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Each week, VPR reaches out to local newspapers to talk with reporters about stories resonating in their communities. This week our guest is Madeline Clark, who covers issues in South Burlington and other nearby towns for The Other Paper.

People getting divorced often feel overwhelmed. And the pain of divorce can leave many vulnerable and wondering where to turn. That’s why the idea of “collaborative divorce” is gaining ground, a way to separate in a deliberate process outside of a courtroom and often mediated by lawyers, mental health professionals and others. We're talking about collaborative divorce and the help—legal, financial, and psychological—the process offers.

Castleton University is rolling out a new campus safety smartphone app. It's the second college in Vermont to employ an app connecting students directly to safety officials, as cell phones play an increasing role in colleges’ emergency communications.

It started with an incumbent goat. Then a canine challenger. And now Fair Haven's honorary mayor race could be any animal's game, perhaps a horse's, or even a hamster's.

In 2018, South Burlington resident Kate Bailey was out getting drinks with her coworkers. “We were talking about this question, about how we've never sent a woman to Congress in Vermont,” she says.

A national company operating several nursing homes in Vermont will pay more than $700,000 in fines and have more oversight under a settlement agreement with the state.

How important are so-called “moderate swing voters” in a presidential election? Some argue these voters are the key to winning, while others say energizing the base is the best way to secure victory. Coming up, we discuss new theories on swing voters and whether they'll be a central or nonexistent part of the 2020 campaign.

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Jeffrey Brace was a Vermont farmer , husband and father, a Revolutionary War veteran, and near the end of his life, a memoirist. Prior to all that, however, Brace -- who was born Boyrereau Brinch in West Africa -- was kidnapped by slave traders and sold, first in Barbados to a New England ship captain and later to a family in Connecticut.

A new poll of registered Vermont voters from VPR and Vermont PBS found respondents divided over whether state officials are doing enough to address climate change. But a majority don't want to increase taxes to tackle the problem.

A committee focused on policing reforms in Vermont's largest city recommends emphasizing de-escalation in the department’s use-of-force policy and improving civilian oversight of police.

VPR Newscast for 2/19/2020 at 12:04 p.m.

As lawmakers work to overhaul Act 250 — the state's main development review law — registered voters support easing environmental review for developments in Vermont's downtowns, according to a new VPR - Vermont PBS poll.

It’s been called the “birth dearth”: America’s slowed birth rate. And it’s shaking the world of higher education. On this Vermont Edition : low student enrollment, financial strain, and the future of Vermont’s college landscape . Brave Little State host Angela Evancie and reporter Amy Kolb Noyes tackle three listeners' college questions. Plus: a look at national trends in higher education. We check in with The Washington Post 's Danielle Douglas Gabriel.

Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan has announced there will be no criminal charges filed against four Rutland officers who exchanged gunfire with and killed the son of the city’s former mayor.

More than halfway into his second term, Gov. Phil Scott enjoys widespread popularity and a huge advantage over his potential Democratic rivals. And Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders appears poised to coast to victory in his home state's presidential primary. These are two of the big takeaways from a new VPR - Vermont PBS poll released Tuesday.