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The parent company of Vermont Castings, a well-known manufacturer of stoves and fireplace inserts, plans to furlough most of the workers at its facilities in Randolph and Bethel around the start of next week, a company spokesperson told...

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MONTPELIER — John Rodgers, a Glover Republican, was formally elected Vermont’s next lieutenant governor on Thursday as a vast majority of state legislators voted to affirm his upset win in last fall’s race over Progressive/Democrat David Zuckerman.

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A Vermont defense contractor will pay the federal government $426,000 to settle allegations that it sold the U.S. military protective eyewear with components sourced from outside the country — a violation of defense procurement policy, officials...

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Nearly four years ago, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials outlined a proposal for a line of surveillance towers along the Canadian border in Vermont and New York. Since then, VtDigger has found, the agency has been quietly making good on its...

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is planning to cut the operating hours of some ports of entry between Vermont and Canada early next year, the federal agency said in a Tuesday press release.Starting Jan. 6, 2025, four Vermont crossings that are...

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John Rodgers, a Republican from Glover, Vt., was elected lieutenant governor of Vermont Tuesday, unseating Progressive/Democrat Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman in a rare ouster of a statewide incumbent. The dramatic conclusion came at the end of a highly...

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In Vermont’s race for lieutenant governor a single label has been front and center.Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, a Progressive/Democrat and produce farmer from Hinesburg, is facing a challenge from John Rodgers of Glover, a former state lawmaker who owns...

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A week after a jury failed, for a second time, to reach a verdict in the assault case against Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore, the prosecutor in the case announced he will not put the sheriff on trial again.Grand Isle State’s Attorney Doug...

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Vermont’s leading candidates for governor agreed at a VtDigger debate Thursday evening that Vermont is worse off today than it has been in the recent past. But they disagreed, in many ways, on who exactly was to blame.For incumbent Republican Gov....

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Two months after a jury failed to reach a verdict over whether Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore committed assault when he kicked a shackled detainee in 2022, the sheriff’s case is back in court this week as prosecutors try, again, to convict...

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A contractor with a facility in Williston, Vt., was awarded nearly $200 million by the U.S. Department of Defense to supply the U.S. Army and other federal agencies with parts for an air defense system designed to protect armored vehicles from the...

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The state panel that regulates Vermont’s cannabis industry voted Wednesday to temporarily stop accepting applications for new retail licenses, a move that comes amid growing concerns the market has become oversaturated in some cities and towns. The...

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U.S. Border Patrol is reporting record numbers of migrants attempting to cross the Canadian border into Vermont and neighboring states — prompting the agency to bolster its ranks and apprehend more people in the region in response.At the same time,...

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A new Vermont Department of Health rule requires food producers who work out of a home kitchen to put a safety disclaimer onto their products — raising concerns among some purveyors that the state is taking too firm a hand in regulating such small...

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Bill Doyle, Vermont’s longest-serving state senator whose commitment to civic engagement was felt far beyond the bounds of his seat in Washington County, died last week at a residential care facility in Northfield, Vt. He was 98.Doyle served in the...

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Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman and former state legislator John Rodgers won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, for Vermont’s second-highest office on Tuesday, setting the stage for a general election clash between two Statehouse veterans...

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Gregory Thayer, one of the two candidates in this year’s Republican primary race for lieutenant governor, spent several days at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee — where, he said, he was excited to join other Vermont GOP leaders in...

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Vermont’s lieutenant governor is facing a challenger in the Democratic primary who is new on the statewide political scene — and who is focusing on identity more than any major differences the two contenders have over policy issues. David Zuckerman,...

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Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas on Tuesday released a set of lists naming which candidates have — and which ones haven’t — filed campaign finance reports with the state as of early July, a move she said would help shine a spotlight on...

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A new annual fee on electric vehicle drivers is slated to take effect next year after Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Monday signed this year’s annual transportation funding bill into law.The law, H.868, primarily allocates nearly $880 million to the...

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Sen. Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, is leaving the Vermont Senate.Kitchel announced her retirement from the body Friday morning in a press release issued by Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth’s office. She’s set to leave office after 20 years and,...