4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (921+ words) Vermont’s secretary of natural resources testified before a U.S. Congressional committee last week in support of a bill that would direct states to limit the costs consumers shoulder for the water used by data centers. Julie Moore told lawmakers she supports…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (340+ words) Happy birthday to VTDigger! More than 500,000 people read VTDigger each month. Join the members who make it possible. Clark said her office has prevailed in 92% of the suits, including both final decisions and preliminary injunctions. Many of these decisions are…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (266+ words) 17 years ago this month, VTDigger began with a big idea: Vermont deserved a fiercely independent news organization dedicated to serving the public. Today, more than 500,000 readers turn to VTDigger each month. And this September, as we celebrate our 17th birthday, we’re…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (527+ words) Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger. Vermont voters will accept or toss an amendment to the state constitution in November that would affirm workers’ right to organize and collectively bargain, and prevent lawmakers…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (675+ words) In his three years as state treasurer, one of Mike Pieciak’s proudest moments started with a list of names and allegations of a scam. He’d planned to attend the Putney Town Meeting two years ago, and part of his usual…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (372+ words) This commentary is by Elizabeth Brown, who is a state director at the Fiscal Alliance Foundation. Despite six years of skyrocketing state spending, with increases at twice the rate of inflation, for many the answer to Vermont’s affordability crisis continues…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (1224+ words) Kyle Neece is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program.This summer marked the 250th anniversary of the United States, and many Vermont towns and cities celebrated residents who played important…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (411+ words) State government can be difficult to follow. Major policy decisions take shape through legislative debates, agency actions, elections and negotiations that often happen far from public view. On Thursday, September 10, VTDigger is bringing the journalists who follow those decisions to…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (1288+ words) Teaching and training the next generation of physicians is expensive work. And commercial insurers are footing more than half that bill in Vermont through their payments for care, according to an independent analysis. Nearly $82 million of commercial insurance dollars went…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (885+ words) The Federal Communications Commission is reevaluating a program that has long made broadband internet connections affordable to schools and libraries, leaving Vermont’s state leaders scrambling to identify cuts to other services if the program is changed. Schools and libraries rely…...