By Cory Dawson, VTDigger.org SOUTH BURLINGTON — Gov. Phil Scott tackled Twitter etiquette yesterday with his very own version of the Golden Rule for the social media age. “Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted,” Scott said in a not-so-veiled reference to... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org The state has hired a company at a cost of up to $450,000 to remove “Personally Identifiable Information” from documents before making them public in its EB-5 investor fraud lawsuit against Jay Peak Resort developers. The state D... More »
By Mike Dougherty, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott signed into law a bill legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, making Vermont the first state to pass a legalization measure through legislation rather than a voter initiative. In a letter notifying the Leg... More »
By Mike Faher, VT Digger Though she had to use a step stool to reach the microphone, 16-year-old Greta Solsaa wasn’t fazed by thousands of people gathered below her on the snowy Statehouse lawn. “Never forget your voice,” the Rutland teen told the crowd at Sat... More »
by Anne Galloway, VT Digger As promised, Gov. Phil Scott has proposed significant changes to the state’s education funding system. Most of the proposals, in a memo submitted to lawmakers, focuses on caps for tax rates, per pupil spending rates and cuts to the ... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VT Digger Vermont State Police say that a pistol a man displayed during a standoff Tuesday on a field at Montpelier High School, prompting nine officers to open fire and kill him, was a BB gun. A day after the shooting, police said Wednesday ... More »
VT Division of Fire Safety Release: Warm Up Fire Concerns STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Release Date: January 9th, 2018 Time: 12:30 p.m. CONTACTS: Michael Desrochers, Executive Dir... More »
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s chief public defender says the housing of some of the state’s inmates in a Pennsylvania prison is making it “much more difficult” for his lawyers to communicate with their clients. Defender General Matthew Valerio told Vermont ... More »
Vermont health official: subsidy loss threat to coverage MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s top health care official says the decision by President Donald Trump to end subsidies that help thousands of Vermonters afford health insurance poses a long-term threat t... More »
Feds: 16 in custody after illegal entry from Canada By WILSON RING, Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended more than a dozen people from Mexico and two Central American countries, including a 4-year-old child and a pregna... More »
