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Feds close in on fired Coventry town clerk
Cynthia Diaz, fired Coventry town clerk, treasurer and delinquent tax collector. File photo by John Lazenby Since 2005, Coventry’s former clerk and treasurer has been the focus of four investigations...
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More than 1,000 fill House chamber for gun hearing
Ed Cutler is the president of Gun Owners of Vermont. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Members of the public filled every seat in the House chamber Tuesday night for a hearing on gun control...
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Lawmakers hope to broaden effort to combat racial bias
Rep. Kiah Morris, D-Bennington, shown here at a press conference last year, is sponsoring a bill this session to address racial disparities in the education system. File photo by Erin...
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Police push saliva test for drugged drivers; ACLU threatens to sue
Tom Anderson, commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerVermont’s public safety commissioner told lawmakers that legislation allowing police to use saliva...
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Gov. Scott taps Thibault as Washington County’s top prosecutor
Gov. Phil Scott swears in Rory Thibault as interim Washington County state’s attorney in January. File photo courtesy of Scott’s office Rory Thibault can remove the interim from his title following his...
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UPDATED: Quiros to pay $84M for EB-5 fraud at Jay Peak Resort
Bill Stenger, left, and Ariel Quiros at a ribbon cutting. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger The former owner of Jay Peak Resort who was the mastermind of a “Ponzi-like” scheme in the Northeast...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Plea deal could have led to ‘procedural quagmire’
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. State v. Scarola, 2017 VT 116 OK, maybe timing isn’t exactly everything, but timing is a big piece of why this particular case...
View ArticleSchool board and citizens settle suit over open meeting law
BENNINGTON — Residents of the Mount Anthony Union school district and the district’s school board have settled a lawsuit over violations of the open meeting law. Judge William Cohen told attorney...
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The Deeper Dig: Grappling with gun rights
Opponents of new gun safety proposals line up for Tuesday’s public hearing. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Three bills under consideration in the Legislature have reopened the longstanding debate...
View ArticleBurlington teacher accused of assault put on paid leave
BURLINGTON- A Burlington Technical Center teacher pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge he assaulted a 16-year-old student in his class. David Scibek, 52, was cited into Burlington’s Vermont Superior...
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Montpelier shooting death: ‘It’s really hard to grapple with’
Scene from the standoff and fatal shooting of Nathan Giffin at Montpelier High School. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger In the late morning on a cold Tuesday, Jan. 16, Nathan Giffin was shot and...
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Racial discrimination rampant at state psychiatric hospital, commission finds
The Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital. Photo by Roger Crowley/for VTDigger The state Human Rights Commission has found that the Vermont Department of Mental Health illegally discriminated against an...
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Bail reform meets little resistance in committee hearing
Rep. Maxine Grad, D-Moretown, is the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger A panel of lawmakers heard pros and cons as well as quite a few suggestions last week on a...
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Footprints in the snow lead to border arrests
U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the border in Vermont. File photo/courtesy Border Patrol Footprints in the snow led border patrol agents to seven arrests last week — five Romanian nationals hoping...
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Republican leader proposes drug testing for welfare recipients
Rep. Don Turner, R-Milton, center, and Rep. Chris Pearson, P-Burlington, share a laugh with House Speaker Shap Smith, right. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger The House Republican leader is proposing...
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Whistleblower complaint filed against Hermitage Club
The Hermitage Club in Wilmington. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer (This story by Chris Mays was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Feb. 7, 2018.) DEERFIELD VALLEY — A former...
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House passes bill that updates parentage laws
Rep. Maxine Grad, D-Moretown, is the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger The House has advanced a measure that a lawmaker who helped shepherd it through the chamber...
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Vermont Attorney General’s office won’t bring criminal charges following...
Guy Rouelle. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerThe Vermont Attorney General’s Office will not file any criminal charges against the former head of the state’s aviation division following an...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: A last minute pull-out from arbitration
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney. Adams v. Barr, 2018 VT 12 The lesson in this case is: “Don’t wait until the last minute.” I suppose, in life,...
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House panel advances saliva testing for pot
From smoke to saliva, tests will tell. File photo by Josh Larkin/VTDigger A panel of lawmakers voted in favor of a bill that would allow law enforcement officers to use saliva testing to detect the...
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