The $15.4 million budget is a nominal decrease from last year’s budget but will be supported by a significantly smaller tax base than previous years, after Essex Junction split off from the town.
Incumbents Jeremy Metcalf and Melinda Young fended off challengers Allison Duquette and Nicholas Smith.
The Vermont ACLU is again calling on lawmakers to decrease the prison population and consider community-based alternatives to Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility.
Amid heated debate over what’s best for forests — and people who rely on them — one Vermont proposal seeks to balance “forever wild” with active forest management.
“We do not believe the Thunderbird has any harmful imagery for any student at MVU, including our Abenaki population,” Chief Joanne Crawford, of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, and Brenda Gagne, president of the school district’s Indian Education Parent Advisory Committee, wrote in a joint statement.
The festival brought more than a hundred competitors from over a dozen states, Canada and Ireland to swim off the shore of Newport.
Leadership from the Vermont GOP and the Vermont Progressive Party testified against the proposed fusion-label ban, arguing that fusion labels give voters helpful information, defining candidates' views within a big-tent party label.
The Department for Children and Families expects to use the temporary site for five to eight years while the state builds a permanent facility.
Several Vermont sheriff departments have come under scrutiny in the past year after drastic turnover, allegations of misconduct or unusual financial activity. Two sheriffs — one former, one recently sworn in — face criminal charges. The Legislature is considering a constitutional amendment to increase oversight.
Interstate licensure agreements make it easier for providers to move among states. Vermont is currently part of an interstate nursing compact, and state officials are working on similar agreements for occupational therapy, social work and other fields.