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Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport is on lockdown after a Covid-19 outbreak resulted in 145 cases among inmates. Photo courtesy Vermont Department of Corrections A Vermont judge has rejected a bid by eight men held in pretrial detention to be released from a Newport prison beset by an outbreak of Covid-19. Orleans County Judge…

Twenty acres of farmland have been proposed for a housing development in Colchester.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Steven Bourgoin, who drove the wrong-way on I-89 in Richmond in 2016, killing five teenagers.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermonters will need to “spring forward” on March 14 by moving their clock times up by an hour. This means losing an hour of sleep.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

After a frenzied week in the virtual Statehouse, lawmakers advanced a flurry of bills to make the Legislature’s crossover finishline. Policy bills had to pass out committee by Friday to stay in play this session.  Committees in the House and Senate advanced bills that would boost unemployment benefits, ban firearms in state hospitals, prohibit sale…

Brian Pine, a a lobbyist for the Affordable Housing Coalition and a Burlington city councilor, said rental housing legislation is a big step forward to protect residents from residents they can’t control. Pre-pandemic photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A Senate panel is backing legislation that would establish stronger enforcement of health and safety standards in rental…

Anore Horton, executive director of Hunger Free Vermont, speaks at a September 2019 press conference. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger For years, anti-hunger advocates have been calling on all public schools to offer free meals to every student, no questions asked. And, overnight, a once-unthinkable policy goal became a reality across the country, as the U.S.…

Vermont lifted its multihousehold gathering ban, which has been in effect for nearly four months.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Erin Bentlage began her musical career in Chittenden County and danced with Vermont Ballet Theater before earning a Grammy nod with her new vocal group, Saje.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Anthony Lamb became the first UVM men’s basketball alum to play in an NBA regular-season game on Thursday night, entering for the Houston Rockets.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, speaks as the Senate Government Operations Committee hearing in 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger With just a day left to move policy bills out of legislative committees this session, senators are racing to finish a complicated proposal involving the state’s budding marijuana market. The legislation has multiple goals: to improve racial…

Rep. Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg, chair of the House Health Care Committee. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger When Maricela became pregnant with her fourth child in late 2019, she dreaded going to the doctor.  The bills, she knew, would follow. The 28-year-old farm worker is undocumented, and though she and her husband have lived in Vermont for…

If the state vaccinates enough adults before new variants take hold, Vermonters could revert to pre-pandemic activities in a few months, experts say. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Life as we knew it changed on March 13, 2020, when Vermont’s governor declared a state of emergency that would extend to this day. It was the…

As outdoor skating rinks turn to slush and then mud, Burlington park planners are freshening up plans for the upcoming construction season.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Your nose might get a little runny as the weather warms in Vermont. Here are a few ways to distinguish between COVID and seasonal allergies.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

A large new farm and food waste methane plant in Salisbury is gearing up to pump renewable fuel into Vermont Gas pipelines by mid-spring.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

From left, Tax Commissioner Craig Bolio, Secretary of Administration Susanne Young and Finance Commissioner Adam Greshin take questions from reporters on Gov. Phil Scott’s 2021 budget proposal. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger A federal coronavirus relief bill approved Wednesday by the U.S. House would direct more than $2.7 billion to Vermont, according to Sen. Patrick Leahy,…

Tara O’Brien of The Root Social Justice Center in Brattleboro, center, stands with Root members, from left, Liliana Vandertuin, Ocean Ricardo, Vanessa Santana and Shela Linton on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger For Shela Linton, the transition from racial justice activism to mutual aid work was obvious — both are founded on…

After 11 years on Church Street, the Burlington Violin Shop (sales and rentals) and Vermont Violins (builds, repairs and restoration) is moving east.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Here’s what you can do in Vermont once you reach “fully vaccinated” status against COVID-19        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont saw a noticeable uptick in people experiencing homelessness as the pandemic wore on, as over 2,500 people were relocated to motels.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service