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Muslim woman rejected at Vermont border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s border crossing in Highgate. Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionFadwa Alaoui, of Brossard, Quebec, has been to Vermont many times on shopping...
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SCOV Law Blog: Determining eligibility for a Vermont Health Connect subsidy
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re J.H., 2016 VT 122 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr Here’s a case about the Affordable Care Act. J.H. is a...
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Trial date set for PFOA contamination suit
Scientists test a well for the chemical PFOA. Bennington Banner photo RUTLAND — Attorneys for a group of Bennington residents suing Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics over perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)...
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Lawmakers quickly address immigration bill
Lawmakers began work Friday on a bill backed by Gov. Phil Scott designed to provide protections against executive orders on immigration issued by President Trump. The House and Senate Judiciary...
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Court reversal means refugee resettlement will resume in Vermont
A rally in Rutland supporting refugee resettlement. Photo by John Lazenby http://www.lazenbyphoto.com/blog/A ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a Seattle judge’s decision reversing...
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House panel hears conflicting views on pot bill
State Police Major Glenn Hall, at a news conference Jan. 28, 2015. Photo by Morgan True / VTDiggerLawmakers considering a bill that would legalize small amounts of marijuana and marijuana plants heard...
View ArticleSome AnCBio investors to recoup nearly $18M
Nearly three dozen investors in a failed proposal to build a $110 million biomedical research facility in Newport will get back a total of $17.85 million they put into the project. Federal Judge Darrin...
View ArticleBennington man serving long term for assault on girl seeks to have...
BENNINGTON — A local man sentenced to a lengthy prison term after being convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl is seeking to have his conviction and sentence vacated...
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Suspicion in a small town: Coventry looks for its missing money
Coventry Selectboard Chair Mike Marcotte outside the community center where he hoped to find documents on the town’s finances. Photo by John LazenbyCynthia Diaz was shoving a clear plastic tub packed...
View ArticleInmates cause disturbance at St. Johnsbury prison
During a two-hour disturbance at a prison Friday, a group of inmates damaged phones, doors and the fire suppression system, according to officials. According to the Department of Corrections, several...
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More EB-5 investors allege fraud, sending claims above $30M
Ariel Quiros at the opening of Jay Peak Resort’s Stateside Hotel in December 2013. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDiggerAn attorney says he will shortly double the number of Chinese investors bringing a...
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Fell defense seeks further death penalty appeal, more time
Donald FellRUTLAND — The defense team for Donald Fell has asked the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to review two key lower-court rulings on his upcoming death penalty retrial. The motion, filed Friday,...
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26 arrested in Orleans County drug sweep
Twenty-six people were arrested in connection with drug distribution in Orleans County on Tuesday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerDERBY — More than two dozen Vermonters are facing charges related to...
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Donovan hopes to clear Corren case with smaller fine
Dean Corren ran for lieutenant governor in 2014. File photo by Cory Dawson/VTDiggerWhen TJ Donovan campaigned successfully for attorney general, he promised to make settling the Dean Corren case a...
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Vermonters take border diplomacy into their own hands
Fadwa Alaoui and her husband welcome Vermont visitors into their home in Brossard, Quebec, on Saturday. Photo by Andy Solomon After U.S. border agents turned away a Canadian woman who says she hoped to...
View ArticleMan seeking freedom during possible molestation retrial
BENNINGTON — A former Shaftsbury man whose felony conviction for lewd and lascivious conduct with a child was overturned will get a chance at lower bail as he faces a possible retrial. The state...
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State to change, expand its use of St. Johnsbury work camp
Inside the ward of the St. Johnsbury work camp, which will soon house a new population of inmates. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerST. JOHNSBURY — After months of negotiations, St. Johnsbury and the...
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Auditor: Public safety spending up as crime rates flat
A report from the state auditor says that while crime rates in Vermont have remained largely flat over the last decade and a half, spending on public safety has increased more than 50 percent. The...
View ArticleJudge: Milton man arrested at Quebec border for sexual assault of 13-year-old...
ST. ALBANS — Jacob Burnham wanted to spend Valentine’s Day night in a Montreal hotel room but was arrested instead when border agents discovered his date was almost half his age, according to an...
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Insurer says Quiros owes the company, not other way around
Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerAn insurance company is firing back at Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros, disputing his claim that it has to fund his defense that tops $2...
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