Supermajorities in both of Vermont’s legislative chambers have approved the “Climate Superfund Act,” which seeks to charge fossil fuel corporations billions of dollars based on the emissions from their products between 1995 and 2024.
ASDSA’s model legislation to allow children access to sunscreen in schools and school-sponsored events and activities reaches 29 jurisdictions (28 states and D.C.) ASDSA's SUNucate Logo ASDSA's "SUNucate" model legislation has been implemented in 28 states and Washington D.
The accused killer of a Groundworks Collaborative shelter coordinator is no longer in need of in-patient care, states a letter from the Vermont Department of Mental Health to
The laws at the intersection of the criminal justice and mental health care systems in Vermont are broken. The government needs to be able to act when people commit crimes
We're going to keep on pushing this,” said the chief of an Abenaki tribe in Canada that maintains many members of Vermont’s state-recognized tribes aren’t Indigenous.
Consistently adhering to a rigorous tour schedule for the duration, the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter has toiled in solo and group settings to create the wide arc of ...
So far, voters in seven states — California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, and Vermont — have sided with abortion rights supporters on ballot measures. It’s not clear yet how many states will vote on measures to enshrine abortion access ...
Senators deleted what was probably the most controversial section of the bill that passed out of the House earlier this year: a carve-out to Vermont’s Open Meeting Law that would have allowed the commission to close its meetings to public participation in the event of a safety threat.
Later this month, the Green Mountain State will roll out the red carpet for the United States’ newest international film festival: The Vermont Film & Folk Festival, which will open in Manchester, Vermont on Thursday, May 23 with a full lineup of award ...
(CNN) — More than 16,000 pounds of raw ground beef products were recalled by the US Department of Agriculture on Wednesday on concerns the meat may be contaminated with E. coli. The meat items, produced by Cargill Meat Solutions, were sold at Walmart ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Vermont rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 449 in the week ending April 20, up from 429 the week before ...
The Vermont Secretary of State and the League of Women Voters of Vermont hosted an online forum Wednesday evening on Ranked Choice Voting, with the practice poised to expand. Ranked Choice Voting is currently used in Burlington to elect the mayor and city ...
The Burlington, Vermont Board of Finance reviewed the city’s proposed budget this week after the new mayor announced there is a larger than expected shortfall. Progressive Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak says the 2025 budget deficit has increased from $9 ...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — On May 18, the Vermont Jazz Center will present Artemis, voted the “Jazz Group of the Year” by the 2023 Downbeat Reader’s poll. This supergroup was initially organized by pianist and ...
With his reelection announcement Thursday, Zuckerman largely quashed any rumors that he would try to make the jump to higher office this year, either again to the governor’s office or to Washington.
The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending its rescue efforts following a horrific incident in Baltimore, Maryland. The Francis Scott Key Bridge plunged into the freezing waters of the Patapsco River after being hit by a container ship. Search operations will now shift focus to finding the missing six construction workers and providing closure to their families.
