With Vermont set to pay $31 million in incentives for districts that agreed to merge under the state’s education consolidation law, critics of Act 46 say the payouts are unfair and hurt poor rural areas.
In this episode of Vote for Vermont, co-hosts Pat McDonald and Ben Kinsley interview Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer on how to hold state government accountable.
A key puzzle piece to curbing Vermont’s opioid epidemic has emerged just across the Connecticut River at Dartmouth College.
Activist and author Mark Bray has made headlines across the nation for his statements defending violent tactics by the black-clad, masked activist group Antifa. Now he’s bringing that controversy storm to Burlington.
Leaders in Swanton are declaring victory following news that Swanton Wind has withdrawn its application for a seven-turbine project expected to generate 20 megawatts of power, or enough electricity for an estimated 7,800 homes.
The Bellows Falls Board of Trustees on Tuesday decided to disband its municipal fire department, and now the village is assessing how to create a chief-and-on-call format like many other departments in the state.
With a new company set to take over Burlington Telecom and the Federal Communications Commission about to decide the fate of net neutrality, one city councilor says he’s worried that Obama-era internet regulations might not exist much longer for Vermont’s largest city.
In an interview with True North Reports, Thomas Anderson reiterated that he sees a correlation between legalization and deadly highway accidents in reports analyzing marijuana states.
Gun Sense Vermont founder Ann Braden is stepping aside as leader of the state’s leading gun control organization, and has entered the Emerge Vermont program that trains women to be Democratic candidates for office.
The Vermont Medical Society has released a list of about a half-dozen priorities for the upcoming 2018 legislative session, and some of those aims are likely to stir robust debate at the Statehouse.
Environmentalists unveiled the “Essex Plan” at the Energy Action Network annual meeting at Champlain College last week in Burlington.
Newly elected chair of the Vermont Republican party Deb Billado and re-elected vice-chair Brady Toensing recently talked with True North Reports about the direction of the party and its agenda.