Vermont Medicaid braces for new rules coming for nearly 50,000 Vermonters
It’s likely that most Vermonters on Medicaid will remain eligible for coverage once the rules start kicking in Oct. 1, but they will need to jump through more hoops to prove it.
Court orders Dairy Farmers of America to keep paying its share of union employees’ health insurance after shuttering the St. Albans Creamery
The Monday decision requires payments to continue as a dispute between the union and the co-op over the reasons for the plant’s closure plays out.
Putney affordable housing project opens after clearing court battles
The price tag for the apartment complex ballooned by nearly 50% over the course of its development, including two years of legal disputes involving neighbors.
Vermont Conversation: ‘Gradually, then suddenly.’ Bestselling author Richard North Patterson on how American democracy was undermined.
“If you look at authoritarians throughout time, they’ve always found an enemy. And for Trump, they were racial minorities,” said Patterson, who predicts that “2026 and 2028 are really democracy’s last good shot at getting itself turned around.”
Woodstock police chief resigns after demotion overturned
Woodstock police chief Joseph Swanson announces retirement after a judge overturned efforts to demote him from his role.
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Vermont AG charges anti-ICE protesters after Chittenden County prosecutor declines
The move reverses months of Chittenden County State’s Attorney declining to prosecute numerous cases.
Vermont Supreme Court allows Gov. Scott to enforce in-person work for state employees
The order, a reversal of the state labor board’s decision, comes after a monthslong legal battle between Gov. Phil Scott’s administration and the Vermont State Employees’ Association.
Vermont Conversation: ‘There was some justice.’ Hisham Awartani on enduring and speaking out for Palestinian lives.
Awartani was gravely wounded in 2023 when he and two friends were shot by Jason Eaton. A Vermont jury delivered a measure of justice this week when it convicted Eaton of three counts of attempted second-degree murder.
Betting the farm on 8 sunny days: Inside Vermont’s pick-your-own orchards
“We became marketers and entertainers,” a state apple expert said. “Pumpkin patch runners and corn maze makers.”
A rising cohort of vets is giving Vermonters new ways to say goodbye to beloved pets
At-home pet euthanasia and hospice services allow owners to give their animals greater comfort at the end of life.
‘If you can’t do it, I’ll do it’: Judge seeks to settle disputes in case of fatal shooting of border agent
The hearing Monday was the first court proceeding in more than a year as Teresa Youngblut faces the possibility of the death penalty, if convicted.
Opinion
Commentaries and letters to the editor written by community members and regular contributors.
More cops can’t help downtown
Burlington doesn’t have the officers to spare, and state and federal law already limit what police can do about drugs and disorder downtown.
Burlington only has itself to blame for its decline
Cutting the police department was a mistake and threw the baby out with the bath water.
A bear broke into my kitchen. Then I watched him die.
As bear encounters rise across Vermont, how do we share the woods and the yard without harm to either side?
Vermont is losing the people who keep us alive
The state can regulate healthcare prices, but it can’t stop people from leaving.
Second home tax appeals to majority of Vermont poll respondents
In a recent Vermont Public poll, 57% of respondents said they thought that the state should impose a new yearly tax on second homes.
Mental health urgent care center coming to Brattleboro
Health Care & Rehabilitation Services will receive $3.6 million from the Vermont Department of Mental Health to develop the center.
New book traces Twin States’ cultural split to the soil itself
“Twin States, Different Paths: The Politics of New Hampshire and Vermont,” by Brian Porto argues that the two states are “fraternal, not identical” twins.
New poll shows Gov. Phil Scott leading Amanda Janoo by 10 points
The poll comes after last week’s UNH data showed Scott and Janoo in a “statistical tie.”
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
Vermont man dies in custody
A 44-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the Springfield correctional facility on Sunday.
