Third time’s the charm: South Burlington school budget narrowly passes

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Vermont primary 2020: Voters head to the polls during the pandemic

Vermonters voted in the 2020 primary on Aug. 11, 2020. They had the option of mail-in ballots, but here’s what the stations looked like.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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COVID-19 in Vermont: 11 new cases today, and the latest on reopening

Here’s what you need to know today about COVID-19 in your community and throughout Vermont.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Gov. Scott weighs funding extra $400 unemployment benefits

An executive order signed by Trump would provide benefits to laid off workers, as long as state governments pays a quarter of the weekly payments.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington City Council creates reparations task force; fails to override veto

Mark Hughes, director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, speaks at a press conference in Burlington in July. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger Mark Hughes, the director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, praised the council for taking the first step in passing the Racial Justice Resolution June 30, which acknowledges racism is a citywide public…

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Burlington weighs ‘robust legal action’ against Brookfield

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UVM balks at mayor’s suggested reopening changes

UVM President Suresh Garimella. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger “Our COVID-19 testing protocol is more aggressive than any college in the state of Vermont, and one of the most aggressive in the entire nation,” Garimella wrote. Garimella said the school’s testing protocols “have already proven successful.” Of the 1,157 tests the school has conducted on…

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Rebound of ospreys in Vermont continues after decades of decline

Rescued from the endangered list in Vermont, fish-eating ospreys now proliferate along local lakes and ponds.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington American Reds seize city’s Little League championship

The Burlington American Reds captured the city’s Little League championship with a 6-3 win on Saturday.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Gov. Phil Scott: There will be high school fall sports in Vermont in 2020

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says fall sports can happen but warns that some activities will “look much different” this year.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Nancy Welch: A debate challenge to UVM admin

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Nancy Welch, of South Burlington, who is a professor of English at the University of Vermont and author of “A Semester to Die For.”  Recently the University of Vermont’s Lawrence Debate Union invited the administration to formally debate the question “Are UVM’s Proposed Cuts and Campus Reopening Plans Necessary…

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Fundraising in Chittenden Senate race surges ahead of primary

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Don Keelan: Too many entities have authority without accountability

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Keelan, a retired certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. Once again, the Vermont Legislature is about to create another autonomous council: the Vermont Climate Council. The difference here is that the VCC will touch everyone’s lives and have unprecedented power and independence. Over the last few decades,…

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Welch faces single challenger in Vermont Democratic primary

Welch, 73, who has served in Congress since 2007, is being challenged by activist Ralph “Carajou” Corbo, 63, of Wallingford.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Grace Potter puts on a concert at the drive-in, complete with blaring car horns

Waitsfield-born musician performs her first drive-in concert as she aims to celebrate music fans in a time of COVID-19 making best of a bad situation         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Trump signs executive orders enacting $400 unemployment benefit, payroll tax cut after coronavirus stimulus talks stall

Trump’s order enacts a $400 weekly federal unemployment benefit, less than the $600 benefit that expired at the end of July.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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SCOV tosses no-stalking order against Stowe-based GOP political operative

Stuart Stevens at home in Morristown on Feb. 12, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont Supreme Court has thrown out a 2019 temporary no-stalking order against a Stowe-based Republican political strategist and writer. In 2018, Stowe resident Paige Hinkson, the wife of former Inntopia COO Craig DeLuca, filed a civil stalking complaint against fellow…

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EB-5 fraud trial moved back; Stenger’s lawyers push to grill Quiros

Bill Kelly arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Federal regulators have since termed that project “nearly a complete fraud.”  McArthur and David Williams, Stenger’s attorneys, are objecting to a provision of the proposed plea deal worked…

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State launches $12 million child care relief grant program

Let’s Grow Kids CEO Aly Richards speaks at a Statehouse press conference. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Betsy Bishop, the president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, says she hopes the program is able to be streamlined. “With our experience with the grant programs for other businesses, I would encourage this grant program to be done…

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Ariel Quiros, former Jay Peak owner, to plead guilty in Vermont fraud case

Quiros has signed a plea agreement admitting a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and the concealment of material information.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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BLM flag raising marks launch of Winooski anti-racism campaign; effort has raised over $15k

Over 50 Winooski businesses and organizations gave their support to the campaign’s efforts.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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COVID-19 in Vermont: Six new cases today, and the latest on reopening

Here’s what you need to know today about COVID-19 in your community and throughout Vermont.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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