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Attorney General Bonta Files Amicus Brief Opposing Trump Administration’s Efforts to Roll Back Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Children

Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice · July 17, 2025

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, et al. vs. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., in...

Attorney General Ford Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Legal Challenge to Unlawful Termination of Job Corps

Nevada Attorney General · July 16, 2025

Carson City, NV — Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he has joined an amicus brief with attorneys general from 21 other states in support of a proposed class of plaintiffs challenging the unlawful termination of Job Corps, a...

Lynch Carpenter Investigates Claims in Mountain Laurel Dermatology Data Breach

GlobeNewswire, Inc. · July 18, 2025

PITTSBURGH, July 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mountain Laurel Dermatology (“Mountain Laurel”) recently announced a cybersecurity incident, which impacted the personal information of an undisclosed number of individuals.1 The information...

TRANSCRIPT: Governor Phil Scott Reflects on Anniversary of 2023 and 2024 Flooding Events

State of Vermont Office of Governor · July 10, 2025

Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott yesterday held a press conference at the Lyndonville Redemption Center to reflect on the anniversary of the 2023 and 2024 severe flooding events which impacted over 150 cities, towns and villages. Governor...

TRANSCRIPT: Governor Phil Scott Reflects on Anniversary of 2023 and 2024 Flooding Events

State of Vermont Office of Governor · July 10, 2025

Governor Phil Scott Appoints Dave Wolk to Serve on School District Redistricting Task Force

State of Vermont Office of Governor · July 2, 2025

Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott today announced the appointment of Dave Wolk, of Rutland, to serve as the Governor’s appointee on the School District Redistricting Task Force after signing H.454, An act relating to transforming Vermont’s...

Governor Phil Scott Appoints Dave Wolk to Serve on School District Redistricting Task Force

State of Vermont Office of Governor · July 2, 2025

Vermont State Meat Inspection Program: Dhaurali Goats

Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets · July 2, 2025

Under the Vermont State meat Inspection Program, all livestock slaughtered for commercial sale – including goats processed for halal markets – must be conducted under continuous inspection by a state food safety specialist. The inspection process...

Governor Phil Scott Appoints 83 to Boards and Commissions

State of Vermont Office of Governor · July 1, 2025

Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott’s office today announced a range of appointments made in the second quarter of 2025. Boards and commissions serve an important role in state government, giving Vermonters numerous opportunities to serve their...

Governor Phil Scott Appoints 83 to Boards and Commissions

State of Vermont Office of Governor · July 1, 2025

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Vermont schools will receive $6.5M in afterschool funds after Trump partially lifts freeze

Vermont Public Radio · July 18, 2025

Vermont schools should soon be able to access roughly $6.5 million in summer and afterschool funding after the Trump administration announced Friday it would release $1.3 billion in previously withheld education money nationwide. The news will...

Vermont joins another multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration, this one over Affordable Care Act changes

Rutland Herald - Vermont ·

MONTPELIER — Vermont has joined several other states in another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time over a proposed rule the state’s attorney general claims would illegally make it harder for millions of Americans to access health...

Frometa homers, Mills plates three in Starfires close game at Vermont

MassLive - Massachusetts · July 18, 2025

BURLINGTON, VERMONT – Third-year Starfire Josh Frometa went yard for the first time this summer and Northwestern’s Griffin Mills added three RBIs to his season total, but the Westfield Starfires fell just short to the Vermont Lake Monsters,...

Vermont Attorney General signs on to lawsuit against FEMA funding cuts

NBC5 - Vermont · July 18, 2025

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark has joined a 20-state coalition, filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration's decision to cut funding to FEMA. Clark said that after Congress had already appropriated funding for the federal disaster...

Senator Bernie Sanders calls for Red Sox and Aramark to ‘immediately bargain in good faith’ with unionized Fenway Park workers

The Boston Globe - Massachusetts ·

WASHINGTON—Senator Bernie Sanders has called on the heads of the Boston Red Sox and concession provider Aramark to immediately start good faith negotiations with unionized Fenway Park concession workers after their union authorized a strike last...

Vermont Voices | A father speaks about grief, tragedy, and a life full circle one year after June Cooper’s drowning

Bennington Banner - Vermont ·

Life changed forever for a young family after the tragic drowning of June Cooper at summer camp last July. A full year after, June’s father talks about his memories of that day, his daughter’s spirit, and how a family tries to move forward after...

Former AIG Exec McElroy Faces Sexual Assault Charges in Vermont

Insurance Journal · July 18, 2025

Earlier this week, American International Group (AIG) made a splash with the announcement that it had hired former Lloyd’s CEO John Neal to be the new leader of General Insurance, the company’s property/casualty operations. Meanwhile, the man who...

Prospero B. Gogo, Jr.: Let’s turn a deadly habit into a lifeline for Vermont’s future

VTDigger - Vermont · July 18, 2025

Letters to the editor are brief reader responses to stories and opinion pieces published by VTDigger. Letters give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a letter, follow the instructions here. Dear Editor As...

Q2 2025 Employment Law Update: Cannabis, Background Checks, AI & More

Forbes ·

The second quarter of 2025 reinforced a critical truth: compliance is no longer about static rules, ... More it’s about proactive, integrated decision-making. Legal risk is rising across every stage of the hiring process, from application to...

Forget the bear's head tooth. What are some less known Vermont fungi?

The Burlington Free Press - Vermont ·

In May 2024, Vermont designated the bear’s head tooth – also known as Hericium Americanum, which means the “Hedgehog of the Americas” – as its state mushroom. The white, spiny fungus, found growing on decaying trunks in deciduous forests, garnered...

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Vermont Woman Detained at Canadian Border Ordered Released on Bond

This Vermont Town Renamed a Street in a Bid to Help Repair Relationship With Canadians

Vermont Woman Detained at Canadian Border

Trump Orders Release of Epstein Files as 2003 Sexually Suggestive Letter Emerges

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Attorney General Bonta Files Amicus Brief Opposing Trump Administration’s Efforts to Roll Back Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Children

Attorney General Ford Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Legal Challenge to Unlawful Termination of Job Corps

Lynch Carpenter Investigates Claims in Mountain Laurel Dermatology Data Breach

TRANSCRIPT: Governor Phil Scott Reflects on Anniversary of 2023 and 2024 Flooding Events

TRANSCRIPT: Governor Phil Scott Reflects on Anniversary of 2023 and 2024 Flooding Events

Governor Phil Scott Appoints Dave Wolk to Serve on School District Redistricting Task Force

Governor Phil Scott Appoints Dave Wolk to Serve on School District Redistricting Task Force

Vermont State Meat Inspection Program: Dhaurali Goats

Governor Phil Scott Appoints 83 to Boards and Commissions

Governor Phil Scott Appoints 83 to Boards and Commissions

Latest News

Vermont schools will receive $6.5M in afterschool funds after Trump partially lifts freeze

Vermont joins another multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration, this one over Affordable Care Act changes

Frometa homers, Mills plates three in Starfires close game at Vermont

Vermont Attorney General signs on to lawsuit against FEMA funding cuts

Senator Bernie Sanders calls for Red Sox and Aramark to ‘immediately bargain in good faith’ with unionized Fenway Park workers

Vermont Voices | A father speaks about grief, tragedy, and a life full circle one year after June Cooper’s drowning

Former AIG Exec McElroy Faces Sexual Assault Charges in Vermont

Prospero B. Gogo, Jr.: Let’s turn a deadly habit into a lifeline for Vermont’s future

Q2 2025 Employment Law Update: Cannabis, Background Checks, AI & More

Forget the bear's head tooth. What are some less known Vermont fungi?

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