Kesha Ram Hinsdale ran for lieutenant governor once. Is she thinking about a second run – or maybe she has her sights set higher? Call in at 11:05 today to 802-244-1777.
Feedback Friday video: Is Democrat senator planning a statewide run?
State trooper injured after tractor-trailer rear-ends cruiser in snowstorm
The tractor-trailer operated by Mikhail Nikulin, 53, of Saint-Hubert, Quebec, lost control on the icy roadway.
Breaking: State funding for SNAP ends
The two weeks of state taxpayers funding SNAP benefits is over. Now, what about health care subsidies?
House Agriculture to meet Friday re: shutdown, adverse weather impacts
Scheduled to participate are the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, NOFA-VT, the Vermont Farm Bureau, Migrant Justice, the Vermont Foodbank, and the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast.
Vermonters take on Children’s Health Defense National conference in Austin, Texas
My biggest takeaway was that people with autism are genuinely no different than any of us and that they are fully aware and capable of understanding things but their speech and motor skills have been severely damaged by vaccines and other poor medical practices
Reward offered for man missing one year
Harper, 37, was last seen in late November 2024. His family says they have not heard from him since, which they describe as completely uncharacteristic.
Letters: Rep. Cina claims ‘Read my lips, new taxes’ statement taken out of context
“I ask that if you are going to quote me, that you quote me correctly and not take words out of context. For the record, I do not support new taxes for everyone.”
VT Headlines: Deer rifle season set to begin in Vermont
The government shutdown is officially over after President Trump signs funding bill; Wary of Northfield’s ‘murky’ politics, Berlin police chief seeks compensation to cover policing gap; Burlington baker uses sweet skills to help feed the community
Shorts: Part of new Task Force plan could save millions, CFV says
Vermont grads earn loan aid for staying in-state; Nuclear panel to hear from California expert; Scott to attend New England–Canada summit; Rutland GOP plans veterans celebration
Town manager resigns after embezzlement charge
A Vershire woman arrested last week for embezzling $186,000 from the Tunbridge Volunteer Fire Department over the last decade has been forced out as town manager in Williamstown.
Roper: Courts say NY MUST implement unaffordable climate law
What does this portend for Vermont?
Feds detain accused dangerous drug dealer
Franklin County man denies six felony charges.
Man denies shooting at Border Patrol Agents with ghost-made machine gun
A wanted Rhode Island fugitive, who assaulted five U.S. Border Patrol Agents in the Northeast Kingdom with an unregistered machine gun last year, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Burlington to four felony gun charges.
Caller pretends to be cop
A town resident reported being contacted by someone who appeared to be calling from the department’s official number.
7 busted in Windsor drug raid
Inside the home, officers reported finding evidence for the sale, manufacture, and possession of fentanyl, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine. A firearm and ammunition were also seized.
VT Headlines: Veterans Day celebrated throughout Vermont
Seven cited in Windsor on narcotics charges; South Burlington residents brace for blasting at Wheeler Nature Park as opposition efforts falter; Hinesburg fire truck sale turns into a win for firefighters and taxpayers
Latest redistricting plan: 10 years, new layer of bureacracy, voluntary mergers
Barre bones of new report. More details soon!
VT GOP pans Dem’s Trump pinata pix
Dame said Dodge’s decision to photograph the piñata and post images from the event on social media showed poor judgment for an elected official.
CLG: Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say
House J6 subcommittee chair requests interviews with Kamala Harris’s security detail on DNC pipe bomb; BBC head Tim Davie resigns over doctored footage of Trump’s Jan. 6 speech in documentary; Senate reaches temporary truce to end record shutdown, but January battle looms
Letters: Veterans Day is not a political weapon
Politicizing Veterans Day dishonors the sacrifice of those who fought under the same flag for the same country. It turns a day of unity into one of division.
Vermont named second-best state in nation for entry-level job seekers
The findings come at a time when entry-level opportunities are increasingly scarce. A 2025 Randstad report found that entry-level postings nationwide have dropped 29 percent since January 2024.
