By Mike Polhamus, VTDigger.org Haying in East Calais. Photo by Cate Chant/VTDigger A bill directing subsidies to farmers who take steps to improve their soil quality met with suspicion in the Senate Committee on Agriculture Wednesday, with one senator compla... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org The Vermont Attorney General’s Office testified Wednesday before a Senate panel against a controversial provision contained in a monumental gun bill that would set limits on the rounds of ammunition a magazine can hold. That meas... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org Lawmakers have drafted an amendment that would exempt Century International Arms, a firearm company that employees more than 100 people in northern Vermont, from legislation that the company says would “significantly impact” busi... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Phil Scott told lawmakers on Tuesday that he is dead serious about his pledge not to impose any new taxes or fees on Vermonters, targeting 15 bills that he said won’t get his approval until they are adjusted accordingly. In a letter... More »
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 »
