Future of Goddard College campus uncertain as group puts bid forward
A local climate resiliency group is hoping to purchase the campus, but it says it’s been frozen out by Goddard administration.
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Final Reading: In the Vermont Senate, Friday afternoons are for budget building
The upper chamber attempted to factor some of the House Ways & Means Committee’s big-ticket tax proposals in its version of the 2025 fiscal year budget.
Becca Balint to vote in favor of aid to Ukraine, against aid to Israel
In a procedural vote Friday, Vermont’s U.S. representative opposed bringing a series of foreign aid bills to the House floor this weekend.
Feds to reimburse Vermont $22M for cleanup costs following July floods
The bulk of the money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is meant to repay the state for removing contaminated floodwater from 14 state buildings and dehumidifying them.
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Torn apart by chaos in Afghanistan, a refugee family is reunited in Bennington
As Musa and Zakia Muslim Yar and their three sons made their way to the Kabul airport to fly to the U.S. in 2021, the couple got separated from their two boys amid the crush of people trying to flee the country.
How a hurricane and a cardinal launched a UVM professor on a new career path
Trish O’Kane, who recently published a memoir, “Birding to Change the World,” leads a popular course that pairs college students with grade school students to learn about birds.
Disagreement and lobbying threaten passage of Vermont’s landmark data privacy bill
This was supposed to be the year that Vermont legislators took on Big Tech in a sweeping data privacy bill years in the making. With mere weeks left in the session, that’s looking less likely.
On the road with the salamander rescue team
On one of the biggest amphibian migration nights of the year, a Montpelier naturalist traversed the streets with a spatula.
Progressive, Democratic parties nominate candidates to replace Emma Mulvaney-Stanak
A spokesperson for Gov. Phil Scott said he hopes to fill the legislative seat before the end of the session.
Vermont Supreme Court reinstates law license of Addison County’s top prosecutor
The state’s highest court found that Eva Vekos had come into compliance with a state investigation into a medical leave she took following her arrest on a drunken driving charge earlier this year.
After a flood and a pandemic, Montpelier businesses continue to struggle
“If I am not making money in Montpelier, what is the point of being here?” said business owner Brian Lewis.
James Parker granted parole for his role in Dartmouth professors’ stabbing deaths
Parker could be released as early as May.
Opinion
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Luke Miller: The new renewable energy standard would cement Vermont’s reputation as an environmental trailblazer
The benefits that the standard brings would directly benefit Vermonters while still allowing us to contribute to fighting the global climate crisis.
Suzanna Jones: The hidden costs of ‘climate progress’
Renewables don’t change anything fundamental. They are just the latest business-as-usual scheme to keep the destructive economic party going for a few more years.
David Blittersdorf: H.289 has good intentions, but one big flaw
Let’s pass H.289 but retain the group net metering program so we can all benefit from going solar.
Rep. Monique Priestley: ‘Every breath you take, every move you make…’
As passed out of the House, H.121 is a testament of our commitment to Vermonters that we value their privacy, security, and respect.
Final Reading: Service providers are wary of looming changes to Vermont’s case management structure
For years, the federal government has been pressing state administrators on an overhaul to reduce potential conflicts of interest.
Suspect in arson at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office indicted, ordered detained pending trial
A judge held Shant Michael Soghomonian, noting that he had a “serious mental health history” for which he was not currently receiving treatment.
Obituaries
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Senate panel advances Act 250 reform bill, while Phil Scott signals potential veto
Multiple bills aimed at modernizing Vermont’s signature land-use law have circulated around the Statehouse this year, drawing intense debate. Now, those bills have become one.