By Anne Galloway, VTDigger
Organizers say Gov. Phil Scott’s inaugural gala was the largest in the state’s history. More than 1,200 people attended the event. Scott, the newly sworn in Republican governor, celebrated his inauguration at a helicopter hangar at the Vermont Air Guard complex…
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org
The U.S. Senate passed a GMO bill late Thursday, July 7, that will require food manufacturers to provide information about genetically engineered ingredients. The measure passed 63-30.
The bill, S.764, allows companies to choose a text label, a symbol or a…
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org
Members of the U.S. Senate brokered a compromise Thursday that would make labeling of genetically engineered food mandatory nationwide.
But state officials say the legislation is a last-ditch effort to scuttle a Vermont law that will require information about such ingredients…
By Elizabeth Hewitt and Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org
Burlington College officials announced Monday, May 16, that the school will close effective May 27 because of the “crushing weight of the debt” incurred with the purchase of a lakefront property on North Avenue. College trustees voted unanimously…
By Maxine Grad and Willem Jewett
It may be accurate to observe that Governor Shumlin’s accomplishments during his final legislative session have been modest but it goes a bit too far to cast off the work of the General Assembly as “an uninspired, housekeeping session…
Vermont files a similar complaint
By Anne Galloway, Mark Johnson and Morgan True Vtdigger.org
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced federal fraud charges Thursday, April 14 against two prominent Northeast Kingdom developers, accusing them of running a massive “Ponzi-like” scheme, using money from…
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org
State revenues were up by a whopping $16.34 million in February, despite sagging ski resort attendance due to unseasonably warm weather.
Justin Johnson, the secretary of the Agency of Administration, said personal income was higher last month because…
Katie Hunt and Gov. Peter Shumlin were wed on Dec. 15, 2015.
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org
Gov. Peter Shumlin, 59, married his longtime girlfriend Katie Hunt, 31, in a small, private ceremony Tuesday night, Dec. 15.
The couple made the announcement in an email…
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org
Ratepayers will pick up most of the tab for a natural gas pipeline under a new agreement between the state and Vermont Gas.
The deal with the Department of Public Service allows the Gaz Metro subsidiary to recover up to $134…
By Anne Galloway/VTDigger
Matt Dunne, former state senator.
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.com
A Democratic gubernatorial primary in 2016 is now official.
Matt Dunne, a Google executive, announces his bid for governor via email Wednesday morning.
Dunne’s candidacy sets up a Democratic…
