Adiah Gholston
News Producer (Afternoon)-
Gov. Phil Scott unveiled a plan this week that would significantly shift how schools are funded and governed in Vermont, opening up a thicket of thorny issues for his administration and lawmakers to navigate.
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Hundreds of Afghan refugees have settled in Vermont in recent years. Now, one of those families wants to make the state feel more like home by buying a house. And they’re taking advantage of a new partnership intended to make that dream more achievable.
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Vermont Public’s Pete Hirschfeld will explain why Republicans — and some Democrats — are seeking to roll back Vermont's climate mandates during the recently convened legislative session.
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U.S. Sen. Peter Welch says the U.S. has a role in helping rebuild Gaza, and he hopes the ceasefire clears the way for long-term work on a two-state solution in the Middle East.
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After getting sick of all the negativity in the news, a Westminster man started writing feel-good profiles about the working people of southern Vermont for his local newspaper. Plus, the Burlington Housing Authority is suspending rental vouchers in anticipation of federal funding cuts, COVID-19 appears to be on the rise in Vermont after the holidays, a legislative committee is against allowing naturopathic physicians to prescribe end-of-life medication, and the Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission will take public testimony on identity-based discrimination tied to state policies.
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It happens to all of us, but isn't a topic that's easy to broach: death. Then New Hampshire entrepreneur Laura Cleminson founded a social club to do just that.
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Vermont Public's Mary Williams Engisch spoke with Tracy Dolan, director of the State Refugee Office, about how the office is readjusting its approach and priorities ahead of the incoming Trump administration.
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Vermont Public's Mary Williams Engisch speaks with Todd Sears, deputy director of the Project Development Bureau at the Vermont Agency of Transportation.
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The Human Rights Commission filed a discrimination suit after the town of St. Johnsbury denied a zoning variance brought by a family trying to make their home more accessible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Due to dry conditions, the state says that no burn permits will be issued in Bennington, Rutland, Windham and Windsor counties for another week.