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href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/08/a-note-from-our-ceo-your-gift-will-do-double-the-good/" rel="bookmark">A note from our CEO: Your gift will do double the good</a></h2> <p>I’ve seen firsthand what adaptive sports can mean to a person and their family.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/sky-barsch/">Sky Barsch</a></span> and <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/cap-vtdigger-member-team/">VTDigger Member Team</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-08T19:08:10">April 8, 2025, 7:08 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T19:49:15-04:00">April 8, 2025, 7:49 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone" style="text-align:inherit"><style>@media ( min-width: 300px ){.newspack_global_ad.block_67f7a0e565e5c{min-height: 100px;}}@media ( min-width: 970px ){.newspack_global_ad.block_67f7a0e565e5c{min-height: 100px;}}</style> <div class='newspack_global_ad block_67f7a0e565e5c fixed-height'> <div id='div-gpt-ad-67f7a0e565e5c-0'></div> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="620104" class="tag-clean-air-act tag-climate-superfund-act tag-donald-trump tag-patrick-parenteau tag-vermont-agency-of-natural-resources tag-vermont-law-and-graduate-school category-government-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/trump-executive-order-targets-vermonts-first-in-the-nation-climate-superfund/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Trump executive order targets Vermont’s first-in-the-nation ‘climate superfund’ " data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="620098" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/us-politics/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"Associated Press","camera":"ILCE-7RM4A","caption":"US President Donald Trump during an executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Trump is moving to expand the mining and use of coal inside the US, a bid to power the boom in energy-hungry data centers while seeking to revive a declining US fossil fuel industry. (Photo by Andrew Thomas\/NurPhoto via AP)","created_timestamp":"1744156741","copyright":"Andrew Thomas\/NurPhoto","focal_length":"132","iso":"5000","shutter_speed":"0.003125","title":"US-POLITICS\/","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="US-POLITICS/" data-image-description="<p>FOR ONE TIME USE! Talk to Natalie Williams if you have questions.</p> <p>US President Donald Trump during an executive order signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Trump is moving to expand the mining and use of coal inside the US, a bid to power the boom in energy-hungry data centers while seeking to revive a declining US fossil fuel industry. (Photo by Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via AP)</p> " data-image-caption="<p>President Donald Trump during an executive order signing ceremony in the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Trump is moving to expand the mining and use of coal inside the U.S., a bid to power the boom in energy-hungry data centers while seeking to revive a declining fossil fuel industry. Photo by Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via AP</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Donald-Trump-Executive-Order-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/government-politics/">Government & Politics</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/trump-executive-order-targets-vermonts-first-in-the-nation-climate-superfund/" rel="bookmark">Trump executive order targets Vermont’s first-in-the-nation ‘climate superfund’ </a></h2> <p>As it stands, the order does not require Vermont officials to change course on implementing the law.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/olivia-gieger/">Olivia Gieger</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T16:53:38">April 9, 2025, 4:53 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T17:15:55-04:00">April 9, 2025, 5:15 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="620119" class="tag-eden tag-lamoille-county-sheriffs-department tag-vermont-department-of-fish-and-wildlife tag-vermont-chief-medical-examiners-office tag-vermont-state-police category-central-vermont category-lamoille-county category-public-safety category-regional type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/state-police-probe-deaths-of-two-people-found-inside-eden-home/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="State police probe deaths of two people found inside Eden home" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="612812" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/vsp-3-20250123/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?fit=2500%2C1650&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2500,1650" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"Glenn Russell","camera":"NIKON Z 6_2","caption":"A Vermont State Police cruiser seen in Burlington on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger","created_timestamp":"1737643526","copyright":"Glenn Russell","focal_length":"65","iso":"560","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":"VSP-3 20250123","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="VSP-3 20250123" data-image-description="<p>police stock</p> " data-image-caption="<p>A Vermont State Police cruiser seen in Burlington on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?fit=300%2C198&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/VSP-3-20250123.jpg?fit=1200%2C792&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/public-safety/">Public Safety</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/state-police-probe-deaths-of-two-people-found-inside-eden-home/" rel="bookmark">State police probe deaths of two people found inside Eden home</a></h2> <p>The names of the deceased were not immediately released. Police said in a statement Wednesday evening, “Everyone involved in this incident is believed to be accounted for, and there is no identified threat to the community.”</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/alan-j-keays/">Alan J. 