The Frequency

A lawyer contemplates class divides. Plus, housing advocates raise concerns about the state budget, a workforce development program that will pay some student loans, and remembering photographer Peter Miller.

The return of the series where Erica Heilman asks Vermonters: what class are you? Plus, the Affordable Heat Act advances in the legislature, concerns about a bill that would reserve already-limited psychiatric beds for violent offenders, increased police incidents in Burlington, and March unemployment numbers.

A look at some of the significant bills lawmakers are hoping to pass before the session ends in May.

A new study explores a connection between Major League Baseball and climate change. Plus, legislation to protect Vermont workers, a bill that would require universal pre-kindergarten, a gathering in Randolph dedicated to queer health care, and increased air pollution in Burlington.

The rise of natural burials in cemeteries around the state. Plus, the Scott administration pushes for a cybersecurity council, an unsuccessful prison escape attempt, UVM plans to go carbon-neutral, and an especially bad allergy season.

A fire at a shelter in the Upper Valley highlights some of the tensions of Vermont’s housing crisis. Plus, lawmakers advance protections for abortion providers, another person held at a state prison has died, and Rep. Balint introduces her first piece of legislation.

What ongoing legal battles mean for access to an abortion medication. Plus, a sentencing in a high-profile killing, legal protections for people involved with drug-checking, and an interim president for the Vermont State Colleges System.

The cartoonist and Brookfield resident died Friday. Plus, a pay raise for lawmakers, new Superior Court appointees, the resignation of the Vermont State Colleges president, and fire season precautions.

A disagreement over the extent to which Act 250 has impeded the construction of affordable housing in Vermont has fueled a debate in Montpelier.

The one pharmacist in Vermont who fills prescriptions under the state’s medical aid in dying law. Plus, the Affordable Heat Act advances, Planned Parenthood will continue to offer an abortion medication facing legal challenges, and remembering Michael Pfaff.