Sanders, Welch, Balint rejects shutdown-ending deal
About 30,000 residents of Vermont get their health insurance via the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace. The Public Assets Institute reports that Vermonters would experience the most substantial premium hikes if the federal healthcare premium tax credits are not extended, given that Vermont already has the highest premiums nationwide.
VTGOP calls out Essex lawmaker for opposing veteran tax break bill
Rep. Black said she couldn’t vote for a veterans’ tax break in light of looming Medicaid cuts.
Vermont’s congressional delegation rejects shutdown-ending deal, cites extreme spike in health care costs
“I’m voting no on the continuing resolution that would double healthcare premiums for 20 million Americans, kick 15 million people off Medicaid & allow 50,000 Americans to die unnecessarily every year”
VT Headlines: Multiple crashes reported on Interstate 89 in St. Albans due to snow
Task force charged with Vermont education reform narrows proposal; Veterans Day events adjust plans due to serious weather conditions; Veterans Day documentary ‘The Green Box’ explores one family’s search for answers; Newport man pleads guilty to child cruelty after grandson nearly drowns in pool
Privately-financed astroturf school field faces blowback about chemicals
Imprecise data muddles turf field debate at Champlain Valley Union
Burlington eyes shifting property tax burden to business, wealthy
Charter Committee hits pause on tax fairness measures, ponders advisory vote
Soulia: Vermont traditions: Regulatory collectivism and administrative creep
Vermont’s forests are not dying; they are being managed into bureaucracy. The danger is not fragmentation of trees but fragmentation of responsibility—where the authority to decide is collective, but the obligation to pay is individual. The landscape that once symbolized independence is now the backdrop for rulemaking by committee.
Family of raped girl protests outside courthouse
Several posters read “#You chose the wrong girl,” alongside photos of the alleged victim.
Cartoon: For all of us civilians, some perspective
Thank you
Small farmers turning to new tech tools
A new wave of agritech tools — from maple monitors to virtual fences — is revolutionizing how small farms manage labor, costs, and climate challenges.
Vermont’s “The Spark” program expands, offering new path for domestic violence intervention
The stated aim of The Spark is to “curb domestic violence.” As the program expands, a critical question for policymakers and the public will be how to measure its effectiveness.
Roper: Cut taxes and spending, or increase taxes and spending?
That is the question.
New state law gives veterans tax relief
The bill allows a 100% income tax exemption on military retirement pay and survivor benefits for those earning under $125,000, phasing out by $175,000.
Vermont State Police mark 250th U.S. Marine Corps birthday
Three retired U.S. Marines now wearing VSP green honor the 250th birthday of the Corps today.
VT Headlines: 8-year-old turns little library into free food pantry for neighbors
New phone line in Vermont aims to curb domestic violence by offering resources to potential abusers; Jeffrey Epstein lost an address book. One man’s quest brought it to rural Vermont.
Afghans who supported Vermont American troops denied SNAP benefits
In a special meeting last week, the House Committee on Human Services grappled with the repercussions from the federal One Big Beautiful Bill cutting SNAP benefits for Afghan refugees with Special Immigrant Visas (SIV). The benefit cut has drawn non-partisan criticism over a perceived moral betrayal of those who risked all for U.S. troops.
50 years ago came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down….”
UVM Hockey family rallies around Roger Grillo: Former Catamounts coach fighting cancer
Grillo served as an assistant coach under head coach Mike Gilligan at the University of Vermont from 1993 to 1997, a period that coincided with Martin St. Louis’s playing career as a Catamount.
As Maine, NH Senate Dems vote yes on ending shutdown, Welch votes no
Democrat senators willing to work with the GOP included Jean Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Angus King of Maine.
Veterans Day observed Tuesday all over Vermont
Veterans and citizens will be observing Veterans Day Tuesday, November 11 in parades and other gatherings across Vermont. Check out one near you.
Soulia: How “New Math” broke America’s grip on numbers
Beginning in the 1990s and accelerating with the Common Core State Standards in the 2010s, American education policymakers sought to “modernize” math instruction. The stated goal was reasonable: help students understand why math works, not just how. But the result has been a system so abstract and bureaucratic that many parents — and even teachers — struggle to follow it. Vermont remains part of that experiment, still aligning its math curriculum with Common Core as of 2024 despite years of flat test scores and growing classroom frustration.
