The Deeper Dig

Researchers say tick density in Vermont this year is going from bad to worse. But patients fighting tick-borne illnesses say they're not getting much help from the state's medical establishment.

Guests: Ellie French (VTDigger), Rachel Nevitt (Full Moon Farm), Bill Landesman (Green Mountain College)

AnC Bio Vermont was supposed to bring Korean biotech expertise to the Northeast Kingdom. But according to new federal fraud charges, the developers knew all along that the project wasn't meant to be.

Over thirteen days in a Burlington courtroom, jurors weighed graphic accounts of the crash that killed five teenagers against a case that the driver was experiencing psychosis. VTDigger's Alan Keays and Aidan Quigley recap the trial.

Even though lawmakers are coming back next week, the action on some key bills this week revealed a lot about the dynamics we’ve seen in the Statehouse all year. On this week’s podcast, VTDigger political reporters Kit Norton and Xander Landen break down two key days of movement in Montpelier.

Conditions at Vermont's only women's prison have been a concern since inmates were first moved there. But a new wave of complaints has lawmakers and advocates debating how to move beyond the aging facility.

Guests: Amanda Sorrell (former Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility inmate), Liz Swavola (Vera Institute for Justice), Kit Norton (VTDigger)

More participation by Brookfield Properties was supposed to bring the $220 million development to a spring groundbreaking. What happened? VTDigger's Aidan Quigley explains.

A Vermont Supreme Court case and a wave of recent police investigations revolve around the use of body camera footage. All together, they reveal that bodycam use can raise more questions than it answers.

Schools across the state are ditching A-through-F report cards and letting students retake tests to emphasize learning over seat time. But each district’s interpretation of proficiency-based learning looks different.

Guests: Mike McRaith (Montpelier High School), Kevin Coen (Springfield High School), Eva Jessup (U-32 Chronicle), Andrew Crompton (U-32 Chronicle), Elizabeth Hewitt (VTDigger/Hechinger Report)

“If we failed, we were going to fail history,” then-House Speaker Shap Smith says about the climactic vote in 2009 that legalized same-sex marriage in Vermont.

Guests: Shap Smith, Beth Robinson (Vermont Supreme Court Justice), Rep. Bill Lippert (D-Hinesburg), Patti Komline (former representative, R-Dorset)