‘We’re not going to have a business’: Vermont companies say Trump’s renewed trade war with Canada has them scrambling, again
“It becomes almost impossible to manage a budget within the context of this environment,” said the co-founder of cheesemaker Jasper Hill Farm.
Ruling sets up potential battle of experts in trial of man accused of shooting Palestinian students in Burlington
Judge denies a request by attorneys for Jason Eaton to block a prosecution expert from testifying regarding Eaton’s sanity at the time of the shootings, clearing the way for the trial to start next week.
Vermont veterans, Guard families seek support for Defend the Guard Act
“The Constitution is clear that Congress — not the President acting alone — possesses the authority to decide whether the nation enters war,” the letter from 27 Vermont veterans and Guard family members states.
‘Stronger now than it was’: Quechee Gorge Bridge reopens with new suicide barriers
The upgrades to the bridge overlooking Vermont’s deepest natural canyon are meant to save lives.
UVM Medical Center quietly changed its policy for patient observation. Some staff are worried about patient safety.
Staff unions sent the hospital a cease and desist letter regarding the change in practice, which comes as the hospital makes rapid strides to cut expenses.
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UVM president says school’s budget deficit is closed despite declining enrollment
Just before the fall semester begins at the University of Vermont, President Marlene Tromp delivered a “State of the University” address.
Vermont Conversation: Alternative media pioneer Nat Winthrop on a half-century of covering Vermont
Winthrop’s new book, “On the Record,” collects his cover stories over the years, from his reporting on a controversial Randolph physician in the 1970s to his stories about Bernie Sanders and ice cream icons Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield as they rose to national fame.
What’s next for Vermont? Meet the reporters covering politics, elections and health care
Join VTDigger at the Manchester Community Library for a free, public conversation with the journalists following some of the biggest decisions facing Vermont this fall.
‘Watershed moment’: Vermont secures $92.7M and new restrictions for teens in Meta settlement
“Our priority is to get the harm to stop,” Clark said Wednesday, calling the required changes to Facebook and Instagram “incredibly useful.”
More Vermonters are getting back their unclaimed property. Here’s how to find out if you have money waiting.
Vermont is holding on to $175 million in unclaimed funds. Most can be accessed by a simple online form.
Plan would double St. Johnsbury homeless shelter beds, free up space for families
About 10 to 15 people are typically waiting for a bed to open up at the existing Moose River Drive shelter. The new building, about a quarter mile away, would help meet that need.
Opinion
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Only Jews get to define antisemitism against us
Good intentions don’t change the nature of rhetoric that echoes old antisemitic tropes, even in the name of human rights.
Affordable housing shouldn’t cost this much to build
Rutland-area apartment projects cost far more to build than affordable housing elsewhere — and taxpayers are footing the difference.
Why are we spending $3 million on doctors who leave?
Vermont is betting millions on a slow pipeline that loses half its doctors anyway, when a fix that works immediately is already sitting in a hospital budget filing.
Transforming healthcare means transforming the conversation
Vermont has the money and the moment to fix its healthcare system. What it needs now is the will to talk honestly about the trade-offs.
Schools in Barre start the year without a district budget
Voters in the city of Barre and Barre town have rejected the district’s proposed budgets twice. Now an even tighter budget will be up for a vote next month.
Sen. Welch meets with Vermont farmers to discuss rural economic crisis
Vermont farmers met with Sen. Peter Welch to discuss land ownership barriers, USDA delays, and the urgent need for stable food policies.
White River Valley Supervisory Union addresses chronic absenteeism through community connections
Administrators find that working in the community can be just what chronically absent students need.
Vermont’s population of primary care doctors is declining
A new Vermont Department of Health census gives a snapshot of a dwindling population of primary care docs and a steady increase of specialists statewide.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
Urban trees are often planted just to die. Montpelier wants to change that.
About 80% of Montpelier’s downtown trees are in decline thanks to poor site conditions and pests.
