Patricia Duff, 60, was cited Thursday evening following an investigation by Vermont State Police. She will be arraigned next month on charges of false pretense and grand larceny.
The latest state data shows that from January to September, 168 Vermonters died from an accidental opioid overdose. The numbers are on course to surpass the record set last year.
Tiny homes, rehabilitated rentals, investment properties and counterproductive tax structures were all on the agenda at a town hall this week.
Four Vermont institutions now offer banking for cannabis businesses, but some small growers look elsewhere due to expense.
Patricia Duff, who resigned in July, told VTDigger that health problems had made coming to work difficult. She faces allegations of financial impropriety.
The unofficial top Republican vote-getter in last week’s primary, disavowed by Vermont GOP leaders for displaying fascist and alt-right symbols, will run as an independent.
Mark Coester, disavowed by Vermont GOP leaders for displaying fascist and alt-right symbols, may drop his bid for one of two open seats and instead run as an independent for U.S. Senate.
Three Republicans were locked in their own close primary race for a pair of seats being vacated by incumbents Becca Balint and Jeanette White.
The departures of White, a 10-term incumbent, and Balint, the Senate president pro tempore, are spurring a rising number of newcomers to run for the two southeastern Vermont seats.
Four candidates have already joined the race in the two-member district: Democrats Wichie Artu and Nader Hashim, as well as independent Tim Wessell and Republican Rick Morton.
Scott reportedly said that, if he decides not to seek reelection, Vermont state government could slip into one-party rule. “There needs to be an adult in the room,” he said.
A new study, published in the journal of Ecological Applications, revealed that some federally endangered species along the Connecticut River exist primarily outside of conserved areas, putting their continued existence at risk.
Storms in Bennington and Windham counties brought some of that area’s worst flooding in more than a decade.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for the southern and central counties of Addison, Bennington, Orange, Rutland, Windham and Windsor.