Store burglary, sex crime bust, town plow heist suspect, man spits at elderly woman
A masked person broke a window around 12:07 a.m., entered about two hours later, and stole various shelf items and cash.
Dame wins third term as GOP state chair
50-47 vote of delegates at state convention in Burlington.
Breaking: Nursing home sued after worker sexually assaults dementia patient
Court records indicated he had a known history of multiple sexual assaults.
End of the easy money: Vermont braces for its hardest budget in 10 years
The central challenge is not that state revenues are collapsing. Instead, the state’s fixed costs are growing faster than its baseline revenue.
VT Headlines: Vermont parent-child centers receive $900,000 grant to continue family resource program
At Vets Town Hall, some share what many still can’t; Republican Rep Elise Stefanik to announce run for New York governor; Remains of Charlotte barn rekindle following massive fire
It’s Feedback Friday today on Hot Off The Press! Call 802-244-1777
Today, Friday, November 7 is Feedback Friday on Hot Off The Press, VDC’s radio show on WDEV AM-550, FM 96.1, and http://www.wdevradio.com. You are invited to call in to 802-244-1777 between 11:05 – noon.
Letters: Mamdani vs. Reagan/ 3 GOP party candidates
Reagan and Mamdani: too wildly divergent perspectives on the role of government.
Jimmy Carter’s visit to Brattleboro
So, Jimmy Carter did indeed set foot in the Green Mountains in 1976, but Republican incumbent Gerald Ford won Vermont with 54.34% of the vote. Carter garnered the remaining 43.14%.
Shorts: SNAP benefits hit EBT accounts in Vermont today
North Country Hospital presents first BEE Award to Amy Ferland; organ restored in Wells River.
Man cited for stalking teen
Fisk was cited through his attorney on charges of stalking, obstruction of justice, and negligent operation.
Rutland drug suspect reportedly sought “hit” on possible informant
She and colleague named in murder warrants in Los Angeles
Vaillancourt: State education standards replete with leftist jargon
Vermont’s EQS is failing miserably at its goal of enabling each student to achieve or exceed the performance standards approved by the State Board of Education. Vermont students are struggling with basic educational concepts, and there is no evidence that EQS is improving academic outcomes. It is unconscionable to continue to promote and spend taxpayers’ money on these programs.
CLG: West planning major sabotage at Zaporozhye nuclear plant – Moscow
NATO chief urges West to prepare for long-term confrontation with Russia; U.S. seeking to expand military presence in Syria – Reuters; Neighboring states invite disaffected NY, NJ, VA voters to move after Dems’ election sweep; Alex Soros, the Leftist Billionaire, Hails Mamdani’s Victory
Your Vermont Morning Headlines: Read/listen to today’s morning headlines
Read or listen to Vermont’s morning headlines – Roper to nominate Ingalls at GOP convention.
Exclusive: Roper to nominate Ingalls for Vermont GOP Chair
Roper says one of Ingalls’ greatest strengths will be his ability to raise money and connect directly with donors.
Vermont film: Gone Guys: Unmasking the Male Malaise – An honest review
Today? There’s no battlefield. Have a non-government sanctioned political opinion at school? Detention. Want to be a provider for your wife and kids? Good luck buddy. She don’t need no’ man!
Foster parent arrested on multiple abuse charges
Charges involve three males in foster care.
Central Vermont Career Center bond vote defeated
The results were announced shortly after noon today.
Dame criticizes anonymous mailer ahead of GOP election; Ingalls condemns Dame ‘coward’ statement
Russ Ingalls criticizes Dame for calling his backers ‘cowards.’
VT Headlines: No joke: Comedy club in Burlington offers free breakfast, lunch until SNAP funded
Vermont company Concept2 gains national spotlight with Oprah’s Favorite Things list; Vermont-based business part of tariff lawsuit heard before Supreme Court; Veterans’ Place: Supporting Unhoused Veterans in Northfield; School board votes to close Sunderland and Danby schools; No one hurt in hours-long Charlotte barn fire
Read/listen to today’s morning headlines
Now you can hear the morning headlines.