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'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Final Reading: Lawmakers ponder overlapping authorities over county courthouses" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="559606" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/essex-county-courthouse-vermont-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1333" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1" data-image-description="<p>The Essex County Courthouse in Guildhall on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. 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Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Essex-County-Courthouse-Vermont-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/government-politics/">Government & Politics</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/final-reading-lawmakers-ponder-overlapping-authorities-over-county-courthouses/" rel="bookmark">Final Reading: Lawmakers ponder overlapping authorities over county courthouses</a></h2> <p>Currently, lawmakers expect to appropriate about $4 million this year for county courthouse-related projects.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/ethan-weinstein/">Ethan Weinstein</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T18:30:00">April 9, 2025, 6:30 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T20:58:34-04:00">April 9, 2025, 8:58 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-group alignwide has-background" style="background-color:#f5f7ff"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group header-set is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><h2 class="wp-block-heading">Editors’ Picks</h2> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-small-font-size" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:300">Our best stories, investigations, podcasts and more, as recommended to you by VTDigger editors.</h3></div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="619905" class="tag-burlington tag-howard-center tag-pedestrian-safety tag-vermont-department-of-mental-health category-burlington category-champlain-valley category-chittenden-county category-public-safety category-regional type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/08/a-pedestrians-death-a-settlement-and-lingering-questions/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="A pedestrian’s death, a settlement and lingering questions " data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" data-attachment-id="617524" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/fatal-intersection-2-20250305/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?fit=2500%2C1650&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2500,1650" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"22","credit":"Glenn Russell","camera":"NIKON Z 6_2","caption":"The intersection of Shelburne Road with Fayette Drive and McIntosh Avenue in South Burlington where Chriss Zuckerman was struck and killed in June of 2024 seen on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger","created_timestamp":"1741282780","copyright":"Glenn Russell","focal_length":"30","iso":"140","shutter_speed":"0.076923076923077","title":"fatal-intersection-2 20250305","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="fatal-intersection-2 20250305" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The intersection of Shelburne Road with Fayette Drive and McIntosh Avenue in South Burlington where Chriss Zuckerman was struck and killed in June of 2024 seen on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?fit=300%2C198&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fatal-intersection-2-20250305.jpg?fit=1200%2C792&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/public-safety/">Public Safety</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/08/a-pedestrians-death-a-settlement-and-lingering-questions/" rel="bookmark">A pedestrian’s death, a settlement and lingering questions </a></h2> <p>In September 2023, Chriss Zuckerman, a resident of a Howard Center residential facility, was killed by a car on Shelburne Road. 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Phil Scott's weekly press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger","created_timestamp":"1739386506","copyright":"Glenn Russell","focal_length":"135","iso":"360","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"zoie-saunders-1 20250212","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="zoie-saunders-1 20250212" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Education Secretary Zoie Saunders speaks during Gov. Phil Scott’s weekly press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/zoie-saunders-1-20250212.jpg?fit=300%2C198&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/zoie-saunders-1-20250212.jpg?fit=1200%2C792&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/education/">Education</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/07/vermont-agency-of-education-asks-school-districts-to-certify-compliance-with-trump-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-ban/" rel="bookmark">Vermont Agency of Education walks back request that school districts report compliance with President Trump’s anti-DEI directive</a></h2> <p>Education Secretary Zoie Saunders had sent a letter Friday requesting school district leaders to respond within 10 days. Federal guidance argues schools have used diversity programs, “social-emotional” learning and “culturally responsive” teaching to discriminate against students.