VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Jane Lindholm, executive producer of special projects and co-producer of VPR’s 9/11 Remembrance Project, about acknowledging the tremendous impact of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the country, our communities and each of us as individuals.

John Killacky represents South Burlington in Vermont's House of Representatives. While the Legislature is out of session, he's written a book that gathers up 30 years of his cultural writings, titled because art: commentary, critique and conversation.

The Scott administration is now recommending that even fully vaccinated Vermonters mask indoors in counties with high rates of coronavirus transmission, but hundreds of health care professionals say the new guidance isn’t enough to curb the spread of the delta variant.

Inside Palmer Lane Maple, a small, white, old parsonage in Jericho, maple products decorate the walls from sweets to hot sauces. But this candy store in Northern Vermont is also a local legend for their maple creemees.

As chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking the lead role in helping Democrats pass a $3.5 trillion budget package over the coming weeks, a package of initiatives described as the Biden Administration’s “human infrastructure bill.”

Seven more people inside Vermont’s largest in-state prison have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected individuals to 32, the Department of Corrections announced on Wednesday. Some people held at the prison, including some of those infected, say they’re concerned about how the outbreak is being handled.

The COVID-19 delta variant continues to be a cause of serious concern, even as Vermont is among the leading states in the country for vaccinations. Join host Mitch Wertlieb for a live call-in hour with Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine to ask your questions about how Vermont is handling the virus, variants, vaccines, and students heading back to school.

When he was 16 years old, Wazir left Afghanistan and found a new home in Vermont. He attended college here and runs a business in the southern part of the state. He's now working to help his family leave Afghanistan, and fears for their safety with the U.S. leaving the country.

It's only been a few days since students in Vermont returned to the classroom. But COVID-19 is already disrupting in-person learning at some schools.

A school board meeting in Franklin County turned contentious over the district's masking policies for the coming fall term. It ended with angry parents shouting down a pediatric critical care doctor who joined the meeting to discuss the those mask requirements.