Masked and distant protesters line up along Main Street Park in Rutland Monday, June 1, 2020, at a vigil in honor of George Floyd, the black man who was killed by Minneapolis police last week and whose deaths have sparked protests nationwide. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger

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The governor announced Monday the creation of a Racial Equity Task Force, which will be charged with looking at the racial disparity in Covid-19 infection and death rates — and what Vermont can do to close the gap. See VTDigger’s story

K-12 officials have said they intend to have students back in classrooms come fall. But schools will look starkly different, they warn, and plans will be flexible. See VTDiggger’s story

Positive tests for Covid-19 for two workers at a Brattleboro child care center where children of essential workers were being cared for is not an “outbreak,” officials say. See VTDigger’s story

A plan to offer broadband to hundreds of underserved households in a Northeast Kingdom school district could be a model for quickly bolstering internet access during the Covid-19 crisis, state officials say. See VTDigger’s story

The University of Vermont administration has announced that a popular child care program on campus will close permanently as part of cost-cutting measures. See VTDigger’s story

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Cate Chant is a news editor at VTDigger. Her professional life has included various aspects of publishing, including graphic arts, writing and editing. She has lived off and on in Vermont; her latest return...