Bernie Sanders Endorses David Zuckerman for Governor

by Paul Heintz Posted on July 27, 2020 at 11:18AM

Sanders has endorsed many of Zuckerman's previous runs for office but held off this year until two weeks before the election. As of Monday, according to the Secretary of State's Office, 132,093 Vermonters had already requested absentee ballots and 39,726 had returned them to town clerks.

DOC Failed to Investigate Death of Neglected Inmate, Officials Admit

by Paul Heintz Posted on July 24, 2020 at 11:46PM

After an inmate dies in a prison facility, the Department of Corrections is required to conduct a clinical peer review of the quality of medical care the prisoner received and an administrative review "to ascertain the sequence of events up to and including the inmate’s death." In recent days, officials have provided conflicting accounts as to whether the latter took place after Johnson's death.

Scott: Masks Required in Public Beginning August 1

by Kevin McCallum Posted on July 24, 2020 at 3:07PM

That includes public-facing businesses, which will be required to install signs informing customers of the requirement. Businesses will be able to refuse service to anyone not wearing a mask, but there are no fines or state enforcement proposed at this time, Scott said.

Citing Health, Anderson Quits as Vermont Democratic Party Chair

by Derek Brouwer Posted on July 24, 2020 at 2:32PM

The party said that under Anderson's leadership, it had grown Statehouse legislative majorities, reelected its statewide officeholders, negotiated with the first unionized party staff in the country and built up an "impressive state party warchest" ahead of the 2020 election. The party has received $328,000 in contributions for the 2020 election cycle, federal filings show, shy of the $368,000 it had raised through June 30 of the 2018 cycle.

Amid Pandemic, Vermont Homeschool Enrollments Surge

by Alison Novak Posted on July 23, 2020 at 4:51PM

Butler is not alone. According to data from the Agency of Education, homeschooling enrollments are up 75 percent from last year.

Media Note: Stowe Reporter Lays Off Newsroom Staff

by Paul Heintz Posted on July 23, 2020 at 3:20PM

Among those laid off this week was Tom Kearney, a veteran New England journalist who spent two decades as executive editor of New Hampshire's Keene Sentinel. In recent years, he has served as managing editor of the Vermont Community Newspaper Group's Lamoille County papers and executive editor of its Chittenden County papers. Stowe Reporter editor Josh O'Gorman and reporter Mike Verillo also lost their jobs.

Scott Defends Conservative Credentials at His First GOP Debate

by Paul Heintz Posted on July 22, 2020 at 11:40PM

 forcing people to masturbate and measure their penis size or having undocumented strip searches called the naked monkey dance?" The governor paused for a moment.

Defender General Accuses DOC of 'Covering Up' Circumstances of Black Inmate's Death

by Paul Heintz Posted on July 22, 2020 at 8:58PM

Brookfield Looks to Abandon Stalled CityPlace Burlington Project

by Courtney Lamdin Posted on July 22, 2020 at 6:03PM

Champlain Valley School District Will Use 'Hybrid' Model This Fall

by Alison Novak Posted on July 22, 2020 at 5:59PM

Extra time will be given for arrival, transitions and lunch. Clubs and academic intervention will happen after school, and a late bus will be provided to take those students home.