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/ethan-weinstein/">Ethan Weinstein</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-07T10:22:48">April 7, 2025, 10:22 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T08:43:55-04:00">April 8, 2025, 8:43 am</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="619850" class="tag-beavers tag-brenna-galdenzi tag-dams tag-protect-our-wildlife tag-vermont-agency-of-natural-resources tag-vermont-department-of-environmental-conservation tag-vermont-wildlife category-environment type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/06/agency-of-natural-resources-considers-removing-beavers-from-up-to-25-state-owned-dams/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Agency of Natural Resources considers removing beavers from 21 state-owned dams" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" data-attachment-id="575655" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/north-american-beaver-castor-canadensis-eating-alaska/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"Frank Fichtm\u00fcller - stock.adobe.com","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1347685882","copyright":"Copyright: Frank Fichtmueller","focal_length":"500","iso":"1250","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) eating, Alaska","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) eating, Alaska" data-image-description="<p>A North American beaver in Alaska. Photo via Adobe Stock</p> <p>North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) eating, Alaska</p> <p>Wildlife, animals, hunting, dams, mammals</p> " data-image-caption="<p>A North American beaver in Alaska. Photo via Adobe Stock</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Beaver-Wildlife-1-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/environment/">Environment</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/06/agency-of-natural-resources-considers-removing-beavers-from-up-to-25-state-owned-dams/" rel="bookmark">Agency of Natural Resources considers removing beavers from 21 state-owned dams</a></h2> <p>Two public meetings held by the agency will inform the public of new dam safety rules and how the state plans to mitigate beaver-induced dam blockage.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/izzy-wagner/">Izzy Wagner</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-06T08:44:00">April 6, 2025, 8:44 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-07T15:54:35-04:00">April 7, 2025, 3:54 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="619837" class="tag-becca-balint tag-brattleboro tag-donald-trump tag-john-rodgers tag-kesha-ram-hinsdale tag-madeleine-kunin tag-montpelier tag-peter-welch category-central-vermont category-government-politics category-regional category-washington-county type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/05/thousands-of-people-protest-trump-presidency-at-rallies-around-vermont/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Thousands of people protest Trump presidency at rallies around Vermont" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" data-attachment-id="619826" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/hands-off-rally-11-20250405/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?fit=2500%2C1663&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2500,1663" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"Glenn Russell","camera":"NIKON Z 6","caption":"Several thousand people attend a \u201cHands Off\u201d rally in Montpelier on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The rally in Montpelier is one of many nationwide demonstrations protesting President Trump's policies. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger","created_timestamp":"1743875885","copyright":"Glenn Russell","focal_length":"120","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":"hands-off-rally-11 20250405","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="hands-off-rally-11 20250405" data-image-description="<p>Several thousand people attend a “Hands Off” rally in Montpelier on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The rally in Montpelier is one of many nationwide demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump’s policies. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-image-caption="<p>Several thousand people attend a “Hands Off” rally in Montpelier on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The rally in Montpelier is one of many nationwide demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump’s policies. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hands-off-rally-11-20250405.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/government-politics/">Government & Politics</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/05/thousands-of-people-protest-trump-presidency-at-rallies-around-vermont/" rel="bookmark">Thousands of people protest Trump presidency at rallies around Vermont</a></h2> <p>“I’m grateful for the numbers coming out to show that we do not agree with what’s happening to our country and our Constitution,” one protester said. </p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/greta-solsaa/">Greta Solsaa</a></span> and <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/cap-kevin-oconnor/">Kevin O'Connor</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-05T18:22:05">April 5, 2025, 6:22 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-07T08:46:48-04:00">April 7, 2025, 8:46 am</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="620101" class="tag-emilie-krasnow tag-family-leave tag-h-461 tag-mary-howard tag-vermont-legislature category-government-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/lawmakers-look-to-expand-unpaid-time-off-2/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Lawmakers look to expand unpaid time off " data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="538243" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/mary-howard-1-20230222/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?fit=2000%2C1331&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1331" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"Glenn Russell","camera":"NIKON Z 6_2","caption":"Rep. Mary Howard, D-Rutland, listens as the House General and Housing Committee discusses Gov. Phil Scott's budget proposal at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger","created_timestamp":"1677079578","copyright":"Glenn Russell","focal_length":"66","iso":"5000","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"mary-howard-1 20230222","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="mary-howard-1 20230222" data-image-description="<p>Rep. Mary Howard, D-Rutland, listens as the House General and Housing Committee discusses Gov. Phil Scott’s budget proposal at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-image-caption="<p>Rep. Mary Howard, D-Rutland, listens as the House General and Housing Committee discusses Gov. Phil Scott’s budget proposal at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mary-howard-1-20230222.