The judge found that the state law requiring lifetime sentences for defendants convicted of capital offenses violates the “cruel and unusual” clause under the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution ...

A Scott administration return-to-office mandate will kick in Dec 1. The employees’ union says the Waterbury office lacks enough desks to accommodate workers assigned there. Administration officials ...

With the Legislature set to consider statewide school redistricting efforts this coming session, some school boards and supervisory unions are pushing to set their own course.

The projects include preservation work on the historic Rockingham Meeting House, a new roof for the Town Hall, along with restoration work of the dormant Miss Bellows Falls Diner and on the village ...

As the federal stalemate wears on, state officials are focusing on how they can get funds to households relying on food stamps, as well as heating benefits, if the shutdown continues into November.

Clara White, a 14-year-old eighth grade student from Montpelier, said that “people my age, we are not just sitting around waiting. We are more connected than generations before us." ...

The former Republican state senator has faced intense calls for his resignation since hateful comments he and others made in a national Young Republicans group chat drew national attention last week.

Dray Bourgeois is a multiply disabled, first-generation college graduate from southern Vermont. Raised in a low-income household, he was awarded a Curtis Fund scholarship—support that allowed him to ...

The victim, who met Newton while he was doing his job as sheriff, told the courtroom she now feels she’s unable to trust the systems designed to protect her.

If Burlington truly wishes to honor Chief Greylock, it must do so in collaboration with those who carry his heritage.

The showcase chronicles former landmarks that no longer exist, like Smith’s Falls Covered Bridge, which was built in 1844 and removed a little over a century later.

The U.S. Supreme Court justice, part of the court’s three-member liberal bloc, urged university students in attendance not to ...