By Xander Landen, VTDigger.org Attorney General TJ Donovan, center, talks about new FDA maple syrup labelling guidelines at Slopeside Syrup in Richmond. Photo by Xander Landen/VTDigger Vermont’s Attorney General is urging the Food and Drug Administration to ch... More »
By Elizabeth Gribkoff, VTDigger.org The main barn at the Matthews Brothers Farm on Chapin Road in Essex, where dairy cows were found dead from malnourishment and neglect. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger ESSEX — Unpainted buildings, machinery and farm impl... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Rep. Cynthia Browning, D-Arlington. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger Agroup of House members are planning to pitch an amendment to the latest budget proposal that would clear the way for a compromise between legislative leadershi... More »
By Elizabeth Gribkoff, VTDigger.org Avery Book speaks at Tuesday’s Poor People’s Campaign protest at the Statehouse. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Ten anti-poverty protesters have been ordered into court following their arrests during a sit-in Tuesday eveni... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Members of the House of Representatives in session on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger With all eyes on a festering fiscal dispute between the Republican governor and Democrats controlling the Legislature, seven ... More »
By Xander Landen, 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 Seeking to maintain leverage in high-stakes budget negotiations, House Republi... More »
By Xander Landen Gov. Phil Scott meets with Senate leaders to discuss expectations for the special session starting this week. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger As a budget impasse in Montpelier drags on into another week of negotiations, an uncommon threat loo... More »
By Elizabeth Gribkoff, VTDigger.org Vermont becomes second state to ban coyote contests. Photo by Christopher Bruno/Wikimedia Commons Vermont has become the second state in the nation to ban coyote killing contests, following in the footsteps of California. Th... More »
By Xander Landen, VTDigger.org House Ways & Means Chair Janet Ancel. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger In the first move toward possible compromise between lawmakers and the governor in the ongoing special legislative session, the House Ways and Means Commi... More »
By Xander Landen, VTDigger.org Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe talks about legislative procedures for the special session starting this week. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott has been clear about what he wants for an upcoming special session,... More »
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Lucy Leriche, policy director, Planned Parenthood WASHINGTON — A rule change from the Trump administration could result in a significant funding cut to Planned Parenthood clinics in Vermont and nationwide. The Trump administra... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Auburn Watersong, of the Vermont Network against Domestic and Sexual Violence. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger Vermont’s domestic violence coalition is calling on lawmakers to revise the state’s relief-from-abuse statute to re... More »
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