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/government-politics/">Government & Politics</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/lawmakers-look-to-expand-unpaid-time-off-2/" rel="bookmark">Lawmakers look to expand unpaid time off </a></h2> <p>The bill would guarantee employees can take two weeks of unpaid time off from work after the death of a family member.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/charlotte-oliver/">Charlotte Oliver</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T16:39:53">April 9, 2025, 4:39 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T17:24:38-04:00">April 9, 2025, 5:24 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="620099" class="tag-garrett-graff tag-podcast tag-vermont-conversation category-government-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/vermont-conversation-journalist-garrett-graff-on-the-rise-of-authoritarianism-and-how-covid-changed-vermont/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Garrett-Graff-2017-0213-031-edit-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Vermont Conversation: Journalist Garrett Graff on the rise of authoritarianism and how Covid changed Vermont" data-hero-candidate="1" data-attachment-id="507166" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/2018/04/05/deeper-dig-eyes-mueller/garrett-graff-2017-0213-031-edit/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Garrett-Graff-2017-0213-031-edit-scaled.jpg?fit=4200%2C2804&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4200,2804" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Andy Duback","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"2017 Andy Duback","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Garrett Graff" data-image-description="<p>Garrett Graff, a journalist based in Burlington, wrote a biography of Robert Mueller in 2011. Courtesy photo</p> " data-image-caption="<p>Garrett Graff, a journalist based in Burlington, wrote a biography of Robert Mueller in 2011. Courtesy photo</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Garrett-Graff-2017-0213-031-edit-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Garrett-Graff-2017-0213-031-edit-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/government-politics/">Government & Politics</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/vermont-conversation-journalist-garrett-graff-on-the-rise-of-authoritarianism-and-how-covid-changed-vermont/" rel="bookmark">Vermont Conversation: Journalist Garrett Graff on the rise of authoritarianism and how Covid changed Vermont</a></h2> <p>“Checks and balances only work if Congress actually cares,” Graff continued. “And what we’re seeing right now is Congress just not caring what the President does.”</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/cap-david-goodman/">David Goodman</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T16:21:29">April 9, 2025, 4:21 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T16:46:15-04:00">April 9, 2025, 4:46 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div></div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone" style="text-align:inherit"><style>@media ( min-width: 300px ){.newspack_global_ad.block_67f7a0e573b3a{min-height: 100px;}}@media ( min-width: 970px ){.newspack_global_ad.block_67f7a0e573b3a{min-height: 100px;}}</style> <div class='newspack_global_ad block_67f7a0e573b3a fixed-height'> <div id='div-gpt-ad-67f7a0e573b3a-0'></div> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="620070" class="tag-karen-carroll tag-phil-scott tag-vermont-supreme-court category-government-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/vermont-supreme-court-associate-justice-karen-carroll-set-to-retire-in-august/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Vermont Supreme Court Associate Justice Karen Carroll set to retire in August" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="537775" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/karen-carroll-10-20230125/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?fit=2000%2C1331&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1331" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"Glenn Russell","camera":"NIKON Z 6","caption":"Vermont Supreme Court Associate Justice Karen Carroll speaks during a hearing in Montpelier on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger","created_timestamp":"1674659764","copyright":"Glenn Russell","focal_length":"200","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"karen-carroll-10 20230125","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="karen-carroll-10 20230125" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Vermont Supreme Court Associate Justice Karen Carroll speaks during a hearing in Montpelier on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/karen-carroll-10-20230125.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/government-politics/">Government & Politics</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/vermont-supreme-court-associate-justice-karen-carroll-set-to-retire-in-august/" rel="bookmark">Vermont Supreme Court Associate Justice Karen Carroll set to retire in August</a></h2> <p>Carroll has served on the high court bench since 2017, when she was sworn into the post by Gov. Phil Scott.