Vermont hospitals, struggling to make ends meet, want to raise their service charges; Scott threatens to veto housing bills if they contain contractor or rental registries; Lawmakers push ahead with testimony on a modernized bottle bill; Vermont winds down Covid vaccine clinics as BA.2 subvariant rises.

Hedge fund and developer buy University Mall in South Burlington; Judge lets results from Burlington’s Ward 7 City Council race stand; Auditor finds state overpaid health care providers $7 million using federal Covid relief funds; Burlington short-term rental proposal discarded after City Council sustains mayor’s veto.

House lawmakers finish their draft of Vermont’s state budget; $1.5 million of public tuition money going out of the state — or country; Boves say they won’t evict Winooski tenants; Organic Valley offers ‘lifeboat’ for many organic farmers, but national trends still threaten Northeast

Canada relaxes border testing requirements for Covid; Bill to expand eligibility to seal criminal history moves forward; Prosecutor alleges murder suspect ‘hunted’ the St. Johnsbury man he’s accused of killing; UVM faculty union criticizes decision to lift mask mandate.

Pandemic’s financial implications continue to squeeze hospitals; Vermont House preliminarily approves clean heat standard; Police arrest New York man on murder charge in shooting death of St. Johnsbury man; Former Green Mountain Care Board chair Anya Rader Wallack to head OneCare board.

Scott signs Ukraine aid into law during candlelit vigil on Statehouse steps; Amtrak is Burlington-bound this July, officials say; Brattleboro Town Meeting to debate feeding itself a $2,500 tax-funded lunch; Town of Pawlet seeks foreclosure on Slate Ridge property.

Montpelier City Clerk John Odum joins race for secretary of state; Vermonters urged to remove bird feeders as bears emerge from hibernation; Workers protest at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital; Lyndonville woman charged after allegedly trying to ditch gun in fatal shooting.

Masks no longer broadly recommended; Vermont pharmacies aren’t likely able to participate in Biden's test-to-treat program; Proposal seeks to expand eligibility to clear past crimes; Watered-down qualified immunity bill advances after facing ‘unified front’ of opposition.

More towns follow suit on ending mask mandates; Senate moves ahead on school mascot bill; Leahy revives EB-5 program — with reforms; Anti-hunger advocates renew push for universal meals in schools Vermont.

House approves budget adjustment bill; State officials seek to resolve dispute threatening health coverage for 1,800 Vermonters; Organic Valley to take as many as 90 farmers dropped by Horizon, Maple Hill; Vermont winds down contact tracing contract.