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A Vermont clean water activist has filed a lawsuit claiming Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. and Unilever, its corporate parent, use misleading marketing to make consumers believe its farmers protect the environment and their animals.

The Scott administration is gearing up to make key decisions about priorities for the coming year. The governor is focused on defining budget priorities, handling declining gas tax revenues, taking the next steps for a paid family leave plan and more. Gov. Phil Scott joins Vermont Edition to discuss these topics and much more.

Normally you hear Henry Epp hosting VPR's All Things Considered — but this week, Henry is in Iowa as the run-up to the caucus enters its final three months. Henry will be following the Bernie Sanders campaign this weekend as Sanders holds a number of events, including Friday's highly-touted "March To End Corporate Greed," plus gathering reaction from Iowans to Sanders' 2020 run.

Bats aren't scary — or they shouldn't be — and the population levels in Vermont seem to be stabilizing after huge die-offs caused by the fungal infection known as White Nose Syndrome.

Over the past 11 seasons of men's collegiate basketball, only eight Division I schools have won at least 20 games. Among that select group of teams is the University of Vermont.

Prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Montpelier police officer who fatally shot a man in August , saying the use of deadly force was justified because the man aimed what appeared to be a pistol at police.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its long-anticipated rules governing the cultivation of hemp across the country, but a Vermont Agency of Agriculture official said the federal proposal doesn't go far enough to support farmers.

Vermont is gearing up for the next big influx of tourists: ski season. For resorts around the state, that means adding hundreds of seasonal employees, but Vermont's aging population and low unemployment rate are adding to the challenge. That's led some resorts to offer generous benefits — retirement plans, health insurance, ski passes, housing — for entry-level positions like lift operators and parking attendants.

Fifty-five years ago, farmer Romaine Tenney set fire to his barns and farmhouse, with himself inside, after his land was seized by the state to make way for Interstate 91. Now Vermont is planning a permanent memorial to the Ascutney farmer. Vermont Edition spoke with authors and historians about how we remember Tenney and other farmers forced to sell their farms for the sake of development.

Each year, the Vermont Arts Council recognizes outstanding contributions to the arts with the Vermont Arts Awards . The awards are given to artists and performers, but also to educators, advocates, and volunteers who work to advance and uplift the arts in the state. Last week in Middlebury, the Arts Council celebrated the contributions of five Vermonters.

After months of silence, the developers of Burlington's downtown mall have released new preliminary plans for the CityPlace project. The major changes include reducing the maximum height of the project from 14 stories to 10 stories and adding a 175-room hotel.

In front of a crowd of 40 supporters on the Vermont Statehouse steps, political newcomer and conservative commentator John Klar announced Monday he’s running for Vermont's Republican gubernatorial nomination.

Dozens of schools and more than 80 child care centers in Vermont have tested positive for lead that exceeds the legal limits. Those are the results under new legislation requiring tests for lead at all schools and child care facilities in the state by December 2020. We're talking with state health and education officials about the testing and what happens when dangerous lead levels are detected.

The refiling of murder charges in a 2017 killing has become the center of a politicized debate: how should the state should handle people, who because of mental illness, can't be held criminally responsible for their actions?

The company that's tearing down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant hopes to use its experience to bid on similar jobs around the country. To do that, it's got to get the decommissioning process right in Vermont.