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/alan-j-keays/">Alan J. Keays</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T10:20:40">April 9, 2025, 10:20 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T10:20:44-04:00">April 9, 2025, 10:20 am</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="620035" class="tag-attorney-generals-office tag-emma-mulvaney-stanak tag-erik-wells tag-karen-dolan tag-martin-lalonde tag-rachel-jolly tag-restorative-justice tag-south-burlington category-champlain-valley category-chittenden-county category-public-safety category-regional type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/a-new-vermont-law-is-expanding-access-to-restorative-justice-statewide-but-its-left-chittenden-countys-community-justice-centers-in-limbo/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="A new Vermont law is expanding access to restorative justice statewide, but it’s left Chittenden County’s community justice centers in limbo" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="619495" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/josef-lavanway-1-20250402/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?fit=2500%2C1663&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2500,1663" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"Glenn Russell","camera":"NIKON Z 6_2","caption":"Josef Lavanway, director of South Burlington\u2019s Community Justice Center, seen on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger","created_timestamp":"1743606540","copyright":"Glenn Russell","focal_length":"50","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.00125","title":"josef-lavanway-1 20250402","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="josef-lavanway-1 20250402" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Josef Lavanway, director of South Burlington’s Community Justice Center, seen on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/josef-lavanway-1-20250402.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/public-safety/">Public Safety</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/a-new-vermont-law-is-expanding-access-to-restorative-justice-statewide-but-its-left-chittenden-countys-community-justice-centers-in-limbo/" rel="bookmark">A new Vermont law is expanding access to restorative justice statewide, but it’s left Chittenden County’s community justice centers in limbo</a></h2> <p>Williston, South Burlington and Essex have provided pre-charge diversion services for years, but a legislative directive to fund one organization per county has left the future of the centers in those towns uncertain.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/corey-mcdonald/">Corey McDonald</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T06:52:00">April 9, 2025, 6:52 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T15:24:34-04:00">April 9, 2025, 3:24 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-group alignwide has-light-blue-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group header-set is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><h2 class="wp-block-heading">Opinion</h2> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-small-font-size" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:300">Commentaries and letters to the editor written by community members and regular contributors.</h3></div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha is-grid columns-4 colgap-2 ts-3 is-style-borders has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="620055" class="tag-commentaries tag-jan-carney tag-opinion tag-public-health category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/jan-k-carney-this-national-public-health-week-support-science-and-support-health/" rel="bookmark">Jan K. Carney: This National Public Health Week, support science and support health</a></h2> <p>Support your neighbors, local community and organizations working together to improve the health of Vermonters.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T07:07:00">April 9, 2025, 7:07 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T21:27:27-04:00">April 8, 2025, 9:27 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="620056" class="tag-broadband tag-christine-hallquist tag-commentaries tag-opinion category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/09/christine-hallquist-and-tee-thomas-how-broadband-can-tackle-vermonts-workforce-shortage-and-deliver-clean-water/" rel="bookmark">Christine Hallquist and Tee Thomas: How broadband can tackle Vermont’s workforce shortage and deliver clean water</a></h2> <p>Climate change is throwing punches and broadband will help us fight back.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T07:06:00">April 9, 2025, 7:06 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T08:55:41-04:00">April 9, 2025, 8:55 am</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="619948" class="tag-ben-clark tag-cellphone-ban tag-cellphones tag-commentaries tag-h-54 tag-opinion tag-s-21 category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/08/ben-clark-cellphone-free-schools-for-our-students-future/" rel="bookmark">Ben Clark: Cellphone-free schools for our students’ future</a></h2> <p>This is more than a policy choice — it is a moral imperative.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-08T07:02:00">April 8, 2025, 7:02 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-07T20:53:27-04:00">April 7, 2025, 8:53 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="619683" class="tag-act-46 tag-commentaries tag-education tag-education-equity tag-school-district-consolidation category-opinion type-post post-has-image" > <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/07/katie-grenon-rural-vermonters-define-educational-equity/" rel="bookmark">Katie Grenon: Rural Vermonters define educational equity</a></h2> <p>From the horse’s mouth: There should be no forced consolidation of Vermont’s community elementary schools.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-07T07:01:00">April 7, 2025, 7:01 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-04T11:42:32-04:00">April 4, 2025, 11:42 am</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="/opinion/">Read more opinion</a></div></div></div></div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="620044" class="tag-invasive-species tag-lake-bomoseen tag-lake-memphremagog tag-vermont-department-of-fish-and-wildlife category-environment category-northeast-kingdom category-orleans-county category-regional type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/08/invasive-zebra-mussels-discovered-in-lake-memphremagog/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lac_Memphremagog_from_Owls_Head-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Invasive zebra mussels discovered in Lake