An investigation reveals poor conditions for many residents in the state’s emergency motel housing program. Plus, the Scott administration announces millions of dollars in community grants, gun control legislature advances and lawmakers look to ban so-called forever chemicals from products.

A visit to a backyard sauna. Plus, changes to a major housing bill, lawmakers push for the “right to repair,” and a housing project for UVM graduate students breaks ground.

The end of an era at Chick’s Market, a historic corner store in Winooski. Plus, new proposed federal regulations for PFAS, a man held at Southern State Correctional Facility has died, and Burlington’s city council denounces transphobia.

Two Vermont prisons are experimenting with giving incarcerated people more independence. Plus, officials say Vermonters shouldn't worry about the state’s banking system, medical cannabis advocates push for reform, and a rise in fatal car crashes.

A debate over logging in the Green Mountain National Forest. Plus, paid family leave advances in the Vermont Legislature, Republicans sue Winooski again over its non-citizen voting law, and a survey shows few bird deaths at a Bennington County wind project.

Officials say school budgets have increased in part due to a rising need for youth mental health services. Plus, Senator Welch’s support for a proposal to expand Medicare, a new fire chief in Burlington, and a mysterious respiratory disease affecting dogs.

A unique art exhibit in Brattleboro showcases ice shanties. Plus, a rundown of some trends in Town Meeting Day results.

How students at Woodbury Elementary conducted their own town meeting. Plus, Peacham picks a plow name and UVMMC staff get a raise.

What’s in store this town meeting day. Plus, a bill that would require clergy to report child abuse and a program to increase broadband workers.

How towns around the state are thinking about housing. Plus, the Affordable Heat Act advances, workers comp for firefighters who contract cancer, lawmakers look to decriminalize magic mushrooms, and how to keep trucks from getting stuck in Smugglers’ Notch.