Artemis program’s goal of sustainable lunar exploration.
Vermont law now bans conversion therapy
Concerns for aspects of Act 181 and its recent Rally at the State House has awaken rural Vermonters and landowners to the real possibilities of additional severe restrictions on their property rights.
Crews spend hours battling brush fire in Ferrisburgh/ Attorneys debate Vermont Climate Superfund Law at Rutland Federal Court/ St. Johnsbury put under ‘precautionary’ boil-water notice/ New terminal at Burlington airport officially opens
Franklin County State’s Attorney and Burlington resident Bram Kranichfeld announced Monday, March 30, that he will challenge incumbent Sarah George in the Democratic primary for Chittenden County State’s Attorney.
The child was taken to the UVM Medical Center for treatment.
The bill, H.727, introduced by Rep. Laura Sibilia (D-Windham 2), seeks to regulate data centers requiring 20 or more megawatts by mandating annual reporting and requiring operators to enter into large load service equity contracts. These contracts would hold data centers accountable for paying their fair share of grid and infrastructure costs while ensuring that Vermonters aren’t subsidizing their electricity use.
Childcare licensing bill is a real head scratcher.
Although the amendment has been withdrawn and is expected to be taken up in Ways and Means, its implications remain important for Vermont’s business community.
Halter makes solar-powered GPS collars for cattle. Farmers use a smartphone app to draw virtual fence boundaries on a satellite map of their land.
At the Statehouse, a coalition is forming to bring forward a constitutional amendment which will take another biennium before it can be introduced, but the time is now to promote it. The primary purpose for it is to fulfill this goal: to put Vermont at the helm of progress, to initiate a growth of small- and medium-scale organic farming, to encourage and expand local gardens, and to totally dedicate ourselves to the cause of sustainability in harmony with Nature.
The Vermont protests were not spontaneous local uprisings. They were coordinated through the national “No Kings” coalition — a network of roughly 500 groups with an estimated $3 billion in combined annual revenues — and included direct participation from radical socialist organizations tied to controversial national and international funding streams.
The wealthiest people in Vermont’s real estate market own places like ski chalets in Stowe and lakefront estates in Quechee. They pay their income taxes in New York and Massachusetts.
“It all came down to fundraising. It was disheartening,” Bathalon told VDC on Sunday.
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Today marks five years to the day since I lost my mother and my brother-in-law to the same hospital machine.
We talk with people who have left Vermont, or are thinking about it, on Hot Off The Press on WDEV at 11:05 AM today. Call us at 802-244-1777.
Blu Zeke Daly, 26, also known as Cullan Zeke Daly, of Manchester, N.H. is facing felony charges of attempted murder of a federal officer and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon in connection with the shooting in Pittsburg, east of Canaan, Vt., federal court records note.
A recent video shows Vermont’s senior senator in conversation with Claude about AI and privacy. When the same questions were tested against unprimed instances of the same AI, the answers came out differently — sometimes dramatically so.
Spearheaded by the Vermont Public Service Department, the program would give energy navigator services to Vermont residents. Energy navigators are trained professionals or volunteers who inform residents how to make their homes more energy efficient, such as with weatherization projects or installing heat pumps. Under the bill, they would also inform clients about rebates and incentives.
Police say Tardif made threats about using firearms against responding troopers before their arrival. When officers reached the scene, they secured a victim inside the home and encountered Tardif outside, where he allegedly refused commands and resisted arrest.
Sometimes I wish we Christians had more courage
The draft includes a notable protection for communities with small schools: articles of agreement must prohibit school closures for three years without approval of the electorate in the town where the school sits. After three years, closure requires a union district-wide vote.
A practice that looks as if it has produced wide-scale and unnecessary chronic disease among kids they will have to live with their entire lives. A problem that the vaccine or bust crowd isn’t even willing to talk about, people who shout conspiracy theory if you suggest we consider safety trials that have never been done.
Donated land to be called Wolf Tree Wilderness Sanctuary.
Given that the state has only added 1,698 people since 2020, a decline of 6,000—or more if we include vacation homes in non-ski towns—it is very likely that Vermont will have fewer residents in 2030 than in 2020. And since most of the ski towns are in southern Vermont counties, their population picture will look even grimmer than it does today.
The back lot of a church with a history of housing Montpelier’s homeless was the site of a violent fracas Saturday evening.
Police said Stanley’s vehicle struck a parked car and then hit four pedestrians.
The 45-year law enforcement veteran leads one of the busiest and most diverse agencies in the state.
Clapper and Marrier were jailed without bail.
The victim’s mother wrote that S.193 “missed crossover after valuable committee time was spent on the Burlington ICE hearing instead of advancing time-sensitive public safety legislation.”
“We can’t have a repeat of what happened in Minneapolis, where ICE terrorized a city and killed two people,” Welch said, referring to the incidents. He added that he could not support a nominee who would “continue to carry out this brutal agenda.”
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The Senate voted overnight to fund TSA. But nearly 500 officers quit nationally, BTV ran a food pantry to keep its checkpoint open, and the workforce won’t recover quickly.
House Majority says no to tax credit, yes to Wealth Tax vote, and takes $1.7 million in local revenue for property tax reappraisal.
The Vermont House gave preliminary approval Thursday to H.949, the education finance Yield Bill and its proposed 7% property tax increase, but not before three Republican amendments to cut taxes failed.
