By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org A report from the Department for Children and Families shows more Vermonters are relying on emergency housing vouchers. According to the report submitted to the Legislature last week, the department received 15,431 applications for emergency housing […]
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State News
Report: number of children in state custody up by 33 percent
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org The number of Vermont children in the custody of the Department for Children and Families (DCF) has jumped by a third since the beginning of 2014, according to a report published this week. The child abuse […]
State News
Report: Domestic violence caused most of Vermont’s homicides in 2014
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Two-thirds of homicides in Vermont last year were related to domestic violence, with victims ranging from 14 months to 60 years old, according to data from the Vermont Domestic Violence Fatality Review Commission. The 2014 report, […]
State News
Child protection reform bill becomes law
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Flanked by dozens of lawmakers, state officials and others, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Monday, June 15, a bill that addresses wide-ranging aspects of Vermont’s child protection system. Lawmakers first began work on S.9 more […]
State News
Vt. Nat’l Guard to send troops to Japan
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org The Vermont National Guard announced plans Wednesday, June 10, for some 150 Vermont guardsmen and ten F-16 fighter jets of the 158th Fighter Wing of the Air Combat Command to be deployed to Okinawa, Japan, to […]
State News
Lawmakers pass bill making it easier to clear criminal record
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Lawmakers gave their final stamp of approval this week to a bill that provides a quicker path to scrubbing certain convictions from a person’s criminal record. Under the new law, individuals convicted of certain crimes they […]
Opinion
“Revenge porn” law awaits governor’s signature
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org A bill that would criminalize so-called “revenge porn” is on its way to the governor’s desk after passing a final voice vote in the Senate on Wednesday, May 6. More than a dozen other states have […]
Local News
State labor costs likely to affect services, administration secretary says
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org As the Shumlin administration and the Vermont State Employees’ Association debate how the state will manage $10.8 million in personnel and labor cost reductions, the impact of those cuts remains unclear. Late last month, the House […]
Local News
House closes budget gap with $113 left over
By Elizabeth Hewitt, www.VTDigger.org Lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee were left with relief and a $113 surplus after unanimously approving an FY 2016 state budget plan Monday. The committee scrounged together enough in cuts, one-time money and revenue to […]
Local News
40,000 Vermonters opt for driver privilege cards over REAL ID licenses
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Driver privilege cards, the form of identification intended to extend driving rights to migrant workers, have been issued to more than 40,000 Vermonters—considerably more than the state’s estimated 1,500 migrant population the cards were designed to […]