Hundreds of housing units in the works at closely-watched project in Burlington’s South End
With more than 200 units, the project is the beginning of “a new neighborhood being born out of a big parking lot,” said Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak.
Ex-sheriff’s deputy banned from police work over ‘trading cards’ of suspects
The Vermont Criminal Justice Council also issued a written warning in the separate case of a Rutland City Police corporal accused of violating the state’s required Fair and Impartial Policing Policy.
Vermont Conversation: Celebrating and defending protest, America’s founding principle
Annie Leonard and André Carothers are co-authors of “Protest: Respect It, Defend It, Use It.” The activists have each spent over a decade with Greenpeace USA and on June 6 will offer a nonviolent resistance training in Vermont.
International trade organization adds to pressure on Hannaford to join Milk With Dignity
Vermont activist group Migrant Justice has protested Hannaford for years, asking it to commit to the program for workplace protections. Now an assessment from an international trade organization is telling the company to come to the table.
‘A critical moment’: US Supreme Court lets Vermont continue suit claiming Meta hid harms to youth
“It would be contrary to our system of justice if people who were operating in the online marketplace were judgment proof,” said Vermont’s attorney general.
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Vermont House Speaker Jill Krowinski won’t run for reelection
The Burlington Democrat’s decision comes as a surprise.
Vermont enacts the country’s first ban on herbicide linked with Parkinson’s disease
The law gives apple and other fruit farmers, who account for most of the herbicide’s use in the state, until the end of 2030 to fully phase it out.
Vermont Conversation: ‘Action is the antidote to despair.’ Ben Cohen fights to save the soul of Ben & Jerry’s.
The Vermont ice cream company co-founder reflects on what’s become of his company’s social mission and the socially responsible business movement that he spearheaded, how he and Jerry Greenfield are trying to take back their company, and his activism.
Ex-Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department deputy accused of making ‘trading cards’ of suspects
James Griffin faces an upcoming hearing before the Vermont Criminal Justice Council where he faces up to a permanent ban from police work.
US Education Secretary Linda McMahon tours Essex tech center, prompting protest
Dozens of students and adults protested the controversial leader’s visit to the tech center Tuesday, railing against her dismantling of the federal Education Department.
As Vermont is a key link in global species movement, state and partners build out conservation networks and wildlife passages
“These linkage areas are incredibly important for allowing for wildlife movement in response to climate change,” a state biologist said.
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The moral purpose of education
We measure educational success in test scores and workforce readiness. We’ve forgotten that schools were built to form free people.
Don’t buy the nuclear sales pitch
Before embracing “new and improved” nuclear energy, Vermont should resolve the waste left behind from Vermont Yankee.
Who governs Lake Champlain?
What the governance of Lake Champlain can teach us about managing the commons — and why the next step matters.
Hateful words have consequences
The anti-Israel vandalism of a Cavendish studio points to a broader climate of anti-Jewish sentiment in Vermont.
Former Rutland County school superintendent, husband deny underage drinking charges in teen’s death
The couple pleaded not guilty Monday to single felony counts each of enabling underage drinking with death resulting. The charges stem from a 2024 fatal crash in Shrewsbury.
Peacham preemptively transferring ownership of its school building to town
“If we didn’t have an elementary school, this would become a town just consigned to second-home owners and retirees,” said resident Morgan Gold in a video recapping the issue.
Debate over ICE masking bill complicates, for a moment, end of session in the Vermont House
Also in Final Reading: We say goodbye for the year.
VTDigger launches campaign to send 400 books to Vermont children
Donations this week will support both independent Vermont reporting and children’s literacy through a partnership with CLiF and Vermont Book Shop.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
‘The worst thing that has happened to me’: Honduran immigrant shares his experience of the South Burlington ICE raid
“When he had me on the floor, I said, ‘I’m a USA citizen. I’m a USA citizen’ and he’s like, ‘I don’t care. I don’t fucking care.’”
