Vermont lawmakers want state-owned prisons off limits to federal immigration authorities

After the high-profile arrest of Vermont resident Mohsen Mahdawi on Monday, Democratic leaders in the Vermont Senate are asking Republican Gov. Phil Scott to terminate a memorandum that allows federal immigration authorities to lodge detainees in state …

Vermont waiting to hear more on federal LIHEAP staff being laid off

Two weeks after the entire staff overseeing a widely used home heating fuel assistance program were laid off, those who administer the program on the state level are without answers as to what happens next. According to The Associated Press, the people who …

Snapchat sued in connection with Vermont child sexual abuse case

Laura Marquez-Garrett, an attorney with the Social Media Victims Law Center, testifies before the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, April 8. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe parents of two …

Vermont Senate leaders urge Gov. Phil Scott to terminate state agreement with federal immigration officials

3 days and 689 members left to go! Will you help us defend the truth? Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth, D/P-Chittenden Central, speaks to reporters in his office in the Statehouse in Montpelier alongside Senate Majority Leader Kesha Ram …

Central Vermont farmer deals with emu escape

BERLIN, Vt. (WCAX) - A pair of flightless birds ruffled feathers in central Vermont Tuesday after they escaped their farm. “To me, that was the best place to spend the summer, running around on the farm,” said Janine Manninen, who just moved to her new …

Following Trump’s anti-DEI funding threat, Vermont certifies compliance — with a big asterisk

In response to the Trump administration’s threat to pull funds from schools unwilling to certify they weren’t engaging in “illegal DEI,” the Vermont Agency of Education this week sent federal officials a certification letter — with many caveats. “No …

Vermont lawmakers, neighbors react after sudden arrest of Columbia student, activist Mohsen Mahdawi

There are still many unanswered questions after immigration officials arrested an Upper Valley man at a Vermont immigration office in Colchester on Monday afternoon.Palestinian student activist Mohsen Mahdawi said he was trying to apply for United States …

'Taste of winter' on Wednesday as mountain snow comes to Vermont, New York

TO CALL THE COLCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY. <NOW NBC5 FIRST WARNING WEATHER... THE AREA'S CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST> TYLER, THE WEATHER TODAY WAS.... ANCHORS CHAT.... Scattered showers and breezy conditions will continue this …

A decade in, Vermont Habitat Stamp makes its mark on state wildlife

Rich Kirn and Rod Wentworth, state fisheries biologists, prepare to examine trout from the Dog River. Photo courtesy Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife The federal government matches every dollar donated to the program roughly threefold so that the $ …

Donors step forward to keep Vermont Historical Society program going