Student concerns about the university’s commencement speaker will also be discussed by school leadership, according to a UVM spokesperson.
Read the story on VTDigger here: UVM agrees to disclose investments in response to pro-Palestinian protesters.
May 29 th is National 529 Savings Day. Start small and dream big with VT529, Vermont’s official
savings plan, as you prepare for your children’s future education.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Grow your kids’ opportunities this May with VT529.
More housing and more people can make Vermont more affordable.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Kevin Chu and Amy Spear: Eclipsing 802,000, making Vermont a destination for a lifetime.
I am hopeful at this crisis moment that the governor and others will come out and show their commitment to public education.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Ryan Heraty: Where is the equity?.
Algorithm race adjustments overlook the causes of disparity and result in the directing of care away from patients who need it, thus perpetuating a system of injustice.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Imogene Drakes, Dr. Rebecca Jones and the NAACP Health Justice Committee: Fixing racist algorithms in medicine .
The 40-year-old from Brandon is the daughter of novelist Abigail Stone and granddaughter of the late poet Ruth Stone, who held the state position from 2007 to 2011.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Third-generation writer Bianca Stone named Vermont’s new poet laureate.
The ability of farmers and loggers to independently repair equipment hinges on quick action on a bill that hung on the committee wall for almost a year.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Final Reading: Right to repair resuscitated in Senate agriculture committee.
Xylazine, a powerful sedative making its way into the drug supply, causes severe skin wounds prone to infection.
Read the story on VTDigger here: 900% increase in blood infections at UVM Medical Center likely due to opioids cut with animal tranquilizer, study finds.
With the sale of the Millers’ herd, Windsor County is down to just 17 dairy operations, from 84 in 1997.
Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘A very hard way to make a living’: Herd departs Hartford’s last remaining dairy farm.
Tuesday’s 9-19 vote was the first time in recent memory that the body rejected a nominee for a cabinet-level position.
Read the story on VTDigger here: After Vermont Senate refuses to confirm Zoie Saunders, Phil Scott names her interim education secretary.
The vast majority of housing, like the vast majority of goods and services in our economy, is produced by for-profit companies.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Ali Jalili: ‘Profiteering developers’ are our friends.
As we move forward, let’s continue to champion policies that uphold this vision and approach changes like the Excess Spending Threshold with a careful, equity-focused perspective.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Clare Wool: Let’s not halt progress toward a more equitable educational landscape.
Failure to put in place common sense steps to limit the neonicotinoid pollution that threatens our children is simply inexcusable.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Drs. Deborah Hirtz, Barbara Frankowski and James Metz: Vermont should protect children from toxic pesticides.
Great Gulf of Canada is proposing a new slopeside village as part of a larger plan to bring up to 2,300 housing units and $3 billion in capital investment to the area in the next 25 years.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Killington is the East’s largest ski resort. A developer wants to expand on that in a big way..
Barron lent his legislative expertise and skills to a number of issues involving the nation’s rural landscape.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Daniel Smith: A tribute to Ed Barron.
He enjoyed and excelled in athletics, and was an inspiring educator and coach in Westwood, Mass., where he served as the district’s Health and Wellness Director.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Timothy J. Chant.
On Monday, students at the University of Vermont called for further protest if the school did not cancel its commencement speaker, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
Read the story on VTDigger here: As UVM pro-Palestinian encampment enters 2nd day, protesters call for action at commencement.
The Vermont Intelligence Center said two other locations in the country received similar threats through the same phone number.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Statehouse locks doors after receiving shooting threat.
Aline lived a full and rich life. She was always learning something new, expanding her artistic nature through poetry (she loved Robert Frost) and coloring.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Aline Harter.
“To engage in a conspiracy that ended up luring him to that site in Hinesburg for what was an execution killing is about as bad as it gets,” the judge told Kory George as he sentenced him Monday.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Former Bristol man gets 18 years in prison for plotting with mother to kill his stepfather.
As someone who nearly died from a life-threatening disease largely because these prior authorizations kept standing in the way of care, I know what it means to be on the receiving end of this chokehold.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Walter Carpenter: I support H.766 for the sake of physicians and patients.
The move comes as a growing number of senators have signaled opposition to Saunders’ confirmation. In a letter to lawmakers, Gov. Scott specifically called out Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman for sharing what he referred to as “erroneous” information.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Citing ‘toxic’ debate, Phil Scott calls on Senate to delay vote on Zoie Saunders for education secretary.
Environmental protection and environmental justice are past due for the Lake Memphremagog watershed and its inhabitants.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Peggy Stevens: What new EPA rules mean for Lake Memphremagog and the Coventry landfill.
Unfortunately, the governor’s record on civil rights and civil liberties during the 2023-24 biennium is profoundly disappointing.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Stephanie Gomory: On civil liberties, Gov. Scott gets a failing grade .
All work to protect these very special lakes and their watersheds has stalled because of an antiquated limitation on the design capacity of septic systems.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Pat Suozzi: Pass S.146 this year to protect Vermont’s most pristine lakes.
The institute, its partners and others in the sustainability industry see the practice — dubbed “peecycling” — as a cheap, easy and less-destructive method than synthetic fertilizer.
Read the story on VTDigger here: The future of fertilizer? Pee, says this Brattleboro institute..
Roughly six months into Israel’s invasion of Gaza, many American universities have erupted in protest.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Pro-Palestinian protest encampments spring up at the University of Vermont, Middlebury College.
We needed some time to begin healing and to rethink the Morningside program in the broader context of significant changes that we have been implementing across all of Groundworks services.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Libby Bennett and Rita Ramirez: Groundworks reimagines Morningside House.
This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “Carefree honeybee,” by Astrid Longstreth, 14, of West Bolton. Artwork is “Imagine,” a chalk drawing by Grace Weinstein, from the YWP Media Library.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Young Writers Project: ‘Carefree honeybee’.
Schubart rightly advocates for youth to have more voice and agency but misses out on some vital work being done already by our youth through the Vermont State Youth Council.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Rep. Mike Mrowicki: Mr. Schubart, please learn about the Vermont State Youth Council.