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'On the cusp of something very special.’ In Q&A, Vermont's education secretary ponders the challenges and opportunities of ed reform.
23+ hour, 59+ min ago If you're one of the half a million monthly website readers who hasn't made a contribution, will you join us? Vermont's Education Secretary Zoie Saunders says the state is "really on the cusp of something very special," as lawmakers gear…...
Keep rural Vermont stories in the spotlight
1+ day, 6+ hour ago Some of Vermont's most important stories begin in its smallest towns. Part of VTDigger's mission is to surface those stories and make sure the issues shaping rural communities are visible to the entire state. Because readers support our nonprofit newsroom,…...
Judge throws out Vermont’s lawsuit against facial recognition software firm Clearview AI
2+ day, 19+ hour ago A Vermont judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by the state against a New York-based facial recognition software company, alleging violations of consumer protection laws. Washington County Superior Court Judge Daniel Richardson this week granted Clearview AI's motion to…...
Watch your language: Trump admin questioned Vermont Head Start provider’s funding request over DEI terms
3+ day, 5+ hour ago Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for'VTDigger. After Sandra Graves, the director of Champlain Valley Head Start in Burlington, submitted her annual application for federal funding, federal officials sent the request back to her with…...
Vermont Air National Guard headed to Caribbean amid growing U.S. tensions with Venezuela
5+ day, 18+ hour ago Vermont's congressional delegation has condemned the deployment of Vermont's Air National Guard to the Caribbean in support of a military escalation against Venezuela." The Vermont National Guard has kept details of its looming deployment quiet since the plan was first…...
Vermont music icon Jon Gailmor departed the way he came in — with a song
1+ week, 5+ hour ago Your donation fuels local reporting and heats a home through the Warmth Support Program. This story by Aaron Calvin was first published in News & Citizen on Dec. 11, 2025. "I'm gonna die with a smile if it kills me," Jon Gailmor sang…...
Your donation powers essential health care reporting in Vermont
1+ week, 3+ day ago If you can, please consider a gift during our year-end member drive to sustain VTDigger's coverage of important statewide issues like this. Every day, I work to explain how policy decisions shape our health care system, how insurers and regulators…...
These Vermont sexual assault survivors sought justice. Instead, one victim said the prosecutor’s approach was “like a ‘screw you’”
1+ week, 6+ day ago A Bristol small business owner said she hoped she and her 15-year-old daughter would be treated respectfully when they pursued a criminal complaint against the teenager who sexually assaulted her daughter." Instead, the business owner says she was sworn at…...
As bitter cold hits Vermont, new shelters open for the first time this season
2+ week, 1+ day ago Temperatures remain bitterly cold across Vermont after extreme cold hit the region on Thursday. Tyler Danzig, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Burlington, said temperatures dropped into the negative teens on Thursday night, with negative 20s across the central…...
Vermont health officials reaffirm importance of hepatitis B vaccine after federal advisory panel recommends delays
2+ week, 1+ day ago The federal panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine recommendations made one of its biggest moves on vaccine policy to date on Friday, saying that rather than vaccinate all newborns against hepatitis B at birth, parents…...