House Human Services advances pre-K framework while deferring cost decisions
The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Eric Maguire (R-Rutland 5), aims to reduce case backlog by creating structure for an existing court model that integrates mental health and other services into the courtroom setting and could move from county to county.
Jeffrey Baur, 34, of St. Albans is due for arraignment Friday in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington, state police said.
Vermont’s forest economy businesses must compete and innovate and grow just to stay viable. But too often, our regulatory system makes that harder instead of easier.
Yesterday, many excuses were used by Republicans as to why we are in the position we are today, but there was no mention of the ten years of a Republican administration’s failure to solve the problems we’re still facing today.
Charity Clark’s obsession with the Trump administration
Feds say he Migrant Justice leader they call Nacho smuggled people across international borders and fraudulently obtained Vermont identification documents for people living outside Vermont.
Pay attention to THIS, House Dems say. No, pay attention to THAT, GOP says.
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Nicholas Nadeau was hired less than a year ago after he served as Blue Hill’s town administrator. He previously served as interim town manager for his hometown of Fairfax, Vermont.
Also, Mittica on the Act 181 rally.
Behind the headlines, protests, and growing anxiety is a more basic question: how does Vermont’s dairy industry rely on migrant labor in the first place — and why doesn’t federal visa law actually fit the job?
It’s Legal Consumption week in the Vermont Senate.
Jimmy “Coop” Ylimaki, 36, fled to Nicaragua, where he was eventually captured and was recently removed to the United States to face his indictment, officials said.
Hold press conferences and take a stand. If you don’t, it could be all over for a great institution founded over 200 years ago.
Three stores targeted in weeks
In 2021, Vermont became one of the first states to put electric school buses on the road. The results were mixed from the start.
Vermont’s revolving door is out of control.
Within a new governance structure of fewer, larger districts, the state might contemplate statewide requirement for districts to provide transportation to all students who live one mile from the school (elementary) and two miles from the school (secondary).
These days, he and his wife Diana can be found at the white clapboard building off Craftsbury Common at least several times a week.
Gov. Scott signs bill to allow Vermont to make its own vaccine recommendations: In visit to Vermont Statehouse, Japanese diplomats talk business and baseball; ICE agents chased the wrong man into a South Burlington home, court filings say; Brattleboro nurses union approves potential strike; Rutland community and city leaders weigh in on plans for new Walmart Supercenter in Rutland town
House to consider $9.3 billion state budget, 7% property tax hike.
Second time in three days.
Following an investigation, troopers arrested Malik O. Hardy, 25, of Bennington, on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated stalking with a deadly weapon, reckless endangerment, grossly negligent operation, criminal threatening, and disorderly conduct.
“Foundational” first step toward Cap & Invest Carbon Tax passes on a near party line vote after Republican fight.
Get tough on youthful offenders, ban paraquat, address truancy and recidivism
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Some worry that an overemphasis on environmental protection will violate existing property owners’ rights and force everyone into dense, restricted living situations—sometimes described as “concentrated animal feeding operations” (CAFO), a term usually reserved for large agricultural facilities.
The push to legalize the world’s oldest profession fizzles (for now).
Six taken to hospital after Arlington, Vermont bus crash; Burlington Police Department receives 121 complaints following ICE operation on Dorset Street; Former Northeast Kingdom Human Services employee sues agency over alleged Medicaid fraud; Vermont sues U.S. Department of Agriculture
Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis.
Some senators want to repeal the road rule. Others seek to delay implementation until 2030.
Lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee have moved to block participation in a new federal tax credit program that could direct private donations toward student scholarships.
The estate of a local man, who claims he died from mistreatment at the Rutland Regional Medical Center in February 2025 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital.
The cost of operating public schools in Vermont has been “a runaway train,” and no one seems to be able to get on board to control it. However, cost also comes in other forms that are not necessarily quantifiable in dollars and cents.
After warning her, Zorn used a “rear wristlock” technique—placing her arm behind her back and applying pressure—to lift her to her feet.
The incident occurred shortly after midnight when a masked man entered the store, displayed a weapon, threatened the clerk and demanded money.
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Also, Mittica on Act 181.
VNRC isn’t listening to Vermont. They’re doubling down.
Explicit language warning on Brattleboro News/Planet Hank report about fast food workers overdosing.
Ayala, 34, of Hartford had an extraditable arrest warrant out of the state of Connecticut for a parole violation.
The wetlands updates are required by the Flood Safety Act, Act 121, passed in 2024.
Senator Hinsdale: the invitation to join us is genuine. But joining us means asserting your leadership to get results—not publishing a commentary explaining why delay is the response we needed.
Under Mamdani’s expropriating death tax plan, once an estate hits $750,000 in value, the confiscatory 50% rate applies to all assets, not just the amount above that figure.
This isn’t about urban versus rural. Every part of Vermont depends on working lands, housing, open space, and economic opportunity.
Act 181 opponents home to fill the State House lawn Tuesday at noon.
The impact caused catastrophic damage to Pellerin’s vehicle, with the cab separating from the frame.
Salary increases for Vermont’s statewide elected officials are moving forward as part of a broader biennial bill that adjusts state employee wages based on collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).
At issue is Vermont’s Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) system, which currently guarantees up to 10 hours per week of publicly funded preschool for most 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. The program, fully implemented in 2016, operates through a mix of public schools and private childcare providers.
The ‘Cave Dwellers’ are catching on.
Call your senators and Sens. Thune and Fetterman – phone numbers provided.
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