1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (520+ words) 167 Ward Hill Road, Tunbridge, Vermont Christopher M. Young knew his goal: Design an energy-efficient home for his family, one that maximized solar gain, and could take advantage of the clearing on Ward Hill 1,500 feet above the First Branch of the White…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (678+ words) MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont has become the first US state to ban paraquat, one of the most commonly used herbicides, with lawmakers citing a possible link between the weed killer and Parkinson’s disease. The ban has been widely celebrated by advocates…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1051+ words) In May, the president of the University of Vermont, Marlene Tromp, asked state lawmakers for $12 million for the school’s athletics and recreational renovations. The money, she pleaded, was about much more than sports. Aging locker rooms, uncomfortable arena seats, and…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (984+ words) Standing on a dock at a Lamoille River fishing access last week, Andrea Shortsleeve said that ballooning expenses and high demand are making state land and infrastructure harder and harder to manage. Moments later, Shortsleeve, who is the Vermont Fish…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (614+ words) A decade, apparently, is not long enough. Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, filed for reelection Thursday, seeking an unprecedented sixth two-year term. Scott, 67, disclosed his plans hours before the deadline for major-party candidates to seek a spot on the ballot....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (436+ words) A new Vermont law designed to combat the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown will allow people to sue government officials in state court over alleged violations of their federal constitutional rights. Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, allowed the measure to become…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (576+ words) A leader of a Vermont-based immigrant rights group is facing federal charges for what prosecutors called “multi-year conspiracies” to smuggle undocumented people into the United States for money and fraudulently acquire driver’s licenses for others. A federal grand jury returned…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1311+ words) MONTPELIER, Vt. — As politicians from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C., over the past week for a meeting of the National Governors Association, a single term was never far from their lips: affordability. It’s become an inescapable political buzzword…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (798+ words) MONTPELIER, Vt. — The day after a second protester was shot in Minneapolis last weekend amid the federal immigration crackdown, Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, issued an unusually blunt response for the understated leader. “Enough,” he wrote. “It’s not acceptable for…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (618+ words) A former federal prosecutor who sought to keep two high-profile immigrants detained is now distancing himself from President Trump’s immigration crackdown as he seeks confirmation to Vermont’s highest court. Michael Drescher, a career prosecutor, led the US attorney’s office in…...