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
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
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…
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…
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…
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
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
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
Chloe Learey: Yes, we are open for child care
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Chloe Learey, who is the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development in Brattleboro and who serves on the Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council. The end of July marked two months that our Early Learning Center at Winston Prouty has been re-opened since closing…
Rick Hubbard: It’s time for ranked-choice voting
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rick Hubbard, who is a native Vermonter, retired attorney and former economic consultant, now living in South Burlington. In deciding how to vote in our Aug. 11 primary election, many of us are faced with a dilemma. It’s due to our widespread use of plurality voting in which the…
Nate Denny: What is required of an empire?
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Nate Denny, a former woodworker and teacher from Northfield. In order for a people to become a nation, a government establishes rules that concentrate wealth and power for the betterment of overall health and welfare. For a nation to become an empire, other nations are subjugated to the will…
Here’s how Vermont educators are advocating for a diversity of perspectives in the classroom
Programs such as “Presenting Abenaki Culture in the Classroom” and “Windows to a Multicultural World” are creating resources and lesson plans for Vermont teachers. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Grace Potter wants to be ‘inviting the good’ with drive-in shows in Vermont, Northeast
Musician who grew up in Waitsfield had ‘big roll-out’ tour canceled when pandemic began, then reinvented self to fans with livestream performances Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
COVID-19 in Vermont: Latest on fall sports, school reopenings and case counts
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
As UVM move-in looms, testing plan does little to quell Burlington’s concerns
A view inside the Waterman building on University of Vermont campus in Burlington on June 6, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A testing plan released by the University of Vermont last week has done little to quell community concerns about bringing nearly 10,000 students back to Burlington, despite earning cautious praise from some experts. Public…
Matt Krauss: Spread the state government through Vermont
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Matt Krauss, of Stowe, who is a happily retired state employee and a former Vermont legislator. I worked for Vermont state government for over 30 years — in five different communities and from my home. Much of state government, its departments and agencies, are largely based in a few…
Betsy Bishop & Aly Richards: Vermont could lead in remote work
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Betsy Bishop, of East Montpelier, who is the president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, and Aly Richards, of Montpelier, the CEO of Let’s Grow Kids. When we look years ahead, how do we picture Vermont? Where are our workplaces centered, where are our homes in relation to our…
Investigation into Black Lives Matter mural vandalism closed following suspect’s death
To identify the suspect, DNA from spray cans found nearby the mural were brought to the Vermont State Crime Lab for analysis. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
COVID-19 in Vermont: State reports another fatality, more than 100k tested to date
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
Rice Memorial High School students can access state-funded college courses, court says
High school students at religious schools may also enroll for free in courses at Vermont public colleges, a federal court ordered Wednesday. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Hospitals cite Covid as they ask for more revenue, bigger budgets
Kevin Mullin, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Green Mountain Care Board will hold hearings this month and make a decision on the budget requests next month, but hospitals won’t necessarily get more money. Each must then negotiate a higher rate with insurance companies. Those figures aren’t public, but…
Rutland County school district announces all-remote fall
Students in the Mill River school district will not be returning to in-classroom learning this fall. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger The Mill River Unified Union School District has announced students will not be returning to classrooms in September or October, although officials are leaving open the possibility of opening for in-person learning later in the…
