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State officials say a newly disclosed security breach involving Vermont Health Connect has not jeopardized the personal data of consumers. But a critic...
Governor Peter Shumlin is vowing to provide property tax relief to homeowners this year. It was expected the statewide property tax rate for education...
Conservation easements are legal agreements designed to protect land from development forever. But a bill under consideration in the Statehouse would...
We often hear from Senator Bernie Sanders regarding legislative issues in Washington that affect Vermont, but many political observers and Vermonters...
Public Post reports on the work Vermont town face in the wake of Town Meetings and the results of some Town Meeting Day votes. We also look ahead to...
Contract negotiations are scheduled for this weekend between the Chittenden County Transportation Authority management and the driver’s union. The...
The Shumlin Administration earlier this year promised to give lawmakers their first look at how Vermont might pay for single-payer health care. But the...
For some of us, spring can’t come too soon. But this cold winter has created the ideal conditions for making a sweet dessert beverage. It’s called ice...
The U.S. House has given its strong approval to legislation that could lower flood insurance rates for hundreds of Vermont homeowners. The proposal also...
Canadian regulators have announced that they will allow the reversal of a pipeline that some worry could bring tar sands oil from Alberta to Montreal....
With the shooting deaths of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Conn., still fresh on lawmakers’ minds, Linda Waite-Simpson figured the time was right last...
The New England Center for Circus Arts has been teaching and inspiring people of all ages since 1977. Now, the Brattleboro-based center looks toward the...
The world’s best known sled dog race, the Iditarod, got underway in Alaska last Sunday. And among the people who will be following that race closely...
In 1849, railroad workers in Charlotte found a skeleton that helped piece together Vermont’s geological history. The unlikely discovery of what’s come...
The city of Newport is poised for major economic development. But a lingering social problem seems to have gotten worse this winter. Community activists...
