On Tuesday’s Vermont Edition program, James Lyall, executive director of the ACLU of Vermont, and Liam Elder-Connors, a Vermont Public crime reporter, discussed crime trends in Burlington — and said crime may not be rising as much as residents think.
A world-renowned physicist-turned-public speaker on election integrity matters, Dr. Douglas G. Frank, is coming to South Burlington on Jan. 14 to speak on issues concerning how to protect and improve our elections.
In the upcoming legislative session, House Republicans will have just 38 representatives to oppose a slew of progressive policies planned by Vermont’s majority Democrats. This presents an extraordinary challenge for state Rep. Pattie McCoy, R-Poultney, the House minority leader.
The U.S. Border Patrol last week helped save the lives of unsuccessful northern border crossers who attempted to cross into the United States in cold temperatures in Vermont and New York.
Vermonters both liberal and conservative expressed their views Tuesday night regarding a proposed education equity policy and related free speech issues at Milton High School.
The governor announced Tuesday that the state has hired The Hartford to set up a new Vermont Family and Medical Leave Insurance Plan, which is being pitched as a voluntary paid family and medical leave program to be fully implemented by 2025.
“Our majorities were strengthened in the House and the Senate,” Sen. Phil Baruth said. “If Vermonters really believed that we weren’t protecting their wallets, that they were at risk financially for putting us in office, they would have reduced our majorities, not strengthened them.”
Federal, state and local police carried out a major drug bust in Springfield last week, and a one-man, two-day crime spree spanning Vermont and New Hampshire finally came to an end on Nov. 23 in Burlington.
Over the recent week, environmentalists are upset at the extent of logging operations, Montpelier’s old water pipes are failing fast, and a new survey reveals public discontent with Barre’s pre-K-12 school district.
Speaking at his weekly press conference Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott focused on infrastructure and economic development while standing in front of the remodeling project of the Fairbanks Museum.
The three candidates running for Burlington City Council in the upcoming special election met to debate issues on Tuesday, and each made the case for having the right viewpoints to represent the city’s East District.
During Thanksgiving, as Vermonters faced record-high travel and fuel costs, the state announced two steps to nudge Vermonters out of gas-powered cars and into electric vehicles.