Alan Keays News Today

Throughout the past four months, your humble servants at VTDigger worked hard to follow state lawmakers’ every move, ranging from their hard-fought political battles and policy debates to deeply unserious shenanigans under the Golden Dome.

Friday was the deadline for bills to clear their committee of origin. Those that didn’t are unlikely to become law this session.

Planned at the time to run under nearly 100 miles of Lake Champlain, environmental regulators gave the TDI New England proposal the all-clear back in 2015.

Several Vermont sheriff departments have come under scrutiny in the past year after drastic turnover, allegations of misconduct or unusual financial activity. Two sheriffs — one former, one recently sworn in — face criminal charges. The Legislature is considering a constitutional amendment to increase oversight.

Over the past five years, schools and agencies have faced a two-pronged challenge: increased mental health needs from children, and a lack of resources to provide treatment. Like an egg caught between the jaws of the vise, the system is showing cracks, officials said.

In a year of Boston icons (old and new), scandals, and purpling politics, heres what you loved reading the most from us.

The New Yorker does not mention the steady demise or sale of local and regional papers and broadcasters that has undermined Vermont’s media landscape for several decades, and has been most destructive in the last few years.

The New Yorker does not mention the steady demise or sale of local and regional papers and broadcasters that has undermined Vermont’s media landscape for several decades, and has been most destructive in the last few years.

In the Vermont Attorney General’s race there is no incumbent, but the Democratic primary features two people who have experience working in the office.

The inside story of how the founder of a fledgling news site uncovered Vermont’s biggest scandal.