Vermont rebuilds after hurricane flooding, exactly a year after previous flood swept through state
Vermont Governor Phil Scott said it would take several more days to assess the flood damage caused by Hurricane Beryl, but praised Vermonters for their resilience. Scott said Vermont is better equipped to handle the impacts of a hurricane after learning lessons from the devastating flooding it experienced a year ago. More than six inches […]
Vermont agrees to $175K payout over arrest of man who flipped off trooper
The Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that the state has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was charged with giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by the ACLU of Vermont on behalf of Gregory […]
Vermont lawmaker Mary Morrissey apologizes after getting caught on cam pouring water in Jim Carroll bag
A Vermont Republican lawmaker was caught on hidden camera repeatedly pouring water on a Democratic lawmaker’s tote bag and issued an awkward apology on the House floor Monday. State Rep. Mary Morrissey said she was “truly embarrassed” by the childish way she targeted State Rep. Jim Carroll, who has handled wet plastic bags multiple times […]
Vermont high school students gossiped about sex lives of peers, faculty
A Vermont high school student is under fire for using a social media app targeted at Gen Z students to anonymously mock a classmate with a disability and make speculations about others’ sexual orientation, according to reports. FizzSocial, a private message board founded by two Stanford University students that billed it as “an uplifting digital […]
Vermont couples barred from fostering children because of their Christian beliefs on sexuality, says lawsuit
Brian Wooty of Vermont is a Baptist pastor and high school math teacher. He and his wife of 14 years, Caitlin Wooty, host a biweekly women’s Bible study and homeschool their five children. The couple first became foster parents in 2014, and later adopted two brothers who have become “vital” parts of their family. Michael […]
Vermont Gov. Scott vetoes ‘safe injection site’ proposal
Vermont’s governor vetoed a bill that would have allowed the state’s largest city, Burlington, to open a pilot overdose prevention center, including a safe injection site where people could use drugs under the supervision of trained staff and be resuscitated if they overdosed. Republican Gov. Phil Scott wrote in a letter to lawmakers Thursday that […]
Vermont becomes first state to require oil companies to pay for climate change damage
Vermont, under its Republican governor, Phil Scott, will become the first state in the nation to require oil companies to pay compensation for the effects of climate change. The new bill becomes law Without his signature. The state’s Climate Superfund law is modeled after the federal Superfund law and seeks to impose penalties for emissions […]
Vermont Becomes First State to Force Oil Companies to Pay for ‘Climate Change’
Vermont’s Republican governor allowed his state to become the first to require oil companies to pay “climate change related costs” without his signature, passing the bill despite his own hesitations about the policy. 259 yearsThe bill passed by Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Thursday would establish a method for assessing liability for greenhouse gas-related costs […]
Parents of baby found dead on Vermont roadside in 1982 will not face charges
More than 40 years after children waiting for a school bus discovered a baby’s body on the side of the road in Vermont, state police have found the baby’s parents and announced that they will not be filing charges. The dead infant was found in Northfield on April 1, 1982, state police said Wednesday. Investigators […]
Vermont Christian parents say they were punished by foster system over transgender stance
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