8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (619+ words) MONTPELIER — An ethics complaint has been filed against Rep. Gina Galfetti and other state legislators who went on a trip to Israel in September on that government’s dime. Five state lawmakers participated in the trip, which ran from Sept. 15 to…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1032+ words) Nationally, 43.3 percent of homes considered equity rich; Seriously underwater homes account for 3.2 percent of mortgaged properties That was down from 44.6 percent in the previous quarter and marked the lowest rate of equity-rich residential properties since the fourth quarter of 2021. Nationwide,…...

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…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (578+ words) Each time the nonrenewal notice came, Nora Aronds felt the same sinking feeling. This cycle of constant moves – amid an exceptionally tight rental market where costs have soared over the last half decade – has left Aronds with the impression that…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago   (841+ words) WILLISTON, Vt. — A gray-haired brigade of protesters entered a nondescript office park Monday and pledged to remain until a particular tenant was evicted — or they were arrested. The tenant in question was US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which operates its…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (455+ words) Young Bernie Sanders arrived in Vermont in 1964 as part of a counter-cultural wave. The tall Jewish kid with the thick Brooklyn accent who spoke of socialism and revolution fit right in with the communards and hippies, though he was neither....

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (381+ words) Nick Deml, former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections, will lead the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. Federal district judge Laura Taylor Swain picked Deml for the role Tuesday, the New York Times reported. In May,…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (798+ words) This commentary is by Emilie Tenenbaum, the executive director of Let’s Grow Kids Action Network, and Sharron Harrington, the executive director of the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children. Across political lines and communities, most Vermonters agree that…...

10+ mon, 1+ day ago   (325+ words) Your Thanksgiving gift fuels VTDigger’s reporting and sends 3 meals to a neighbor through the Vermont Foodbank. The No Kings protests in October, which drew over seven million people across the country, were hailed as the largest demonstrations in American history....