Memphremagog" data-hero-candidate="1" data-attachment-id="508875" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/2018/07/17/quebecois-lawmaker-arms-vermont-landfill-expansion-plan/lac_memphremagog_from_owls_head/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lac_Memphremagog_from_Owls_Head-scaled.jpg?fit=2816%2C2112&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2816,2112" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","credit":"","camera":"DMC-FZ7","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1255184110","copyright":"","focal_length":"6","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Lake Memphremagog" data-image-description="<p>View of Lake Memphremagog from a hill near Mansonville, Eastern Townships, Quebec. Photo by Kevstan/Wikimedia Commons</p> " data-image-caption="<p>View of Lake Memphremagog from a hill near Mansonville, Eastern Townships, Quebec. Photo by Kevstan/Wikimedia Commons</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lac_Memphremagog_from_Owls_Head-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lac_Memphremagog_from_Owls_Head-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/environment/">Environment</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/08/invasive-zebra-mussels-discovered-in-lake-memphremagog/" rel="bookmark">Invasive zebra mussels discovered in Lake Memphremagog</a></h2> <p>The species was first spotted on the Canadian side of Lake Memphremagog, which flows from Newport to Quebec, in 2018. Seven years later, the invasion has spread south to Vermont.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/izzy-wagner/">Izzy Wagner</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-08T18:57:47">April 8, 2025, 6:57 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-09T09:07:35-04:00">April 9, 2025, 9:07 am</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="620037" class="tag-final-reading tag-final-reading-2025 tag-h-r-6 tag-vermont-legislature-2025 tag-ncaa tag-vermont-legislature category-government-politics type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/08/final-reading-house-advances-changes-to-its-ethics-panels-procedures-spurred-by-bag-soaking-scandal/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Final Reading: House advances changes to its ethics panel’s procedures spurred by bag-soaking scandal" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="584348" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/2-person-composite-1-5/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1333" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Carroll-Morrissey-composite" data-image-description="<p>Rep. Jim Carroll, D-Bennington, left, and Rep. Mary Morrissey, R-Bennington, addressing legislators on Monday, June 17. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-image-caption="<p>Rep. Jim Carroll, D-Bennington, left, and Rep. Mary Morrissey, R-Bennington, addressing legislators on Monday, June 17. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2-Person-Composite-1-3.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/category/government-politics/">Government & Politics</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/08/final-reading-house-advances-changes-to-its-ethics-panels-procedures-spurred-by-bag-soaking-scandal/" rel="bookmark">Final Reading: House advances changes to its ethics panel’s procedures spurred by bag-soaking scandal</a></h2> <p>The chamber’s internal panel that investigates members’ misconduct is slated to produce new reports on its work, and get more leeway to share details of its closed-door meetings.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://vtdigger.org/author/shaun-robinson/">Shaun Robinson</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-08T18:31:35">April 8, 2025, 6:31 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-08T18:31:41-04:00">April 8, 2025, 6:31 pm</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone" style="text-align:inherit"><style>@media ( min-width: 300px ){.newspack_global_ad.block_67f7a0e575b3a{min-height: 100px;}}@media ( min-width: 970px ){.newspack_global_ad.block_67f7a0e575b3a{min-height: 100px;}}</style> <div class='newspack_global_ad block_67f7a0e575b3a fixed-height'> <div id='div-gpt-ad-67f7a0e575b3a-0'></div> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-group alignwide has-light-blue-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group header-set is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><h2 class="wp-block-heading">Obituaries</h2> <h3 class="wp-block-heading has-small-font-size" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:300">Death notices and celebrations of life.</h3></div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-2 show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-3 is-landscape is-style-borders has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="410734"> <article data-post-id="619395" class="category-obituaries type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/02/kathleen-katra-faust/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kathleen-Katra-Faust-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Kathleen (Katra) Faust" data-hero-candidate="1" data-attachment-id="619396" data-permalink="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/02/kathleen-katra-faust/kathleen-katra-faust-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kathleen-Katra-Faust-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1000,666" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Kathleen-Katra-Faust-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kathleen-Katra-Faust-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/vtdigger.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kathleen-Katra-Faust-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/02/kathleen-katra-faust/" rel="bookmark">Kathleen (Katra) Faust</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-02T11:15:29">April 2, 2025, 11:15 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-04-02T11:15:34-04:00">April 2, 2025, 11:15 am</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="619280" class="category-obituaries type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/01/peter-gerrit-van-schaick/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" width="400" height="300" 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