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A band of day-trading internet users on the popular website Reddit have pummeled Wall Street by gobbling up the stock of GameStop, a brick-and-mortar video game retail chain. Many Redditors grabbed the stock for just a few dollars before it skyrocketed in value to more than $300 a share. Their gain was nothing but pain for some hedge funds and others on Wall Street. But what’s motivating these rebel investors?

Updated 4:35 p.m. Heavy snow is continuing to fall across parts of the region, as a slow-moving winter storm makes its way through the Northeast.

The spread of new COVID-19 variants has brought new questions for state and federal health officials, especially when it comes to mask-wearing. Like, does a single mask really provide enough protection? Or is it better to double up? In our weekly health update, we put these and other questions to the Vermont Department of Health, and we get the latest on vaccine registration and administration in Vermont.

When lawmakers passed Act 46 they knew it would probably lead to some small schools closing. They also knew that the law, which encouraged school districts to merge, would kick up some tough discussions about education equity and property taxes.

The border between the U.S. and Canada has been closed to most traffic for more than 10 months due to the coronavirus pandemic, but there is one group of people who have continued to cross it regularly throughout that time: truck drivers.

For years, people have been sounding the alarm about Vermont's unfunded pension liabilities. Now State Treasurer Beth Pearce is recommending a reduction in pension benefits for teachers and state employees. She says this is necessary to keep the state's pension fund solvent. This hour, Pearce explains her recommendations and we hear from the state employees and teachers unions.

With thousands flocking to the slopes from states with high rates of infection, Vermont’s 1,300 registered ski patrollers – like everyone else – are having to figure out how to do their job safely.

With Amtrak service on the way, one Vermont select board is now considering what to do with its historic train depot building, which, where it currently sits, is 14 feet too close to the tracks.

Some 860 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine feared spoiled at Springfield Hospital have been deemed safe to use. So what happened?

Act 250, the state's main development review law, turned 50-years-old last year, and critics, including Gov. Phil Scott, say the law is showing its age. Scott signed an executive order this month, saying it will bring more consistency for developers. But some lawmakers are pushing back.

After nearly two months off, colleges across Vermont are preparing to resume in-person classes — some as early as Feb. 1. Coronavirus numbers have soared around the country during the break, but state and college leaders say the protocols that worked in the fall, with some tweaks, will work again.

It came. It went. And now, on Town Meeting Day, voters in Burlington will decide whether to reinstate ranked-choice voting. This hour, we weigh the pros and cons of ranked-choice voting, and we answer your questions.

There are now two vaccines approved for emergency use in the United States to fight the coronavirus. Both require two doses, spaced about 21 days apart. Public health experts want to get as many shots into as many arms as possible to achieve widespread immunity, but they must first overcome vaccine hesitancy, suspicion and other obstacles. So why not just pay people to get vaccinated?

The state of Vermont opened its first COVID-19 vaccine clinics for the public Wednesday, giving shots to Vermonters aged 75 and older.

Town clerks across Vermont are worried that a legal dispute over access to municipal land records could force them to abandon public health protocols meant to slow the spread of COVID-19.