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Vermont argues that Trump administration provided no factual basis for voter data request
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (484+ words) RUTLAND CITY " Vermont argued in federal court Tuesday that the Trump administration's lawsuit demanding the state's voter roll data should be dismissed because the administration has not provided a sufficient reason for its request. The Trump administration sued Vermont's secretary…...
How federal cuts to m RNA vaccine development will affect Vermont
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (789+ words) U. S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced last week that his department would slash about $500 million in m RNA vaccine contracts, a hit to an industry already reeling from other public funding cuts." Those impacts are being felt…...
Pediatric asthma worsened in Vermont following Canadian wildfires, UVM study finds
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (535+ words) When deciding where to live when beginning her Ph D, Anna Maassel was drawn to UVM for Vermont's relative respite from climate catastrophes. Then, the summer before she moved here, the state was slammed with historic flooding and coated in…...
Gov. Phil Scott has signed Vermont's education bill into law. Here's what happens next.
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (1771+ words) Gov. Phil Scott on Tuesday signed a landmark education reform bill into law, laying the groundwork for a historic transformation of Vermont's public education system. "While this session was long and difficult and uncomfortable for some, we were able to…...
For Vermont Green FC, soccer and social advocacy go hand in hand
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (748+ words) Vermont Green Football Club fans say they scored two victories last week. One was in the club's first national championship game in the United Soccer League's second tier, and the other was in a fan-organized fundraiser for assistance to immigrant…...
Vermont's first Black female police chief has the last word on public safety
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1304+ words) Norma Hardy pounded the pavement as a New York City law enforcement leader for a quarter century. So when the Brooklynite spotted an ad seeking a Brattleboro police chief in 2021, she could be excused for even a fleeting thought the…...
As manufacturing jobs decline, Vermont business leaders take their concerns to the Statehouse
1+ week, 5+ day ago (938+ words) Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for'VTDigger. The manufacturing industry generates billions for Vermont's economy each year " but jobs in the sector are on the decline. In general, Spear and her colleague Megan Sullivan said…...
Vermont State University labor leaders criticize administrators, citing staff attrition and stagnating wage
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (702+ words) Vermont State University union leaders are raising alarms over faculty and staff attrition at the institution, and in a letter to university leadership said that they've "borne the brunt" of financial cuts while compensation of upper-level management has grown. Data…...
Act 181 debate pokes at the heart of Vermont's rural-urban dynamics
2+ week, 4+ day ago (821+ words) The Vermont Senate passed a bill on Thursday that will delay the implementation of Act 181, a contentious 2024 law that overhauled the state's land use permitting system." But that vote followed several rounds of heated debate over rolling back or further…...
A Vermont Democrat and West Virginia Republican Want to Help Americans in Rural Areas Buy Houses
1+ week, 2+ day ago (720+ words) This story by Raymond Fern'ndez was first published in NOTUS on April 2, 2026. Vermont and West Virginia have little in common politically, but they both have outsize rural populations where many people are struggling to buy a home. That's led to…...