VTDigger
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Vermont minimum wage set to rise
Vermont’s minimum wage will increase by 63 cents per hour on the first day of 2023, the Vermont Department of Labor announced last week.
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Scott signs pact for family leave
Three years after Gov. Phil Scott first signed a contract with state employees that would provide them with paid family and medical leave and anchor a voluntary program…
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Vermont eyes gas vehicle ban
State regulators are on the cusp of adopting a rule that would push Vermont’s market for new passenger cars to all-electric in a little more than a decade.
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Local students join in the snowplow-naming fun
Snowdemort, Snowbe Bryant and many more newly named snowplows will join the 163 previously named plows on the roads in Vermont’s upcoming blizzards.
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Opioid deaths already outpacing last year’s record numbers
Last year, Vermont recorded the highest number of opioid overdose deaths the state has ever seen — 210. This year could bring worse news if the latest numbers…
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In run for U.S. House, Madden takes on ‘broken’ 2-party system
In a rare open race for Vermont’s lone seat in the U.S. House, Republican nominee Liam Madden is an unlikely contender.
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Bivalent vaccine numbers are lagging
About 26,000 Vermonters have gotten the Omicron booster, putting the state on a slower pace than previous booster campaigns, according to data from the state Department of Health.
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Loan forgiveness criteria changes
On Sept. 30, Hannah Regier called the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, the state’s nonprofit lender, seeking information about student loan relief.
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Siegel challenges Scott’s record at debate
Facing off at a Sept. 29 debate in Burlington, Republican Gov. Phil Scott and his Democratic challenger, Brenda Siegel, offered voters two dramatically different narratives of Vermont’s political…
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Program to help Vermont businesses
Another program is launching to help Vermont businesses that are short on operating funds because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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VTrans funds microtransit programs
With the support of the Vermont Agency of Transportation, on-demand microtransit programs will launch next year in Middlebury and four other communities across the state.
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Regulator cuts hospital insurance rate increases
The Green Mountain Care Board trimmed commercial insurance rate increases at two University of Vermont Health Network hospitals Monday, drawing a sharp response from the state’s largest hospital…
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Data show that number of home investors surged in Vermont
The percentage of Vermont homes bought by investors more than doubled in 2021, according to data from a company that analyzes property information.
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Omicron boosters are coming
A new COVID-19 vaccine booster targeted at Omicron strains, called the bivalent vaccine, is coming to Vermont this week, according to the state Department of Health.
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Terminal patient and her doctor challenge Vermont’s aid-in-dying law
As she seeks to end her life through Vermont’s medical-aid-in-dying law, Lynda Bluestein faces one major obstacle: her ZIP code.
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Useful beetles are back in Vermont
In Vermont, 45 species of lady beetles have been identified, including 36 native species, but 12 have been missing from the state since the 1970s.