Last year’s veto session set a single-day record for override votes. On Monday, legislators could break it.
From left: Gov. Phil Scott, Rep. Jill Krowinski, and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Last June, the Vermont Legislature’s Democratic supermajority conducted a record number…
Industry, clean power groups breath a sigh of relief as Senate approves energy regulators
High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid on May 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. The U.S. Senate approved three of President Joe Biden’s nominees to…
Mountain Valley Pipeline goes into service, starts delivering gas in Virginia
Workers had begun laying portions of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Roanoke County near the Blue Ridge Parkway last summer. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury – July 26,2018) Mountain Valley Pipeline, the…
Pa. environmental regulators take measured approach to private water supply complaints
(Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection doesn’t regulate private water supplies the way it does with public water utilities, the agency wrote Friday in a…
National Weather Service: Winter storm watch for high elevations early next week
These are the conditions around Logan Pass on May 30th, 2024. Deep snows and fresh flakes dominate the mountain views even as summer approaches on May 31, 2024. (Photo courtesy…
U.S. Supreme Court overturns ban on bump stocks used in Las Vegas mass shooting
A 7.62X39mm round sits next a a 30-round magazine and an AK-47 with a bump stock installed at Good Guys Gun and Range in Orem, Utah, on Feb. 21, 2018.…
Two officials accused of using transit agency to seek revenge over political spat
Attorney General Matt Platkin’s office says the two men texted about their plan to block payments to an engineering firm over a political feud. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor)…
Vermont’s bump stock ban stands despite US Supreme Court ruling throwing out federal prohibition
Bump stocks allow a rifle to be modified to fire as an automatic weapon. File photo courtesy of Creative Commons A Vermont legal scholar and the state’s top prosecutor said…
Lawsuit claims ‘fraudulent scheme’ in Tyson plant closure in southeast Missouri
Chickens gather around a feeder at a farm on August 9, 2014, in Osage, Iowa. Chicken houses are often constructed near processing facilities like Tyson’s former plant in Dexter, Missouri.…
Berlin takes owner of manufactured home park to court over floodplain construction
A new concrete pad appeared to have been recently poured near the entrance to the Berlin Mobile Home Park on June 11, 2024. Photo by Carly Berlin/VTDigger and Vermont Public…