Vermont News

Also: 210 Vermonters died of an opioid overdose last year; Vermont Department for Children and Families plans to lease space in Brattleboro; The Vermont National Guard last year investigated five allegations of sexual assault involving its members.

Also: The Vermont Supreme Court met in secret to hear an appeal in a Chittenden County murder case; A superior court judge has ruled that Montpelier can continue to let residents without U.S. citizenship vote in local elections; Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger touted the city’s response to the pandemic in his annual State of the City address Monday night.

Burst pipe delays close to 50 surgeries at UVM Medical Center; Vermont rest areas staying open, but on a reduced schedule; Vermont State Police suspends trooper after court rules that he abused a woman; What next for Rutland Regional Medical Center?

Also: Senate fails to override Governor Phil Scott’s veto of a Brattleboro charter change; 10 communities in Vermont have been sampling their wastewater to measure for Covid-19; VTDigger announces Vermont’s first U.S. House debate of the year.

Also: Vermont man sentenced to 27 years in prison in a murder-for-hire case; Over $5 million awarded to a Florida woman who discovered her fertility doctor had impregnated her with his own sperm; Beta Technologies says it could relocate its manufacturing facility to New York

Also: State regulators said no to an increase in service charges at Rutland Regional Medical Center; USDA closes loophole in National Organic Program; Head of Vermont’s largest prison has been suspended; Green Mountain Transit says some temporary service cuts will likely become permanent.

Also: Large hospitals are asking for an increase in prices, but small hospitals are not; Man who has been in prison for killing his wife up for parole; 5,000 Vermonters’ health insurance coverage is at risk in a contract dispute.

Also: Smaller hospitals say they aren’t planning to increase their service charge; Devastating invasive fish is moving toward Lake Champlain; Senators are trying to figure out a way to get Phil Scott to agree to a contractor registry.

Also: Six judges will keep their spots for six years, a controversial proposal from Vermont’s second-largest hospital is in limbo, and the longest-running court case in Vermont history will remain an open file.

How to keep feeding all K-12 students for free; Sending public money to private and religious schools; A single agency for all of Vermont’s state-level public safety and law enforcement entities; A state commission to study the history of racism, discrimination and eugenics in Vermont laws