Benjamin Waitt Thurber
Birth Sept. 27, 1932 Newport, VT Death Jan. 21, 2025 Craftsbury, VT Details of service To be announced. Celebration of Life planned for Memorial Day weekend. Benjamin Waitt Thurber, 92,…
Child safety roadmap outlines how agencies, communities can better support Maine families
(Daria Nipot/Getty Images) Maine is updating its approach for supporting families and children with the hope of minimizing interactions with the state’s embattled child welfare system — or avoiding it…
With new laws taking effect in 10 days, Michigan Senate panel holds off on changes to sick time
Amanda Fisher, Michigan state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, testifies before the Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee on Feb. 11, 2025. | Kyle Davidson With 10 days remaining…
Arlene M. Wheeler
Born Jan. 14, 1973 Fort Campbell, Kentucky Died Jan. 25, 2025 Cambridge, Vermont Details of services Funeral arrangements are under the direction of AW Rich Funeral Home in Fairfax. Colleagues,…
March bond requests are up fourfold in Vermont’s biggest cities and towns
As other Vermont municipalities prepare to vote on capital projects, Brattleboro’s newly opened Pleasant Valley water treatment facility processes more than 1 million gallons daily. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermont’s…
Ascutney Outdoors reinvigorates recreation hub in Upper Valley
Ascutney Outdoors volunteer Carl Hausler leads a group of students from Windsor’s State Street School on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Brownsville. Close to 75 students were on the hill…
Goodwine honored during Kentucky courts’ Black History Month Celebration
Pamela Goodwine speaks to supporters at her election night watch party in Lexington, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes) The first Black Kentuckians to serve on the…
House pushes for Iowa grain indemnity updates, including credit sales
Iowa lawmakers are trying again to push through legislation to expand and update the state’s grain indemnity fund. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA) Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill from a House…
Bill banning golf courses, pickleball courts from state parks advances in the Senate
St Petersburg resident Caroline Chomaniacs at Honeymoon Island State Park in Dunedin on Aug. 27, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix) The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously advanced…
Republican abortion bill banned from Virginia’s 2025 legislative session
Virginia Capitol. Charlotte Rene Woods/ Virginia Mercury Del. Kim Taylor is “disappointed” that her abortion bill wasn’t docketed in Virginia’s 2025 legislative session, and therefore defeated without a chance for…