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With a key legislative deadline looming, lawmakers raced to get key policy bills out of committees this week.
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Aerial imagery from flooding in 2023 shows water covering part of the proposed building site. A neighbor says adding homes there could “do more harm than good.”
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Last week the students of Calais Elementary held their first town meeting, during which they made a momentous decision about an end-of-year field trip.
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It is unusual for pro tems who aren’t seeking higher office to announce their retirement mid-session. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth said he wanted to give his colleagues time to choose his replacement.
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A bill sponsored by Rep. Marc Mihaly, D-Calais, would allow faster evictions but also limit the size of security deposits and rent increases for tenants.
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State regulators have struck a deal with environmental groups and the utility that owns the Green River Reservoir Dam that they say allows the facility to be relicensed.
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Forced school district consolidation isn't the only obstacle to reform this year, because Vermont lawmakers will also have to poke the hornet’s nest that is school choice.
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For many married couples, when one partner is diagnosed with dementia, there’s often no question that the other will become the caregiver. It’s the hard part of the "for better or for worse" marriage vow.
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In 2016, Liz Harris' teenage daughter, Mary, was killed in a car accident alongside four of her friends. Liz says that the ripple effect of her daughter's empathetic love has come out in all the people around her ever since.
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In the latest installment of a four-part series on love, Dan and Laura Sudhoff reflect on their 58-year relationship.