The Frequency

State regulators encounter resistance as they craft plans to manage forests along the Worcester Range. Plus, a bill that could make middle- class Vermonters eligible for government-subsidized health insurance, a coalition of Vermont-based businesses pushes for action on three climate bills, a state’s attorney arrested for alleged drunk driving declines an upcoming meeting with Addison County police chiefs, Vermont gets poor grades from federal education officials for violating the Every Student Succeeds Act, and school board support for educators choosing to discuss the ongoing violence in Gaza.

A new documentary explores the relationship behind a legendary towing service in the Northeast Kingdom. Plus, the Vermont Medical Society wants Medicaid coverage for new weight loss drugs, the state Health Department calls for public schools to have access to an overdose-reversal drug, a rare fungal infection is increasingly showing up in Vermont, and early voting for Vermont's presidential primary gets underway.

UVM will partner with rural communities to address economic, housing, and climate related challenges. Plus, betting on more revenue than first projected from Vermont’s new online sports wagering, a campaign to help Vermont farmers recover from damage caused by severe flooding, care for those who offer aid to people with dementia, Vermont arts and culture organizations get a financial boost, and new flight routes from Burlington.

Two statewide housing organizations have joined forces to help combat homelessness. Plus, why winter this year is becoming more associated with rain than snow in the Northeast, concern over new requirements mandating predominantly French signage for Quebec businesses, a journalist with a 40-year career covering Vermont is retiring, and a new report shows the number of Americans struggling to make rent payments has reached a record high.

A Calais author wins a Newbery Honor for his children’s book about a boy and his magical dog. Plus, lawmakers consider making it more difficult for neighbors to block housing development, the top prosecutor in Addison County is arrested after refusing a DUI test, Montreal gets ready to celebrate the winter season, and two Burlington chefs are semifinalists for James Beard awards.

Lawmakers are grappling with a forecasted 17% jump in school taxes next year. Meanwhile, superintendents are worried voters will reject their budgets on Town Meeting Day.

A Richmond author talks about the inspiration behind a children’s book that imagines grief as different animals. Plus, Vermont changes course on a federal food benefits program, a wide swath of the northern Green Mountains is conserved, a Dartmouth study shows bad news for New England winters, and state lawmakers can’t override the governor’s veto on a bill to expand Vermont’s bottle deposit law.

Vermont’s housing squeeze and rising rents are making it tough to find places to resettle refugees. Plus, improperly held security deposits will be returned to hundreds of former motel residents, the system funding Vermont’s EMS first responders is on the verge of financial collapse, Vermont’s largest hospital wants to buy a health care campus in Colchester, and Democrats in Montpelier want more initiatives from Gov. Scott on reducing education costs.

Lawmakers try to create a climate superfund to make fossil fuel companies pay their share of damages caused by their products. Plus, Republican Gov. Phil Scott pleads for Democrats to lower state spending growth, Democrats respond by calling the governor’s stance confrontational, Vermonters currently relying on motel shelters for emergency housing might get a longer stay, and plans for a new president to take over at Norwich University are put on hold.

Controversy over an insecticide many beekeepers say is decimating the state’s population of honeybees. Plus, a grant to provide housing options for people with developmental disabilities, fewer refugees may resettle in Vermont this year due to a lack of affordable housing, fake robocalls imitating President Biden just before the New Hampshire primary, and Killington rescue crews work overtime to save more than 20 skiers and boarders who got lost in the backcountry.