‘A step forward’: Deep in the new federal housing law, changes to disaster recovery funding are brewing
Although the new law about the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s long-term disaster recovery program leaves key questions open, experts say it moves in the right direction.
Is it safe to eat lettuce? Upper Valley experts answer key questions on cyclosporiasis outbreak
So far Vermont has had no cases linked to the national outbreak, a Health Department spokesperson said Monday.
Vermont Conversation: ‘I’m sorry that this isn’t what we promised.’ Immigration attorney Jill Martin Diaz on fear and hope in Vermont’s immigrant community
Martin Diaz, who is the executive director of the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, warns that “rights and protections are being stripped away every day in mundane-seeming memos and orders from courts.”
Vermont is not educating students with disabilities up to federal standards
The U.S. Education Department concluded that Vermont “needs intervention” in complying with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a worse status than the state received in recent years. The state could lose millions in federal funding if it doesn’t correct course.
Vermont officials concerned as White House announces 50% tariffs on some Canadian products
“These new tariff threats against Canada are an extreme escalation of President Trump’s reckless and irresponsible trade war,” said U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt.
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President Trump’s priorities could put a hefty portion of federal grants in Vermont on the chopping block under proposed rule
“Federal grants were politicized under the last administration to promote a far-left DEI agenda with projects like drag shows in Ecuador and transgender experiments on mice,” a government spokesperson wrote in an email to VTDigger. “That ends now.”
African high school students explore Vermont through a leadership program and cultural exchange
Project Harmony International’s Youth Ambassadors Africa Program hosts 65 students and 10 mentors from Africa in Vermont from July 10 to July 28.
What does it cost to break into the Vermont Senate? In Chittenden County, campaign funds reach new heights.
“Money in Vermont, whether you’re talking about legislative or statewide races, doesn’t necessarily translate into winning,” said longtime Vermont journalist Chris Graff.
Vermont Conversation: Some joy, some tragedy. 2 Vermont authors on the struggles of rural living
Brett Ann Stanciu and Catherine Tudish bring characters and the fictional Vermont towns they inhabit to life in recent books set in the state.
Judge denies bid by suspect’s lawyers in border patrol agent killing to change records screening process
Attorneys for Teresa Youngblut had called on the federal judge overseeing the death penalty case in Vermont to set a new system after what they described as “failures” with the current method.
Double the limit: Vermont bets bigger cannabis buys will beat the black market
Vermonters can now buy twice the amount of cannabis in a single day, after the state doubled the legal purchase limit to 2 ounces.
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Enough with the excuses. Help Vermont’s loggers.
Finch Paper’s closure is the latest in a string of mill shutdowns, and Vermont’s conservation policy is threatening the industry’s survival.
The new Route 7 project is a waste of money
The Pittsford-Brandon Route 7 project isn’t needed, and the funds would be better spent elsewhere.
Vermont is not in trouble. Vermonters are.
Short-term rentals and wealthy newcomers are pricing out the people who built the state’s communities.
Immigration policy must balance dignity with the rule of law
Compassion for migrants must be balanced against a nation’s responsibility to enforce its laws, secure its borders and protect its citizens.
Federal appeals court overturns Vermont judge’s ruling that released Mohsen Mahdawi
The Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist’s case should have been adjudicated in the federal immigration court system first, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit said Tuesday.
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A New York paper mill is closing part of its operation. Vermont loggers are sounding the alarm.
Finch Paper announced it is closing one of its mills in Glens Falls, New York. Vermont loggers see the mill as a pillar of the logging industry’s supply chain and are concerned about a future without it.
After penalty kicks in Seattle, Vermont Green FC women end first season as runners-up
“Burlington and Vermont in general are a real current — and I think future — cultural powerhouse for women’s soccer,” said the club’s co-founder.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
Vermont’s Catholic Church aims to protect Rice Memorial High by selling the parochial school to supporters
The state’s largest religious denomination hopes to shield the South Burlington campus from potential liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court by offering it to a new nonprofit for $4.3 million.
