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Senate to propose simplified cannabis retail bill with 10 percent tax
Sen. Dick Sears speaks during a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to propose a bill that would legalize a market for...
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Burlington mayor insists police academy investigation be impartial
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo and Mayor Miro Weinberger. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger The mayor of Burlington blasted the head of the Vermont Police Academy on Friday for defending a...
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68 highway fatalities in Vermont in 2018
A car involved in a fatal crash in Elmore Friday sits upside down on the side of Route 12. Photo by Andrew Martin/News & CitizenThe number of highway deaths in Vermont was slightly down in 2018...
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Jay Peak receiver presses ahead with resort’s sale
The Hotel Jay is the signature project of the Jay Peak Resort expansion. The developers used EB-5 immigrant investor money to build the five-story hotel. An investor alleges that the fifth floor was...
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Simpson’s bail lowered days before his escape
Everett Simpson. Courtesy photo ST. JOHNSBURY — A $200 difference appears to be what kept Everett Simpson from staying behind bars and his release that ultimately led to an alleged kidnapping and...
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AG rolling out ‘Bias Incident Reporting System’ in response to Morris complaints
Attorney General TJ Donovan speaks at an election night party hosted by the Democrats at the Burlington Hilton on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerAttorney General TJ Donovan will...
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Morris ‘victim of racial harassment,’ but AG not filing criminal charges
Former state Rep. Kiah Morris, left, and Attorney General TJ Donovan. VTDigger file photos BENNINGTON – Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan said Monday that former state representative Kiah Morris had...
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Without federal funding, state needs $2.7 million for juvenile facility
A soccer ball is snared in razor wire at the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Essex. Photo by Sara Priestap/Valley News The Vermont Department for Children and Families is asking the...
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Burlington cops on desk duty after allegedly drinking confiscated beer
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger Burlington police are internally investigating two officers who allegedly drank beer they confiscated from minors last...
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Woman gets $60,000 in second Inntopia sexual misconduct case
Inntopia, a Stowe-based tech firm, faced two sexual misconduct complaints. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger Inntopia, a tech firm based in Stowe, has agreed to pay $60,000 to a contract worker and...
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Trooper back on duty following suspension amid Simpson probe
State trooper Sean Brennan of the St. Johnsbury barracks as shown in October 2017 photo. Vermont State Police photo A Vermont State Police trooper suspended last week amid a probe of the agency’s...
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Alleged bank robber pleads not guilty, held on $200,000 bail
Stephen Lynch, a former Windsor man, enters Windsor Superior Court in White River Junction on Friday to be arraigned on a charge of larceny from a person related to a robbery at a Mascoma Bank branch...
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Nectar’s sued over staff role in shooting that injured bystander
The sign above the entrance to Nectar’s in Burlington, where Chelsi Parker was shot in February. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Chelsi Parker, who was shot in downtown Burlington last...
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Quiros to receive $800,000 from insurance settlement in Jay Peak case
Bill Stenger, left, and Ariel Quiros at a ribbon cutting. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger A proposed insurance settlement could result in a $837,500 payout to Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay...
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Burlington police report confirms driver not responsible in pedestrian death
Emergency responders at the scene where a man was killed while crossing Burlington’s North Avenue with his dog on Dec. 20. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger BURLINGTON — The Burlington Police Department...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Calculating assets in a divorce
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney. Collins v. Collins, 2017 VT 70 You might notice this case is over a year old. It happens we have a backlog. We can...
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Vermont to get $2.9 million from legal settlements
Attorney General TJ Donovan announced settlements with four companies. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger Unscrupulous banking practices, deceptive educational policies and pollution-control cheating...
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Officers who drank beer they confiscated get 3-week suspensions
Insignia of the Burlington Police Department. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger BURLINGTON — The Burlington Police Department has suspended two officers for three weeks without pay for drinking beer they...
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Norwich police investigating racist, anti-Semitic graffiti
The former Nordic Skater building on Route 5. Coldwell Banker website photo This story was published by the Valley News on Jan. 21. NORWICH — Police are investigating after anti-Semitic and racist...
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ACLU has ‘friends’ in its fight to view Burlington police bodycam footage
A police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, wears a bodycam. Photo by Ryan Johnson/WikiMedia Commons The American Civil Liberties Union has a friend in Vermont’s secretary of state as well as...
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