Latest Vermont Headlines
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Voters in Vermont’s Largest City Nix Police Oversight Board
Mar 10 2023 // Voters in Vermont’s largest city have rejected a proposal for a community police oversight board that would have had the authority to discipline and remove Burlington police officers. Burlington Mayor Miro...
No Injuries Reported as Train Hits Tractor Trailer in Vermont
Mar 1 2023 // No injuries were reported in a collision between an Amtrak train carrying 66 passengers and a tractor-trailer in Vermont on Monday, state police said. The train, which was traveling from St. Albans to Washington, D.C., hit...
Vermont Considers Ending Clergy Exemption From Abuse Reporting Laws
Feb 24 2023 // The Vermont Legislature is considering a proposal that would end an exemption to the state’s child abuse and neglect reporting laws for members of the clergy. On Wednesday, the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee held...
Vermont Regulators Remove Possibly Contaminated Marijuana From Stores
Feb 13 2023 // Vermont regulators have removed marijuana potentially contaminated with a pesticide from five retail stores after a consumer reported feeling sick after smoking some. Vermont’s Cannabis Control Board issued a...
Vermont Workers’ Compensation Rates to Fall Again
Jan 25 2023 // Vermont businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2023. This will mark the seventh consecutive year of rate reductions. The loss cost decrease of an average 6.7%, which takes...
2022 Was Another Big Year for Captives in Vermont
Jan 20 2023 // The state of Vermont reports that it licensed 41 new captive insurance companies in 2022, meaning it is now home to 639 licensed captives, consisting of 608 active and 31 dormant captives. The new captives, a form of a...
Vermont Seeks Federal Damage Assessment From December Storm
Jan 9 2023 // Vermont has requested a federal damage assessment to see if the state qualifies for a federal major disaster declaration from last month’s storm that caused tens of thousands of power outages and other...
Vermont Lawmaker Wants to Close Abuse Reporting Exemption for Clergy
Jan 3 2023 // The head of the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee says he’s going to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session to close an exemption to the state’s child abuse and neglect reporting laws for members...
OSHA Penalties Upheld Against Vermont Cable Firm Over Death at New York Site
Dec 29 2022 // An administrative law judge has affirmed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations and $24,290 in penalties issued to Eustis Cable Enterprises Ltd., a Brookfield, Vermont, telecommunications...
Monsanto Moves to Halt School Demolition by Vermont City Suing It Over PCB Chemicals
Dec 22 2022 // BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The manufacturer of chemicals that are forcing Vermont’s largest city to tear down its high school wants to block the demolition, saying that would result in the destruction of...
Fire on Vermont Dairy Farm Destroys Barn, Kills 40 Cows
Dec 15 2022 // GRAND ISLE, Vt. (AP) — Fire has destroyed a Grand Isle dairy barn and killed about 40 cows trapped inside, Vermont State Police said Tuesday. A neighbor spotted the flames coming from the north end of the barn Monday...
Monsanto Balks as Vermont City Sues Over PCB Contamination of School
Dec 15 2022 // BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The school board in Vermont’s largest city on Monday sued the manufacturer of chemicals that are forcing the city to tear down its high school and build a new one at an estimated cost of more...
Students Sue University of Vermont Over Response to Sexual Assaults
Dec 13 2022 // Three women are suing the University of Vermont, saying the school failed to adequately respond after they reported they had been sexually assaulted while students on the Burlington campus. The civil suit, which is seeking...
Vermont to Offer Voluntary Paid Leave for State Workers Before Private Program
Dec 9 2022 // The state of Vermont is going to begin offering paid family and medical leave to its 8,000 employees next summer as part of a voluntary program that in following years will be expanded to private businesses and...
Agency Partnerships: SAN Group Adds Woodland Agency of Massachusetts; Vermont’s Barrett Agency Joins Renaissance
Nov 23 2022 // Independent insurance agency alliance Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group, Inc. recently announced the addition of Woodland Insurance Agency of Hanson, Massachusetts to its network. Founded nearly 40 years ago, Woodland...
Vermont School Board to Sue Monsanto Over PCB Contamination That Closed School
Oct 20 2022 // The school board in Vermont’s largest city plans to sue the manufacturer of chemicals that forced the closure of Burlington High School, officials said. Burlington School District officials last Thursday announced...
Vermont Supreme Court Revives COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Claim
Sep 26 2022 // The Vermont Supreme Court has kept alive a COVID-19 business interruption loss claim by major shipbuilder against a group of reinsurers. The state’s high court ruled that the case brought by Huntington Ingalls...
U of Vermont Denies Allegations of Inadequate Response to Anti-Jewish Bias on Campus
Sep 19 2022 // The president of the University of Vermont issued a blistering denial Thursday of allegations the university failed to adequately respond to complaints of anti-Jewish behavior on the Burlington campus. In a message to the...
Vermont Nursing Home Sued Over Racial Abuse Claims
Sep 9 2022 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Vermont nursing home over allegations that it allowed patients to racially abuse Black staff members. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in...
Vermont Settles Neglect Charges With 4 Residential Care Homes
Sep 7 2022 // The Vermont attorney general’s office has reached a settlement with the operator of four residential care homes in the Rutland area over allegations it failed to properly train staff and adequately document and...
