Covid-19 test kit reimbursements; Chittenden County towns decide on masks; Mike Smith to retire; $2.2 billion headed to Vermont infrastructure

Molly Gray launches House campaign; Panel recommends single-member districts; Barre schools see crippling Covid-19 surge; Health experts and political leaders press Scott for mask mandate

$90 million surplus in education fund; Montpelier mail carrier retires after 30 years; Masking required at the Statehouse; Sears Lane campers denied second hearing

Vermont may enshrine abortion access in state constitution; Vermont Legal Aid sues on behalf of Vermonters denied jobless benefits; State seeks 1-year extension for its all-payer model; Burlington councilors vote unanimously to enact a citywide mask mandate.

Vermont leaders asking federal government for hospital help; Vermont Medical Society urges banning sale of cannabis with more than 15% THC; Nearly all of Vermont now eligible for USDA funding to expand internet; Construction company to pay $600k to settle accusations it defectively built bridges.

Police continue to investigate Alburgh shooting; New preserve adds 5,400 acres to ‘wild’ forests; Slew of state appointments announced; Vermont reports record Covid-19 hospitalizations & strained ICU capacity.

Polls show Democrats, not Republicans, support Gov. Scott at the highest rate; Feds proclaim all-payer model enrollment targets ‘unattainable’; Mother Nature and Mikaela Shiffrin take Killington World Cup by storm; Two game wardens putting roadkill to good use.

Champlain Valley school district struggles to retain DEI staff; Vermont Supreme Court case could exempt certain project from Act 250; Several areas of former Burlington High still not safe for learning; Brattleboro adopts 1st municipal mask mandate of recent wave.

Covid-19 outbreak at Newport prison grows to 32 cases; 30 more Afghan refugees to resettle in Vermont; Free public Thanksgiving dinners; Feds fund pedestrian and bike bridge over busy I-89 intersection.

Rep. Peter Welch makes it official; Burlington appears poised for mask mandate; Afghan refugees arrive in Vermont; Rule-making for special ed in independent schools raises concerns.