A Burlington sober house for women – since closed – was the scene of a fentanyl deal in January, 2021. A day later, two residents were dead of overdoses.
28 months for dealing fentanyl at sober house
Senate committee OKs childcare bill
A Senate bill passed out of committee goes large on child care funding, and slower on paid family leave – at least slower than a $100 million-plus House bill.
Herbal farmer, former school principal named to open Hyde Park House seat

An herb farmer with a Masters in education will fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Kate Donnally (D-Hyde Park) earlier this year.
Direct action by fuel dealers urged against S.5 sponsors
Fuel dealers could provide a useful educational service to the senators who sponsored S.5, the Affordable Heating Act.
Senate tug-of-war continues over Act 250 housing bill

Key Senate committees are at odds over S100, the Legislature’s signature effort to relieve Vermont’s housing crisis.
Education Secretary French resigns

The chief of Vermont’s Agency of Education will leave the job next month.
Suspect in Waterbury gun theft busted by feds for drug house

The State of Vermont failed to jail a repeat offender even when he carried crack cocaine into the state probation office. A federal judge jailed him this week for using his home as a drug dealer haven.
Senate, House bills would keep state college libraries open, books on shelves

Half of the Senate is signing on to a bill to keep state libraries open and the book collection intact.
Windham County towns still in dark from nor’easter

Once the roads are plowed and the lights come back on, we quickly forget about a crippling snowstorm. But they’re in Day Four of darkness in Windham County.
No parental OK needed for transgender services under bills passed by House, Senate
Two abortion/transgender services bills passed, one passed by the House and the other by the Senate, take parents out of the decision-making process.
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