While there’s promise for electric vehicles touted last week by Gov. Phil Scott and representatives from the automobile and electric utilities industries, experts say numerous hurdles must be overcome if the cars are to challenge the combustion engine’s dominance.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants another 60,000 acres of northeast Vermont, and so far the state’s leaders are expressing reservations about the giant land grab.
President Donald Trump has released his tax reform plan, and in a rare display of party unity, Vermont Republicans seem to be strongly behind their leader.
With much of the nation abuzz about NFL players kneeling to protest America’s national anthem and flag, some Vermont politicians say they endorse “taking a knee.”
Secretary of State Jim Condos on Wednesday gave his first presentation in the fourth biennial statewide Transparency Tour, a 12-stop trip around the state to provide information about public meeting law and public records requests.
Former state Attorney General William Sorrell bucked a day in court Wednesday, failing to appear for a scheduled deposition regarding a private email account he is suspected of using for his work with AGs United for Clean Power.
At the first marijuana commission meeting held to find a path to recreational pot smoking in Vermont, lawmakers and police appeared divided on whether legalization is inevitable.
Vermont’s Refugee Resettlement Program has requested 100 more Syrian and Iraqi refugees to be sent to Rutland, and so far local residents are quiet about whether they plan to oppose the move.
Of the three finalists left bidding for Burlington Telecom, all three are committed to former President Barack Obama’s net neutrality policy — a stance, critics say, could hurt consumers and innovation.
The state’s land use and development law has been on the books for almost a half century, and now a new commission is going back to the drawing board to see what the next 50 years should bring.
The Vermont Department of Labor has announced that the state unemployment rate for August is just 3 percent, about the lowest in the past decade. However, that standard statistic leaves out a significant percentage of Vermonters who aren’t working for one reason or another.
Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe has announced the results for the 2016-2017 Smarter Balanced Assessments for math and English, and according to the Agency of Education, student scores have dipped since last year.