The union representing health care and higher education employees, AFT Vermont, says it’s doubled the number of workers in its ranks over the last six years.

Vermont needs 24,000 new year-round homes to get the housing market to a healthy place — that's according to the recent Vermont Housing Needs Assessment report, from the Vermont Housing Finance Agency and the Department of Housing and Community Development. Housing official Alex Farrell breaks down the report.

The Dozer is 2 pounds of burger, eight strips of bacon and cheese, and a pound of fries. It has to be eaten in 30 minutes or less.

The school board has once again trimmed its spending plans for the year, and scheduled a fourth budget vote for Sept. 17. Early voting has begun.

In May, the Department for Children and Families unveiled a plan to build a new secure youth facility in Vergennes — partially on land that once housed the Weeks School, a former youth detention center with a troubled history. Some advocates say it’s a physical reminder that the state hasn't done enough to reckon with the past.

Vermont’s Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas recently sat down with Vermont Public's Bob Kinzel to discuss the growing use of AI in politics and potential changes to stop the spread of disinformation.

The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets runs a program in the summer testing mosquitoes for Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus. The stakes are raised as EEE is detected in more bugs around the state.

Removing the residency requirement has brought an influx of out-of-state interest to Vermont's program.

Vermont has a reputation for being a place that is relatively safe from the worst impacts of climate change. However, the latest series of climate fueled flooding disasters is raising questions about whether that’s the case.

The elder Lydia Clemmons was one of the original owners of Clemmons Family Farm, an icon of African American cultural heritage in Charlotte, Vermont. She died at the age of 101.