Act 73 Education Reform faces legal challenge for excluding religious schools
New eligibility requirements for the state’s town tuitioning program under Act 73, which went into effect on July 1, blocks all religious schools from receiving public funds. Mid Vermont Christian school (MVCS) and families affected by the requirements are challenging the new law.
Rodgers: A year of balance, progress, and putting Vermonters first
Here’s the good news: this year, we proved that when Montpelier is balanced — when no one party can simply bulldoze the other — we can actually roll up our sleeves and get things done. For the first time in a while, there was real collaboration.
Roper: Orange man bad (for down ticket Republicans)
You can mock the No Kings rallies, but the Left’s base is fired up to strike a blow against Trump. Vermont Republicans need an agenda that fires up their base every bit as much if not more if they want to hold their gains from 2024 and add to them in 2026.
Vermont’s “appalling” housing costs rooted in excessive regulation
“The problem when you talk about housing affordability is an immediate assumption is that the state’s got to spend more money to create affordable housing and low-income housing,” the now-retired economist said. “That’s not the answer because the middle-income people you want to attract to the state aren’t going to be eligible for it.”
Woman charged with embezzling $186,000 from fire department
Investigation by the state police including a review of department financial records revealed that during a 10-year period from 2014 through 2025, $186,000 had been embezzled from the department.
CT men busted as fentanyl dealers after driving north on I-91 in stolen car
Davidson was driving the stolen vehicle, while Wooding was the authorized renter who failed to return it to the rental company, according to troopers.
Page: Mamdani and the tech center bond
They saw older folks making bank and owning homes. They felt shut out. They’re rent serfs, paying thousands of dollars a month, huge cuts out of their paychecks, money they’ll never see back. They’re hungry for a piece of the pie.
7 finalists for Kid Governor announced
Each candidate developed a campaign platform centered around an important issue facing our state and a three-point plan for how fifth graders can address that issue in their own communities.
Autopsy confirms Wallingford suicide; 118 MPH DUI; crash delays former prison guard trial
Davis had been the subject of an intensive search that began Sept. 19, when troopers responded to a report that he had caused serious injury to a family or household member before fleeing into nearby woods while armed with a firearm.
Man faces Federal charges for deadly drug sales near South Burlington schools
A Chittenden County man has pleaded not guilty to four federal charges, including selling fentanyl within 1,000 feet of two South Burlington schools and with providing the drugs that killed one person and seriously injured another. Aldrain “Corleone” Ashby, 40, formerly of Waterbury, was ordered held Monday afternoon as a danger to the community and a risk to flee.
VT Headlines: Vermont hosts first annual American Dairy Expo
Vermont state officials say SNAP contingency plan to continue despite federal confusion; Vermont’s electric plane maker takes off in $1 billion initial stock offering; Vermont expands parent support services to incarcerated fathers
Voting yesterday: Yes in Barre, no in Berlin, career center results unknown
In off-year voting yesterday, Washington County voters said no to a Berlin Rec Center, yes to housing and public works garage in Barre. Results on the Central Vermont Career Center won’t be available until Thursday.
Press restricted at state-funded ‘truth-telling’ session in St. Johnsbury
A state-funded “Public Truth-Telling Session” scheduled for Nov. 15 in St. Johnsbury will bar reporters from recording, photographing, or interviewing participants inside the event, according to guidelines released by organizers.
Vermont Circus Festival kicks off in Brattleboro
The inaugural Vermont Circus Festival is happening in Brattleboro this week. It’s eight days of circus performances, workshops and community events hosted by the New England Center for Circus Arts.
Postcard about Dame fundraising, salary mailed ahead of Saturday election for GOP state chair
An anonymous postcard critical of incumbent GOP chair Paul Dame’s fundraising record was mailed from Hartford, Connecticut this week and received by Republicans who will be voting in the Saturday, November 8 election.
Shorts: Smugglers Notch Road closes, moose harvest results announced
Also, the Voting Accessibility Task Force convenes.
Polls: Despite union pushback, majority of Vermonters back State workers’ office return
The UNH poll reveals a different perspective from the general public. Just over half of Vermont residents—51%—support requiring state employees to work in-person at least three days per week.
