The Calais town clerk's office asked for volunteers to write a report on the summer floods that hit Vermont in July of 2023. Reporter and Calais resident Erica Heilman, and her friend and neighbor Tobin Anderson, answered the call.

Lawmakers want to lean on Vermont’s natural landscape to make the state more flood resilient. A new bill ramps up environmental regulations on developments in wetlands and near rivers, and looks to beef up — or remove — dams.

The show displays the work of 25 artists with disabilities. The exhibition, currently on display at the University of Vermont in Burlington, will also travel to Brattleboro, Montpelier and St. Johnsbury between now and December.

Vermont is seeing warmer winter temperatures and more and more rain-on-snow events — which has scientists worried about snowpack. Snowpack plays a key role in storing nutrients, like nitrogen and phosphorus. But a national study found that rainy winter days are shifting how and when those nutrients are released

A recent statewide study found that first responders do not have equitable access to mental health services. Stigma around mental health and access to resources in small, rural areas are two large barriers to providing adequate care for first responders.

For decades, the 11-story Decker Towers complex in Burlington has housed low-income seniors and people with disabilities. But for the last couple years, the building has been overwhelmed with people experiencing homelessness. Seven Days reporter Derek Brouwer has been covering the story, and he recently sat down with Vermont Public's Mary Williams Engisch.

If Congress doesn’t act, a $14 billion federal program that subsidizes high-speed internet for low-income households will run out of money in April. More than 25,000 Vermonters will be impacted, nearly half of whom are 50 or older.

A new bill would change the rules of the road for Big Tech in Vermont. It faces an almost certain legal challenge.

The Department for Children and Families, citing staffing shortages and a lack of facilities, wants lawmakers to delay implementation of a law that would bring 19-year-olds into the juvenile justice system. But recently published research found the system wasn’t overwhelmed when Vermont brought 18-year-olds into family court.

For decades in Montreal, 305 Bellechasse housed dozens of renowned local painters and artists who kept their studios there. Recently, the building was sold and renovated, and the artists evicted. In "305 Bellechasse", filmmaker Maxime-Claude L’Écuyer talks to the artists.