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Narrowly tailored bill would protect victims of human trafficking
Republican Senate leader Sen. Joe Benning, R-Caledonia, right, speaks at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Will a bill intended to protect...
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Pawlet seeks in-person hearing, alleging that Slate Ridge violated court order
Daniel Banyai, with coffee cup, speaks with some people attending a Slate Ridge picnic on April 17. Photo by Matthew Housk The Pawlet town government is asking an environmental court judge to hold...
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Senate unanimously approves ban on LGBTQ ‘panic’ defense
Sen. Brian Campion, D-Bennington, speaks at the Statehouse in Montpelier in 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont Senate approved legislation in a 29-0 vote Wednesday that would prohibit...
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No basis for new trial in Newport mask case, attorney general says
Marchers support the owner of a closed UPS franchise in Newport during a February protest. Courtesy Newport Dispatch State lawyers say a request for a new trial by a former Newport UPS franchise owner...
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Prosecutors, public defenders seek $15.5 million to handle court reopening
John Campbell addresses lawmakers in 2016. Photo by Roger Crowley/VTDigger Prosecutors and public defenders say they need $15.5 million over four years to cover unplanned costs associated with...
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Unlicensed fight promoter issued top fine for child fighting, pandemic...
Randy Felion, left, helped organize a mixed martial arts event Saturday despite a cease and desist order from the state earlier this summer. Video of the event, published on a Facebook page called...
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Lawmakers soften choke hold ban
Multiple signs at a Montpelier protest read, “I can’t breathe,” a common refrain since the death of Eric Garner in a police choke hold in 2014. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The state Senate backed...
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Pawlet lawyer says email chain shows lack of compliance from Slate Ridge owner
Daniel Banyai, right, speaks with a group attending an April 17 picnic at Slate Ridge in Pawlet. Exhibit A in court filing An email exchange between the town attorney for Pawlet and Daniel Banyai,...
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In the wake of misconduct allegations, North End Studios co-founder April...
Ben Bergstein and April Werner at the North End Studios’ Burlington location in November 2016. Photo by Oliver Parini Former Vermont Performing Arts League Vice President April Werner plans to resign...
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Senate Judiciary Committee considers abandoning bulk of sexual violence bill
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A bill seeking to clarify Vermont’s definition of consent began to fall apart Friday morning in...
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Lawyer for former UPS franchisee rebukes state call to scrap new trial motion
This sign on the door at the UPS Store in Newport explains why employees were not wearing masks during the pandemic. Caledonian Record photo The lawyer for the former UPS franchisee who flouted state...
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Rutland Chamber becomes latest to adopt inclusion statement, anti-bias measures
Lyle Jepson, executive director of the Chamber of Economic Development of the Rutland Region, speaks at a 2020 press conference. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger RUTLAND — The leading business...
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Senate panel walks back discussion of major cuts in sexual violence bill
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, speaks at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A Senate committee that took heat last week for suggesting major cuts...
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Lawmakers scramble to scale back expungement bill
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, speaks as the Senate Judiciary Committee considers a bill at the Statehouse in Montpelier on May 3, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A criminal record can be a...
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Town of Bennington announces settlement with Kiah Morris, James Lawton
James Lawton and Kiah Morris in Bennington in August 2019. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The town of Bennington announced a settlement this week with Kiah Morris and her family following a...
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Judge rejects request for a new trial in Newport mask mandate case
Former franchise owner Andre “Mike” Desautels speaks with a supporter Monday. Courtesy Newport Dispatch A judge has rejected a new trial for a former Newport UPS franchisee now facing fines for...
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Records: Suspicious St. J. death caused by ‘penetrating’ torso wound
Johnnie Simpson is shown here in an earlier interview with WCAX. ST. JOHNSBURY — The man who died after being found unresponsive in downtown St. Johnsbury in February had suffered a “penetrating sharp...
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Jay Peak receiver, People’s United Bank reach $1.75M proposed deal
Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference on April 13, 2017. Photo by Michael Dougherty/VTDigger The court-appointed receiver...
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7 months later, Burlington still working on police body camera, misconduct...
Jabulani Gamache, chair of the Burlington Police Commission, on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In late September, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger stood in Roosevelt Park and...
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House backs bill dropping deadline for child physical abuse claims
Burlington’s former St. Joseph’s Orphanage, which housed children from 1854 to 1974, is now an apartment building. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger The Vermont House has joined the Senate in advancing...
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