A new and previously unreported estimate projects that 442 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year colleges and universities, with a combined 670,000 students, are at risk of closing or having to merge within the next 10 years.

Last year, in the wake of controversial, patient-facing cuts at the University of Vermont Health network, lawmakers passed a new law. They said regulators would get to intervene if they didn’t think hospitals should shutter a service. But now, barely a year later, lawmakers are already second-guessing that decision.

Mary Lake drives all over the Northeast in the spring, shearing people's sheep and talking with them about the health of their flock.

Democratic leaders say they don't have the votes to move forward with mandatory school district consolidation. And they say it's become clear to them that Vermonters don't want it.

As the state’s expanded program for winter emergency housing ends Wednesday, Fred and Lisa Allard confront the challenge of living in their Jeep.

The House Committee on Ways and Means has agreed to vote on legislation this year that would increase state income taxes by 3% on household income over $500,000 a year, and by an additional 2% on income over $1 million.

Act 181 and its ecological conservation measures emerged from this week’s Senate debates delayed but intact. Heated debates are likely to continue in the House.

Buying down property taxes with one-time money comes with the risk of creating a spike the following cycle. But Gov. Phil Scott has indicated he'll pressure Democrats to use even more one-time cash to lower next year's property taxes.

With a key legislative deadline looming, lawmakers raced to get key policy bills out of committees this week.

Aerial imagery from flooding in 2023 shows water covering part of the proposed building site. A neighbor says adding homes there could “do more harm than good.”

Last week the students of Calais Elementary held their first town meeting, during which they made a momentous decision about an end-of-year field trip.