By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org The Vermont Senate debates legislation in March. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Senators unanimously approved the third budget proposal of the session on Thursday, leaving a $19 million gap between the Legislature’s proposal and t... More »
By Xander Landen, VTDigger.org Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom, right, with Gov. Phil Scott. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger As concerns over the growing threat of a government shutdown swirl among state employees, heads of state agencies and departments are atte... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Minority Leader Don Turner, R-Milton, speaks to House Republicans during a caucus at the Statehouse on Wednesday, May 30. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger House Republicans are missing at least two members heading into a Tuesday vote to... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org Vermont State Police command staff from across the state attend a report presentation in 2016. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger SOUTH ROYALTON – The latest figures are in from Vermont State Police for traffic stop data, showing... More »
By Elizabeth Gribkoff, VTDigger.org A view from the fishing access to one of the hundreds of freshwater lakes scattered throughout Vermont. Photo by Ellen Bartlett/VTDigger As the debate goes on over what to do about the state’s water quality crisis, scientist... More »
By Xander Landen and Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, May 16. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott Thursday evening struck down a spending package that would have ensured government funding beyond ... More »
By Elizabeth Gribkoff, VTDigger.org The state’s only operating landfill is in Coventry. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger Vermont’s sole operational landfill is one step closer to a 51-acre addition after Casella Waste Systems’ expansion plan received prelim... More »
By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org A bill signed by Gov. Phil Scott will require more drug-pricing transparency. U.S. Air Force photo While the possibility of importing prescriptions from Canada grabbed headlines this spring, Vermont officials have been working on ot... More »
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at center, stands outside the Statehouse in Montpelier during the Vermont March for Our Lives rally on March 24. File photo by Kelsey Neubauer/VTDigger WASHINGTON — A man has been arrested on federa... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org Jack Sawyer, of Poultney, talks with his defense attorneys Marshall Pahl, center, and Kelly Green, right, in Rutland criminal court during his bail review hearing. (Robert Layman / Staff Photo) RUTLAND — The Jack Sawyer case was ... More »
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk outside the Oval Office in February 2017, at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by Shealah Craighead/White House WASHINGTON — Tensions between the U... More »
By John Young, VTDigger.org INOOSKI — A 20-year-old Milton man died Saturday night after falling from a Burlington railroad bridge during a physical altercation with another 20-year-old, reportedly over a woman. Joshua Granger, 20, of Winooski, fled the bridge... More »
