Gov. Phil Scott, a five-term incumbent, is leading by 10 points over first-time statewide candidate Amanda Janoo, according to the Vermont Public 2026 Poll.

The grant will fund a new observatory at the University of Vermont to help scientists research and better understand how brains and nervous systems work.

Attorney General Charity Clark filed charges against protesters who refused to leave a Williston office complex this summer that houses an Immigration and Customs Enforcement surveillance facility. 12 pleaded not guilty to unlawful trespassing on Thursday.

The hope is to learn where the insects stop on their southward migration — and where they’re imperiled along the way.

The move, state officials say, is an effort to support Vermont’s struggling timber industry amid disruptions in the regional market for pulpwood.

A jury in Burlington rejected Jason Eaton's insanity defense today and found him guilty of attempting to kill three Palestinian men in 2023.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Vermont in December after Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas refused to share voter registration information, including personally identifiable details, with the federal government.

A forensic psychiatrist hired by state prosecutors said on Thursday that while Eaton has struggled with mental health issues, he doesn’t have a psychotic disorder — which meant he didn’t meet the legal standard for insanity. Eaton’s attorneys pushed back on the expert’s methodology during cross-examination.

Jason Eaton told his attorneys he was the overwatcher of a Jewish house in his neighborhood and that intelligence agencies ordered him to shoot three Palestinian college students in 2023, according to an audio recording played in court on Wednesday.

Dartmouth Health’s news came the very same day as University of Vermont Health said it would eliminate nearly 200 positions.