By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott made the latest move Thursday in what is expected to be a end-of-session showdown with legislators over education funding, saying that he is willing to use one-time money to plug the spending gap this year in exchang... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org House and Senate judiciary committees are taking two paths as they look to respond to a court ruling that may lead to the the most serious charges being thrown out against an 18-year-old Poultney man accused of threatening “mass ... More »
By Mike Dougherty, VTDigger.org The Vermont Attorney General’s Office will not file charges against the police officers involved in a fatal shooting in January on the grounds of Montpelier High School. Police shot and killed Nathan Giffin, 32, of Essex, follow... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Six days after the Supreme Court ruled that an 18-year-old former Fair Haven High School student’s alleged plan to shoot up the high school did not constitute an attempt to commit a crime under existing Vermont law, state lawmakers ... More »
By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org After a long hiatus, Vermont lawmakers are once again advancing a bill requiring that single-occupancy public restrooms be designated as “gender free.” The Senate has given preliminary approval to H.333, which says all public bathro... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org A Rutland judge Wednesday morning vacated an order he issued a day earlier on whether four felony charges, including attempted aggravated murder, should stand in the case of Jack Sawyer, accused of planning to shoot up Fair Haven... More »
By Mike Polhamus, VTDigger.org As lawmakers look for ways to fund hundreds of millions of dollars in water pollution reduction measures, the chair of the House agriculture committee is looking for a way to keep from public view documents the state uses to dete... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org FAIR HAVEN – Mark Gutel said he purposefully has no internet service in his downtown Kinder Way Cafe. Without WiFi, he says, customers are encouraged to talk, and for the past two months the dominant topic of conversation has bee... More »
By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott’s administration is taking a firm stance against a legislative effort to create a universal primary health care system. The administration is opposed to S.53 in part because publicly financed primary care would requi... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org RUTLAND – A Rutland County prosecutor is trying to be bring additional charges against a Poultney man accused of what police say was a foiled plot to cause “mass casualties” at his former high school in Fair Haven. Unlike the cha... More »
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Lawmakers are bracing for another veto session over school spending. Various proposals are on the table to reduce expenses over time, but nothing that would come close to the $40 million that Gov. Phil Scott wants to save ... More »
By Mike Polhamus, VTDigger.org The House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife on Friday afternoon voted in favor of a bill creating a study committee to identify funding for federally-ordered water pollution reduction in Vermont’s public waters, a... More »
