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Town-City-Government

Slavery ban testimony heard by Vermont legislators

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressJanuary 21, 2022

FILE - Art Miller, one of three partners in Miller Farm Inc., feeds the cows on the farm, on March 18, 2020, in Vernon, Vt. Northeast organic dairy companies are trying to recruit consumers to help strengthen the industry after news that 135 farms in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and New York will lose their milk contracts. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP, File)

Consumers asked to support Northeast organic dairy industry

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressJanuary 15, 2022

Rep. Laura Sibilia, I-Dover, speaks in favor of allowing the House of Representatives to work remotely on the opening day of the Legislature at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Town-City-Government

With rising cases, omicron, Vermont Legislature goes remote

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressJanuary 5, 2022

ACLU files complaint over racist incidents at Whitingham, Vt., school

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressDecember 22, 2021

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., hugs his wife Marcelle Pomerleau at the conclusion of a news conference at the Vermont State House to announce he will not seek re-election, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, in Montpelier, V.T. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Leahy won’t seek reelection to U.S. Senate in 2022

by Wilson Ring Associated Press, and Lisa Rathke Associated PressNovember 15, 2021

Report: Several buyers eyeing forfeited Jay Peak resort in Vermont

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressOctober 6, 2021

A utility terrain vehicle, or UTV, travels on a road, in Gorham, N.H., Friday, July 23, 2021. Rural communities across the country are wrestling with the economic perks and environmental drawbacks of opening up their roads to ATVs. Interest in ATVs has only intensified as more people got outdoors during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Do ATVs belong on roads?

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressSeptember 6, 2021

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, left, and U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, of Vermont, attend a round table discussion in Burlington, Vt., on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. Vermont officials told Vilsack on Thursday that farm efforts to reduce phosphorus runoff and federal money to support that work are paying off to improve the water quality of Lake Champlain. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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USDA head visits Vermont, hears about farm runoff reductions

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressAugust 19, 2021

FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, Ariel Quiros, left, former owner of Jay Peak Resort, stands outside the federal courthouse in Burlington, Vt., after his arraignment on fraud charges over a failed plan to build a biotechnology plant using foreign investors' money. The Miami businessman, accused of being the mastermind behind a massive fraud case involving foreign investors' money in Vermont developments, is expected to plead guilty in next week in a plea deal in which prosecutors are seeking a sentence of more than eight years in prison. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke, File)

Police-Fire-Courts

Former Jay Peak Resort exec pleads guilty

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressAugust 13, 2021

David Moran walks through a hallway towards his hotel room, paid for by a pandemic voucher program, at his temporary home at the Hilltop Inn in Berlin, Vt., Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Tens of thousands of homeless like Moran, who now has a job at Applebee’s, have been staying in hotels across the U.S. paid for by federal programs aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. “I’m not going to be able to get a shower on a regular basis, which around food is not a good thing,” he said. “So I think there should be more available funds for people that are really trying.” (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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End to COVID-19 hotel housing for homeless raises worries

by Kelli Kennedy Associated Press, and Lisa Rathke Associated PressJune 27, 2021