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‘Mini truck’ owners show off their wheels at the Vermont Statehouse
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (966+ words) Some of Vermont's smallest haulers were parked outside the Statehouse on Friday to drum up support for a bill that is meant to make registering these so-called mini trucks easier. "If you asked me everything I like about this truck,…...
A Vermont community had a vision. Impact investors helped make it happen.
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (482+ words) It's a seemingly normal Tuesday in Vermont. Parents in Randolph drop their kids off at a local childcare center on their way to work. Friends meet up for lunch at a popular local caf" in Waitsfield. A young couple in…...
UVM wants to use state scholarship money to pay for a new sports complex. Vermont legislators are skeptical.
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (998+ words) The University of Vermont is asking legislators for $15 million from a statewide student financial aid fund so the school can put it toward a long-planned campus sports complex instead. While Gov. Phil Scott supports the proposal, it has gotten a…...
As manufacturing jobs decline, Vermont business leaders take their concerns to the Statehouse
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1058+ 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. Three generous Vermont donors are coming together to triple…...
Vermont labor board says state must end return-to-office requirement for employees
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (466+ words) All gifts matched today! There are only a few days left in our Spring Member Drive. Will you help keep local news strong? The Vermont Labor Relations Board ordered on Wednesday that Gov. Phil Scott's administration "rescind" a controversial requirement…...
Vermont Journalism Trust, VTDigger Guild reach second collective bargaining agreement
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (246+ words) The Vermont Journalism Trust and the VTDigger Guild, a unit of the Providence Newspaper Guild that represents VTDigger's newsroom employees, have reached agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. The four-year deal was ratified in March by Guild members and…...
Vermont lawmakers plan for the death of the penny
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (803+ words) All gifts matched today! There are only a few days left in our Spring Member Drive. Will you help keep local news strong? What good is a penny at this point? Penny candy is a thing of the past, and…...
Mohamed Jafar: Immigrants are shaping Vermont's health care. We belong here.
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (529+ words) All gifts matched today! There are only a few days left in our Spring Member Drive. Will you help keep local news strong? Letters to the editor are brief reader responses to stories and opinion pieces published by VTDigger. Letters…...
Vermont defends its law to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate change against the Trump admin’s challenge
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (642+ words) All gifts matched today! There are only a few days left in our Spring Member Drive. Will you help keep local news strong? RUTLAND" Vermont is trying to fend off the Trump administration's legal challenges to its trailblazing law that…...
Vermont House passes state budget bill with disaster aid for the Northeast Kingdom
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (601+ words) You rely on VTDigger. Can we rely on you? The Vermont House on Friday passed its version of a state budget for the next fiscal year, which starts in July. The $9.3 billion spending plan would use state dollars to help…...