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This week at the Statehouse, five young people who grew up in foster care testified before legislative committees. The youth were in Montpelier to share...

Since winning the governor’s seat in 2010, Peter Shumlin has pledged to make Vermont the first state in the country with a single-payer health care...

The president of Vermont Technical College is stepping down. The announcement by Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Tim Donovan comes as VTC continues to...

A group of residents from towns along New Hamsphire's Seacoast are fighting a proposal to bring propane through town by rail. For 36 years the Newington...

I first met Lance Rice last May, on the day before the 23-year old was scheduled to move from his mother's apartment in Turners Falls to a rehab program...

The preliminary results of Senator Bill Doyle’s Town Meeting Day survey show very strong support for a number of bills that expand the role of state...

Burlington School officials are presenting the city’s school board with a wide range of cost-cutting measures this week in an effort to rework the...

March’s long stretch of cold, snowy weather is not just a skier and snowmobiler’s delight; it’s a boon for loggers. The weather has extended the busiest...

Last year, the Vermont Legislature approved the use of medication called Narcan that can prevent drug users from dying of an overdose. The Health...

An environmental advocacy group is challenging how energy policy is coordinated by New England's six governors. The Conservation Law Foundation has...

It's easy to find goat milk and goat cheese in Vermont. Goat meat, not so much. That makes it hard for members of the state's refugee population. The...

Public Post reports on Vermont's Open Sugarhouse Weekend; the prevalence of potholes in many towns, including Warren; a public art project in...

Smokers in Vermont could soon be paying more for a pack of cigarettes, as House leaders eye a 50 cent per pack tax increase to help pay for several...

This weekend, sugarhouses around Vermont are welcoming visitors for their annual open house weekend. But it appears there won’t be much sap boiling....

There’s an experiment beginning in the Upper Valley: three communities are in the midst of a blitz attempting to double the number of solar panels in...