Peter Shumlin

In 2014, Shumlin made the surprising move to devote his entire State of the State address to Vermont’s opioid epidemic. It was a watershed moment that captured national attention and kicked off a statewide push to expand addiction treatment. A decade later, much of Vermont’s progress has unraveled amid more powerful drugs and record numbers of fatal overdoses.

Advocates for a universal, publicly-financed health care system in Vermont are looking for leaders in Montpelier to advance the effort.

It was a story of massive fraud involving foreign investor money that was supposed to go into hotels, biotech facilities, and other developments across the Northeast Kingdom. Now new reporting from VTDigger claims state officials knew that fraud was afoot, but did nothing to stop it.

State Sen. Chris Pearson is a staunch supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. Three-term Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin favors former Vice President…

Brattleboro lost a longtime pillar of the community earlier this month: Martha O’Connor died at the age of 82. But O'Connor's legacy stretches far from…

Five years ago this week, then-Gov. Peter Shumlin dedicated his entire State of the State speech to the issue of what he called "drug addiction and…

Five years ago this week, then-Gov. Peter Shumlin made a surprising move during his State of the State speech when he devoted nearly the entire address to…

Former Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin told the Harvard School of Public Health on Tuesday that he miscalculated the political and policy challenges associated…

Gov. Phil Scott says he hasn’t even looked at the list of six names sent to Gov. Peter Shumlin last month as possible replacements for outgoing Supreme…

Shortly after Gov. Peter Shumlin delivered his farewell address to the state Legislature Wednesday, the Vermont Supreme Court unanimously ruled that he…