Multiple Vermont organic dairy farmers, some through tears, asked lawmakers on Thursday for a one-time $9.2 million appropriation to keep them in business. The industry is currently experiencing high costs of production and a stagnant pay price.

School nutrition officials across Vermont are urging lawmakers to permanently fund a universal free meals program that’s set to expire at the end of the school year. But Gov. Phil Scott says he doesn’t want to use limited taxpayer resources to buy free breakfast and lunch for kids whose families can pay.

To help kids address behaviors that can lead to criminal actions, the state wants to create several smaller facilities to fill the void left when Woodside closed in 2020. One proposed location is in Newbury, but this has met stiff opposition in the Orange County town, where residents argue they should be able to reject the proposal.

A Woman's Life Is a Human Life: My Mother, Our Neighbor, and the Journey from Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice was published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

Despite the efforts of Vermont scholastic officials to prevent it, allegations of racist behavior connected to high school sports continue to emerge. Vermont Public's Mitch Wertlieb spoke with the head of the Vermont Principal’s Association Jay Nichols about what steps have been taken, and what more needs to be done.

During the pandemic, something sort of miraculous happened with the largest food assistance program in the country: It worked. For a lot of people, for the first time, the government provided meaningful funds to purchase food. By April though, emergency funding for SNAP benefits will end.

The 93-mile Lamoille Valley Rail Trail that crosses northern Vermont is expected to be fully open by the beginning of February. Organizers hope the trail will boost tourism and create new opportunities for nearby communities while maintaining their character.

Yoga With Jillian is stopping for two nights in Burlington before an off-Broadway run in New York.

Brian Boland, eccentric ballooning legend of the Northeast, was a mentor to most of the Vermont-based pilots today. He died in a ballooning accident in July of 2021. More than a year later, the ballooning community is still feeling the loss.

This week, lawmakers in the Vermont House and Senate unveiled proposals that try to make the state's zoning ordinances more conducive to new development. That's as Vermont's housing shortage continues.