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A longtime Norwich University employee is accusing school leaders of sexual harassment, sex-based discrimination and creating a hostile environment, according to a lawsuit filed this week.Elizabeth Kennedy, Norwich’s former vice president of...

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State officials have confirmed a case of measles in Vermont, officials announced Tuesday, the first confirmed case in the state since 2018.   The individual who was confirmed to have the disease had come to Vermont for an “international group...

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The Vermont Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a bill to ban the sale of flavored e-liquids, nicotine products and menthol-flavored tobacco products.The vote comes on the heels of House passage of the legislation, S.18, last Friday. It now...

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The Vermont House passed a ban on the sale of flavored nicotine products and tobacco substitutes Friday morning, a key hurdle before the legislation goes to the governor’s desk. The passage of S.18, after hours of floor discussion Thursday afternoon,...

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Last month, Sue Minter, the executive director of the Barre-based nonprofit Capstone Community Action, explained to state lawmakers how many Vermonters are still facing the impacts of last summer’s floods.“Many are either displaced entirely or living...

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School board members have decided to temporarily shutter Windham Elementary School after administrators struggled to fill staffing positions at the tiny school.The three-person Windham School Board voted Thursday evening to close the 15-student school...

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State educational data from 2022 showed mixed results for Vermont schools, with few gains in standardized test scores but improvements in discipline and educational opportunities.Troublingly, however, the data also showed a widening performance gap...

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Vermonters affected by flooding will have more time to file and pay some state taxes, officials said Wednesday. The due date for state sales, rooms and meals taxes will be extended, Gov. Phil Scott said at a press conference in Berlin, adding that the...

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Vermont House lawmakers advanced legislation to tighten regulations on private schools that educate students paid for with public money, including a provision that would limit those schools’ ability to turn away publicly-funded students. The House...

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Lawmakers in a key House committee have introduced a bill that would place new regulations on private schools receiving public money, including tightening anti-discrimination requirements and increasing state oversight. But the bill, introduced Friday...

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Two Vermont nonprofit advocacy groups filed formal complaints seeking to remove school mascots at eight schools across the state, arguing that they are offensive and harmful to students.In a letter last week, the Rutland Area NAACP and Gedakina, a...

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In June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case called Carson v. Makin, finding the state of Maine could not withhold public money from private religious schools simply because those schools might use the money for religious purposes. In...