Rebecca Holcombe

On a sunny day in April in 1978, 11-year-old Rebecca Holcombe was playing baseball in a field in Kabul, Afghanistan.Audio for this story will be…

The former education secretary in the race for governor. Plus, a COVID-19 outbreak among Vermont inmates housed in Mississippi, funding for high-speed…

More than halfway into his second term, Gov. Phil Scott enjoys widespread popularity and a huge advantage over his potential Democratic rivals. And…

The chair of Vermont's State Board of Education resigned Thursday.Krista Huling's resignation came after other board members expressed concern with her…

While a number of contenders are considering running for governor in 2020, former Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe is the first to declare her…

Rebecca Holcombe, former education secretary, will run for governor of Vermont.Holcombe announced this morning that she will seek the Democratic…

Rebecca Holcombe’s announcement Tuesday that she’ll be stepping down as Vermont’s Secretary of Education comes at a critical time in the Act 46 school…

After a four-year tenure in which she oversaw one of the most substantial school-governance overhauls in state history, Vermont Secretary of Education…

The next Vermont legislative session is still several months away, but lawmakers, and state and local education officials, are already grappling with an…

Gov. Phil Scott has reappointed Rebecca Holcombe as secretary of the Agency of Education, keeping in place a key player in the delicate rollout of a…