Public safety crisis or defunding the police? What to know about BPD’s shrinking force.

Burlington has been the site of a tug-of-war about police department size, with progressives on one side and the mayor and the BPD on the other.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Is Vermont’s use of HydroQuebec power ‘greenwashing’?

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Vermont schools hit record high number of Covid-19 cases

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Lawmakers, prosecutor say it’s time for Vermont to decriminalize drugs

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Champlain Valley Fair postpones Darius Rucker concert, ‘operating as if’ fair will happen

Concert was postponed from 2020 and, like the rescheduled, now-postponed Waking Windows festival, reflects unexpected lingering COVID-19 uncertainty.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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What happens when a federal food program fails? A Vermont nonprofit fills the gap.

Vermont’s Congressional delegation wrote a scathing letter to the Agriculture Secretary, saying the Farmers to Families program is failing in Vermont.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington City Council stands with UVM faculty, calls for job protection in unanimous resolution

City councilors stood unanimously behind University of Vermont faculty in a resolution that called on administrators to prioritize job protection.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington City Council delays action on CityPlace agreement

Burlington City Councilor Karen Paul speaks during a council meeting on Monday, December 10, 2018. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Burlington City Council Tuesday night tabled a new settlement agreement for the CityPlace downtown development project.  The settlement, drafted by the city’s legal team and CityPlace developers, would compel construction on the long delayed project.…

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Farmers to Families food program under review after criticism from Vermont delegation

Food is distributed in Burlington last May by the Vermont National Guard, the Vermont Foodbank and Vermont Emergency Management. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Farmers to Families Food Box program is now under review, after Vermont’s congressional delegation flagged “significant problems” with the program’s implementation.  The situation is being evaluated by Bruce Summers, administrator of…

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After Trump’s acquittal, Leahy calls for criminal investigation of the former president

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy speaks at a press conference at the Burlington International Airport in South Burlington on Thursday, December 26, 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Days after the U.S. Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Tuesday that Trump “has to be” criminally investigated over his…

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The 2021 Chittenden County high school girls hockey season outlook

The outlook of the five high school girls hockey programs in Chittenden County for the 2021 season.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont weather: Schools closed, vaccinations rescheduled due to sleet, freezing rain

Vermont woke up to a blanket of snow Tuesday from a winter storm. Here are some updates on school closures, vaccination appointments and snow totals.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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‘Black imagination is what moves the world’: Vermont artists talk about their craft

Five visual artists from across Vermont reveal their approaches to their craft and where you can find examples of their work.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont Democratic Party chief to step down after staffer alleges ‘toxic environment’

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CityPlace agreement on the rocks over union labor requirements

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Bill Schubart: Health care — a lucrative business or a definable right?

In health care, as in hunger and housing, we face a moral choice. Is Mammon or caritas — profit or well-being — the best driver of community health initiatives? In “Paradise Lost,” the poet John Milton tells us that “… others have forsaken Mammon in search of something on a more spiritual plane.” Four hundred…

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How much snow will VT get? Snow storm predicted to clobber state

Up to a foot of snow could fall in the Burlington area Monday night and Tuesday. as winter storm approaches Vermont and upstate New York.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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City Market reopens downtown location after COVID causes ‘gaps in staffing’

City Market announced it would reopen Monday after temporarily shutting its doors during the weekend due to COVID-related staffing issues.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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‘Every call has a COVID flavor to it’: Vermont 211 help line sees surge amid pandemic

Amid the COVID pandemic, Vermont 211 reported over 54,000 contacts in 2020, up as many as 50% from the previous year’s total.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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James Duff Lyall: Police stops are skyrocketing in Vermont

This commentary is by James Duff Lyall, executive director of the ACLU of Vermont. Vermont is overpoliced, and more so every year. That statement may be surprising or even jarring to some, but it is based on a growing body of data collected by Vermont police themselves. UVM Professor Stephanie Seguino, along with Professor Nancy…

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Madeleine Kunin: Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan is ambitious, big and bold. Just what we need.

Madeleine May Kunin is a former Democratic governor of Vermont. She is the author of “Coming of Age, My Journey to the Eighties.” I shouldn’t say this, but I’m in love with Joe Biden. It makes me sound sappy. But he’s rapidly becoming the president of my dreams.  I began to feel smitten when he…

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Michael Hanson-Metayer: Watch out for a tragedy from the 1099-G incident

This commentary is by Michael Hanson-Metayer of South Burlington, an independent who says he does no lobbying and has no direct political affiliation. Many of the potential effects of the personal information leak created by the 1099-G processing errors are obvious and many people are extremely concerned about the status of their personal information. Rapid…

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