For most Vermonters, neighboring New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary brings the challenge of enduring seemingly endless campaign commercials. For Greg and Amy Tatro, it offered something more: The chance to take a selfie with a potential future commander in chief.

House lawmakers passed a series of changes last Friday in Vermont’s decades-old land use law after two days of contentious floor debate and last-minute bill amendments.

The Vermont House voted Tuesday to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of a bill to raise the minimum wage from $10.96 to $12.55 by 2022.

Vermont Gas has filed to raise rates by 2.9%, citing rising natural gas costs and investments in safety and climate change measures.

Nearly a dozen communities and counting have approved a nonbinding Gun Owners of Vermont resolution declaring themselves a “sanctuary” from further government restrictions on firearms.

Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed a plan for a statewide paid family leave program, dealing a major setback to Democrats who have made the policy a priority in recent years.

In 2019, Vermonters filed 5,447 scam reports with the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP). Scam reports total more than 40 percent of all contacts CAP had with consumers last year. The report shows that though old scams persisted, new scams emerged.

The Vermont House voted 93-54 Friday to raise the state’s minimum wage from $10.96 to $12.55 per hour by 2022.

The House voted 89-58 to pass a paid family leave bill, H.107, which is a compromise with the Senate.

A system designed to help criminal offenders serve less time in prison is driving up Vermont’s prison admissions, according to new research from the Council of State Governments. 

The Vermont Commission on Women, a state agency that works to advance opportunities for girls and women, has been around for 55 years.