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Vermonters will vote on equal protection amendment to state constitution this fall

Vermont voters will have the chance to weigh in on another amendment to the state’s constitution this fall.

 

Corporate requests for public records are weighing down already burdened town officials in Vermont

In one of Vermont’s largest towns, most of the requests officials get for public records aren’t coming from local residents.

 

Ugandan minister Steven Tendo, who faced brutal torture abroad, detained by ICE in Vermont

Steven Tendo, a Ugandan minister and nursing assistant who moved to Vermont in 2021 while seeking asylum, was detained in Shelburne on Wednesday morning by federal immigration agents, according to the union he’s a part of and the advocacy group Migrant Justice.

 

New ‘American Abenaki’ curriculum, focused on Vermont, draws rebuke from Abenaki nations in Quebec

Leaders from four groups recognized as Abenaki by Vermont’s state government have created a new school curriculum about their communities’ history — but the material includes few references, they said, to two Abenaki nations centered in Quebec.

 

Vermont state employees’ union files labor complaint over return-to-office plan, sues to block it

The union representing Vermont state employees is turning to two legal venues to challenge Gov. Phil Scott’s order that many of its members return to the office in person.

 

ICE plans to boost its surveillance on social media using contractors in Vermont

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital surveillance capabilities as the agency ramps up operations across the country at the direction of leaders in President Donald Trump’s administration.

 

Vermont program to protect highway workers from speeders stalled due to state police shortage

A Vermont program to reduce the number of people speeding through highway work zones has stalled due to a shortage of Vermont State Police officers.

 

Vermont seeks federal funds for EV charger buildout, again, after Trump administration’s reversal

Vermont is taking steps to resume a long-planned buildout of electric vehicle chargers along its major highways after federal funding for the project was stripped away and then made available again.