Lauding the state’s ban on so-called revenge porn — the disclosure of sexual images without the subject’s consent — Vermont Solicitor General Benjamin Battles praised the state Supreme Court for upholding the law.
Read moreOutstripping a 14-year-old among other contenders in Vermont’s primary race on Tuesday, Christine Hallquist became the nation’s first transgender candidate from a major political party to earn a gubernatorial nomination.
Read moreVermont’s capital city is trying a natural way to get rid of poison ivy — grazing goats.
Read moreVermont does not trample the First Amendment by giving politicians the option to engage in unlimited private fundraising or to collect public funds so long as they meet certain restrictions, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreProducers of pure maple syrup and honey aren’t sweet on a plan to label their pure natural products as containing added sugars.
Read moreA new law banning high-capacity ammunition magazines in Vermont has drawn a court challenge, with two gun shops, a lobbyist and a group of competitive shooters claiming that the measure is unconstitutional.
Read moreAn 18-year-old who has been jailed since he was charged with plotting a mass shooting at his former high school in February will face a bail hearing Tuesday.
Read moreVermont’s Republican governor signed three unprecedented bills Wednesday afternoon to tighten the state’s gun laws.
Read moreAuthorities say a woman who was chasing her dog on Interstate 95 after she wrecked her car has been killed. Her dog was also struck and killed.
Read moreWith admittedly “mixed emotions,” Vermont’s Republican governor signed a first-of-its-kind bill Monday legalizing recreational marijuana in the Green Mountain State.
Read moreThe state Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would allow the recreational use of marijuana, putting Vermont on course to become the first state in the country to legalize pot by an act of the Legislature rather than through a citizen referendum.
Read moreThe two women beside me on the flight from Vermont to Denver were having a good time, on a business junket to Palm Springs. We hit it off and were yokking it up even before they ordered their bloody Marys on the morning flight.
Read moreEmily Martyn is an uncommon young woman facing a common problem: What do you do when you love the place where you grew up, with its clean air, clean water, beautiful hillsides and good schools, but there just aren’t many opportunities in a small town?
Read moreRemote areas of Vermont still lack reliable internet and cable connections, and Comcast has sued the state in Federal Court, saying it is wrongfully trying to force the company to bear costs of a multimillion-dollar expansion if it wants to keep operating there.
Read more“I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable people. They are a race of pioneers who have almost beggared themselves to serve others. If the spirit of liberty should vanish in other parts of the Union, and support of our institutions should languish, it could all be replenished from the generous store held by the people of this brave little state of Vermont.”
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On his last day in office Thursday, Gov. Peter Shumlin learned that the Vermont Supreme Court will not let him appoint a justice to fill a state supreme court seat that will not become vacant until April 1.
Read moreIn a photographic negative of the U.S. Supreme Court shenanigans in Congress, the Vermont Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether its Democratic governor can appoint the replacement of a sitting justice set to retire in March.
Read moreThe Vermont Supreme Court upheld the firing of a state employee whose gross misconduct as a juror on a capital-murder trial led to the reversal of a guilty verdict.
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