On this day in history, the closing of a copper mine and the start of a long environmental cleanup.
A new bill seeks to make it easier for Vermonters to plant vegetable gardens on properties with pushback.
An annual meeting of U.S. governors at the White House has been cancelled.
Vermont lawmakers want to do away with yearly car inspections and instead want to require them every two years.
In Vermont’s Legislature, much of the real power comes into play in small, cramped committee rooms where legislators gather around conference tables and observers squeeze shoulder to shoulder on hard benches. It’s wielded by committee chairs, the lawmakers who decide how time is spent on bills and whose voices are heard.
State leaders are touting the success of a special court in Chittenden County aimed at clearing a judicial backlog and connecting offenders with treatment.