By Erin Petenko/VTDigger Vermont has the seventh-highest rate of LGBTQ people in the nation, according to a survey analysis from the Williams Institute at the University of California-Los Angeles. It also has the highest rate of same-sex couples in the […]
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Universal unmasking is likely on its way
Five of Vermont’s 14 counties (including Rutland) are considered high risk, per CDC, and should not unmask By Polly Mikula The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its Covid-19 precautions Friday, Feb. 25, by allowing people in areas […]
House approves bill to include passively managed forest in Current Use program
By Emma Cotton/VTDigger After more than an hour of discussion and questioning, the Vermont House preliminarily passed H.697, a bill that would allow some landowners to enroll passively managed land in the state’s Current Use program. Lawmakers voted 83-43 on […]
Are more regulations coming for rentals?
Vermont’s largest city votes to restrictions on short-term rentals By Jack Lyons/VTDigger After more than two years of drafting and debate, the Burlington City Council passed regulations Tuesday night that seek to rein in the city’s short-term rental industry. In […]
Vermont Army National Guard deploys 100 to Washington, D.C.
Trucker convoy in D.C. planned for this week Approximately 100 Vermont Army National Guard soldiers will support security operations in Washington D.C. beginning this week, according to a news release Feb. 23. Soldiers from Headquarters Company, 572nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, […]
Study shows more police budgets rising than falling in Vermont
By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger Many are higher, some a bit lower, while others stayed flat. That’s what researchers found in a new survey of local police spending proposals facing voters in many communities across Vermont on Town Meeting Day — […]
Scott pulls Russian alcohol from Vermont shelves, indefinitely
Gov. Phil Scott ordered the state liquor and lottery commissioner on Monday, Feb. 28, to remove all Russian-owned products from the shelves of state agent stores. “Today I directed the Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery to remove Russian-owned products from […]
Vermont Council on Rural Development names Kim Rupe first development and communications associate
The non-partisan Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) has named Kim Rupe of Poultney as its first development and communications associate, the organization announced Feb. 17. The role will help VCRD share programming and successes, highlight the excellent work and […]
Christina Nolan announces Republican bid for U.S. Senate, Feb. 22
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger Christina Nolan, the former U.S. attorney for Vermont, is running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican. She formally announced her candidacy Tuesday, Feb. 22, in an exclusive interview with Fox News and released a 3-minute campaign […]
Educators, school administrators divided over bill that would let teachers look for other jobs while under contract
By Peter D’Auria/VTDigger Under Vermont law, once teachers sign a contract to teach for the upcoming school year, they must honor it. Unless they have “just cause” to leave the job, a teacher who breaks a contract will be barred […]