Swenson: Vermont’s crisis isn’t compassion — it’s capacity
Phil Scott’s 14-point Burlington plan repeats the same mistake Vermont has made for years: mistaking compassion for policy.
Moore: Mississippi students now outperform Vermont students
Education agency admits a years-long failure as student performance nosedives
Green: The closing of the Copley Hospital Birthing Center is a local tragedy
Such center can be saved if the money given to Planned Parenthood and abortions is rededicated to promote life.
Merritt “Red” Edson: Vermont native, Marine hero, founder Vermont State Police
While Edson’s military exploits drew national attention, his commitment to Vermont shaped the state far beyond his battlefield record.
Thayer, Kolb, Harvey seek GOP vice-chair post
Like chair candidates Dame and Ingalls, three candidates for the vice-chair position will face the judgement of voters at the annual party meeting Saturday at a Burlington hotel.
VT Headlines: Man allegedly assaulted St. Johnsbury town employee, crashed truck
Barre shoe repair store closing after 75 years; Central Vermont communities to vote on $149 million bond towards new career center; Burlington plans to dredge Perkins Pier and community boathouse marinas for next spring; Preparation work underway at Burlington-Winooski bridge
Fatal overdose suspected at South Burlington City Hall
Emergency responders were called to 180 Market Street, home of the South Burlington City Hall, around 6:05 a.m. on November 4 after someone discovered an unresponsive adult male in a first-floor restroom. Emergency medical personnel pronounced the man dead at the scene.
UVM senior accused of year-long phone hack and stalking campaign
A drug possession charge was added at arraignment when the police search uncovered more than 13 grams, including packaging of crack cocaine in his bedroom, records show.
Fish & Wildlife asks deer hunters to report wildlife sightings
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is asking hunters to participate in its annual deer hunter effort and sighting survey.
Illegal immigrant from Brazil gets 9 months for illegal gun possession
Wanted for rape in Brazil, he said he didn’t want the guns for drug crime, but for target shooting with his brother-in-law.
Heat pump sales cool, DMV offices close two days this week
Inflation, rising equipment costs, and the 2025 phaseout of legacy refrigerants are driving up the price of heat pump projects, while workforce shortages continue to pose challenges.
Daylight Saving Time change brings far greater odds of hitting a deer — here’s why
The risk of a deer-vehicle collision is 14 times higher in the two hours after sunset than in the two hours before sunset, due to the dramatic reduction in driver visibility in darkness.
Keelan: Small towns down on leaf-peeping, housing
Vermont needs to stay off the front page of the WSJ unless, of course, it is a positive story.
Former ‘Ridin’ High’ owner arrested in Battery ‘protected status’ assault
Witnesses told police that Vanhazinga advanced toward the victim in an aggressive manner, removing articles of clothing and making a derogatory comment related to the victim’s protected class status.
Duck hunter finds suspicious bag of guns in river
Man forcibly took municipal truck from its driver then crashed it.
McGuinness: Paying teens $125 to study reproductive health
The LGBTQ-inclusive program pays students to learn about gender identity and expression, sexual orientation spectrum, contraception, and safe sex practices for the prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) and HIV/AIDS:
Vermont Food Banks brace for impact
The lapse in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known locally as 3SquaresVT, has triggered delays in November benefits for more than 64,000 residents, exacerbating pressures on the state’s food banks.
VT Headlines: Vermont food banks fill gap as SNAP benefits delayed during government shutdown
Trump administration faces a deadline to tell judges whether it will use contingency funds for SNAP; Middlebury College chapel debate taken to state Supreme Court; BPD: Burlington man arrested for Battery Park assault with firearm
Today on Hot Off The Press: State Police patrol Burlington/ GOP state chair candidates stump in Barre/ State to pay half of SNAP benefits/ 3 of four Vermonters not Vaxxed for Covid
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SNAP recipients to receive 50% of benefits, beginning Nov. 7
The state-funded benefit is equal to 50% of a household’s November 1st 3 Square benefit and will be loaded onto EBT cards or directly deposited into bank accounts on or before November 7th 2025.
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