On this day in 1997
Dec. 22, 1997 Myrlie Evers and Reena Evers-Everette cheer the jury verdict of Feb. 5, 1994, when Byron De La Beckwith was found guilty of the 1963 murder of Mississippi…
Rep. Katherine Sims: Reviving a historic treasure and addressing Vermont’s housing crisis
This commentary is by Rep. Katherine Sims, the outgoing Democratic state representative for the Orleans-4 district in the Vermont House of Representatives and a member of the Northern Forest Fund…
Richard Rawson: The Howard Center’s Safe Recovery program is a place for compassion and hope
This commentary is by Richard Rawson of Brandon. He is a research professor at the Vermont Center for Behavior and Health at UVM and a professor emeritus at the UCLA…
‘Why not us?’ Nannies, housekeepers win labor protections in some states
A babysitter helps a kindergartner in Las Vegas. An increasing number of cities and states, including Nevada, have passed new laws to provide basic workplace protections for domestic workers such…
Stopgap Columbia River Treaty leaves U.S. with more electricity, trickier flood management
The sun breaks through clouds along the Columbia River in Hood River County, Oregon, on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital Chronicle) A stopgap update to the 60-year-old Columbia…
Medicaid expansion tracker approaches $1 billion loss for Mississippi
About the time people ring in the new year next week, the digital tracker on Mississippi Today’s homepage tabulating the amount of money the state is losing by not expanding…
Warm weather accelerates maple syrup production
Kyle Branon measures a fresh batch of maple syrup with a densitometer at Branon Family Maple Orchards in Fairfield on Friday, December 20. A rare winter sap run led to…
As UVM Health Network cuts services in Vermont, it expands in New YorkÂ
Sunny Eappen, president and CEO of the University of Vermont Health Network, speaks at an event in South Burlington on December 15, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Last month,…
Trump tech appointees point to a deregulated industry, tech players say
Donald Trump, then the GOP candidate for president, gave a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center on July 27, 2024 in…
Republicans’ assignment: Avert a global financial crisis over the U.S. debt limit
The debate over the debt limit will likely flare tensions between centrist and far-right Republicans the closer the country gets to the real deadline sometime later in the year. (Photo…