By Laura Krantz, VTDigger.org Gov. Peter Shumlin released his 2013 tax return Friday, reporting $721,445 in gross income and total assets worth $10.3 million. Shumlin’s 1040 IRS form shows most of his income comes from real estate he owns and […]
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New Department for Children and Families chief will revisit housing vouchers for homeless
RANDOLPH–The new Department for Children and Families commissioner Ken Schatz says he wants to scrutinize, and possibly change, the state’s practice of temporarily housing homeless people in motels. Gov. Peter Shumlin defended the same program an hour later. Schatz told […]
State police accused of improper search and seizure
RUTLAND — Police violated a Rutland man’s constitutional rights when they stopped him because of a snow-covered license plate and then searched his car without probable cause, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont […]
State, local police stocking up with military equipment
State police have acquired 65 military rifles and an 18-ton armored vehicle through a federal program that allows state and local police to acquire surplus material from the military virtually without cost, records show. Local police across the state also […]