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Rebecca Bussard waits outside the Quality Inn in Colchester after she was evicted on Thursday. Photo by Patrick Crowley/VTDigger

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After last-ditch legal effort fails, hundreds of unhoused Vermonters are evicted from motel program

Jun 01, 2023

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Phil Scott allows gun control bill to go into law without his signature

Jun 01, 2023

The new law is lawmakers’ attempt to reform the centuries-old office of county sheriff, from which multiple scandals emerged over the past year. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Vermont

Newly signed law seeks more transparency, accountability in Vermont sheriffs’ departments

May 31, 2023

Vermont

City of Burlington will settle police use-of-force lawsuit

May 30, 2023

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New laws make changes at the intersection of criminal justice and health care

May 30, 2023

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Gov. Phil Scott speaks to the state Senate during adjournment at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, May 12, 2023. File photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger

Vermont

Phil Scott vetoes Vermont’s $8.5B state budget, House Speaker calls for state of emergency

May 27, 2023

Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill containing more than a dozen measures to combat the state’s record opioid-related deaths and to support addiction treatment and recovery. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Vermont

Phil Scott signs overdose prevention legislation into law

May 25, 2023

In a civil lawsuit, Michael Lewis alleges Mike Lyon, who recently returned as superintendent of the Southern State Correctional Facility after he was cleared in an unspecified misconduct investigation, prevented him from reporting alleged sexual abuse by a corrections officer. File photo by Phoebe Sheehan/VTDigger

Vermont

Incarcerated man alleges Springfield prison superintendent ignored report of sexual abuse by officer

May 24, 2023

John Adams of Adams Apple Orchard & Farm Market in Williston mows between the trees of his apple orchard on Wednesday, May 24. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

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Hard frost threatens crops and the farmworkers who tend them across Vermont

May 24, 2023

Vermont

2 troopers cited on misdemeanor charges of simple assault, reckless endangerment after projectile incident

May 22, 2023

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Mental health disparities among Vermont children are clear in youth survey

May 22, 2023

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Vermont Democrats pushed through major firearms legislation this year. Will it hold up in court?

May 19, 2023

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Lead service pipes. Photo courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency via the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

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Vermont begins process to find and remove lead lines from public drinking water

May 18, 2023

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Mike St. Pierre at the Turning Point Center of Rutland in March. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Vermont

‘They’re helping me save the rest of my life’: Rutland organization helps incarcerated people find sobriety and rebuild their lives

May 18, 2023

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United Academics, which represents roughly 700 faculty members, says that the University of Vermont administration increased workloads without a corresponding pay bump. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Vermont

UVM faculty union alleges unfair labor practice over switch to new educational software

May 16, 2023

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Burlington City Councilor Zoraya Hightower, P-Ward 1, in December 2019. Hightower proposed a resolution, passed by the council on Monday night, the seeks to explore responses to an anticipated rise in homelessness following the end of the state’s motel voucher program this summer. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

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‘A storm coming’: Burlington City Council braces for the end of hotel voucher programs

May 15, 2023

Patrick Crowley/VTDigger

Menelaos Symeonides, left, and Carrie Pratt at home in Williston on Tuesday, May 9. Both of them had Covid and Menelaos still has long Covid symptoms. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Vermont

3 years into the pandemic, Vermonters are still getting — and struggling with — long Covid

May 12, 2023

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Thousands more than expected died in Vermont during the pandemic. Research points to delayed care, isolation and uncounted Covid deaths.

May 11, 2023

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