By Alan J. Keays, VTdigger.org A house panel has narrowly advanced legislation that would expand background checks to private firearms sales, prohibit those under 21 from purchasing a firearm, and ban high-capacity magazines and bump stocks. The House Judiciar... More »
By Xander Landen and Mike Dougherty, VTDigger.org Vermont is moving to relax motor vehicle inspection standards a year after the rollout of an electronic database system that many believe unfairly burdens drivers, especially lower-income residents with older c... More »
By Anne Galloway and Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott said he wouldn’t commit to an investigation of a claim made this week by attorney Russell Barr that a state official was arrested for having sex with a minor in China several years ago while prom... More »
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org The Vermont attorney general has demanded that attorney Russell Barr turn over evidence to support a claim he made Monday that an official with the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center had sex with a minor in China while on state busines... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Draft brewers are a commercial powerhouse in Vermont, with a collective economic impact that exceeds the maple syrup industry. But when it comes to renegotiating the terms of their contracts with distributors, brewers say they are h... More »
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org HYDE PARK — An attorney who is suing the state on behalf of defrauded EB-5 investors told reporters after a court hearing Monday that an official involved in the state EB-5 program had sex with a minor in China. Russell Barr, of ... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Five U.S. Army soldiers have been transported to UVM Medical Center after being caught in an avalanche at Smugglers Notch while doing rough-terrain training Wednesday afternoon. Six soldiers were initially reported injured during tr... More »
By Mike Faher Vermont saw a spike last year in deaths involving the powerful painkiller fentanyl, emphasizing the danger of a synthetic drug that is at least 50 times more potent than heroin. There were 68 fatal overdoses attributable at least in part to fenta... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org Lawyers for Jay Peak developer Ariel Quiros are coming out swinging against the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, contending the government’s latest filings in its investor fraud lawsuit against him are an attempt to cover up th... More »
WATERBURY – The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for all of Vermont from 4pm on Wednesday until 7pm on Thursday. Most areas of the state are likely to see 6 to 10-inches of snow with southern counties and other isolated areas expecte... More »
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Last week, the Ways and Means Committee abruptly reversed course on reforms to the education finance system. The new plan introduces an income tax surcharge and retains the income sensitivity program. Legislative leaders h... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org The Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would require universal background checks for the private sale of firearms in the state, a measure that had stalled before becoming a top priority in the wake of a school s... More »
