Gov. Phil Scott urged lawmakers to heed the message that voters sent in November and work with him to lower the cost of living for Vermonters fed up with higher taxes and fees. During his fifth ...

At a weekend caucus that drew about 100 participants, Burlington Progressives nominated three candidates to run for city council this March. The races for the four "district" seats — which are ...

Last summer, 29-year-old Alex Reid found himself at a career crossroads. The St. Albans resident had worked in tree service and as a FedEx delivery driver in the years since he'd graduated from ...

Last year, the legislature created the Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont and gave it an ambitious task: to develop a more sustainable, affordable and equitable vision for ...

Last winter, Debbie Phelps carried pepper spray whenever she left her Decker Towers apartment. The corridors inside the low-income high-rise had become a magnet for the drug trade and squatters ...

The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that the Slate Valley Unified School District is not required to publicly release documents related to the use of restraint and seclusion in its schools.

In an attempt to rein in her outspoken police chief, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak signed an executive order on Wednesday mandating that all Burlington Police Department press releases be sent to her ...

Democrats took a drubbing at the polls last fall, and leaders face challengers for key positions when the new session convenes on January 8. Voters may have called for sweeping change in the ...

Since 2014, Vermont has hosted a burlesque festival akin to one you might find in Las Vegas. The five-day extravaganza features performers flown in from as far as Australia, a black-tie red carpet ...

When Inua Ellams introduced his one-man show Search Party in New York City last January, he informed the audience that its success depended on them. "If it is brilliant it is because of your word ...

A group of Barre City residents, frustrated at a city council decision to help a local business group buy a derelict building, has filed an open meetings complaint in an effort to stop the ...

Shelburne native Lena Ashooh is headed to Oxford University next fall on a Rhodes Scholarship, a competitive program that provides up to three years of study at one of the most prestigious ...