Last year, Vermont became the first state in the country to require older schools to test for the chemicals commonly used in building materials before 1980.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England, News
Vermont to pay $16.5 million to settle lawsuits by foreign investors in fraudulent ski development
The former owners of Jay Peak were accused of misusing more than half of about $400 million raised for ski area developments from foreign investors through a visa program that offered the investors a chance at permanent U.S. residency.
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Posted inNew England
Vermont museum is gifted a more than 200-piece collection of Native American art
A $12.6 million facility is planned to be built to house the pieces.
Posted inNew England, News
Vermont allows out-of-staters to use assisted suicide law
Vermont is 1 of 10 states that allow medically assisted suicide.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, New England
Vermont capital springs to life through poetry each April
Montpelier, the smallest capital city in the country, goes all out for National Poetry Month.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Cigarette butt, DNA tests solve 52-year-old Vermont murder
The case remained open and investigators never let it go, but in 2019, a team of detectives, officers, technicians and others began working the 1971 case as though it had just happened.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Vermont further extends warning after three ice fishing deaths
Vermont authorities have extended their warning for people to stay off the ice on Lake Champlain and to be cautious on other lakes following three recent deaths.
Posted inBusiness, New England, News
Organic livestock farmers, hit by rising prices, seek help
Organic dairy farmers are calling for emergency federal aid as they grapple with skyrocketing organic feed costs, steep fuel and utility expenses.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, Schools and Education
Vermont settles religious schools tuition lawsuits
The settlement follows a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said Maine schools cannot exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Vermont city’s shelter pods for homeless delayed until January
During the pandemic, Burlington has seen an explosion in the number of chronically homeless people.