Corey Mcdonald

The Champlain Islands Union School District is considering whether to close one of its schools. Parents, staff and some district officials think it would be a mistake.

The company has housed its workers in at least four different residential properties in Chittenden County, officials said, prompting a slew of neighbor complaints and zoning violations.

The state's highest court reversed an environmental court ruling that denied the rescue's home business permit, and sent the case back to the lower court.

The allegations set forth in multiple court cases highlight an industry that has, for years, existed without strong oversight.

The plaintiffs in the case have argued the city's regulations on short-term rentals overstep state law.

The “interim suspension” that was issued against the student group by the university in May 2024 expired just days after the court ruling.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging Burlington’s short-term rental regulations have appealed their case to the Vermont Supreme Court. The lawsuit, first filed in Chittenden County Superior Court in July 2023, challenges the legality of Burlington’s short-term rental ordinance, which sought to clamp down on those who rent out properties using such services as Airbnb and VRBO.

A federal court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the University of Vermont by the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. That lawsuit, filed in September 2024, challenged the legality of the group’s suspension following pro-Palestinian protests on the university’s campus last spring.

PowerSchool, a California-based provider of a student information system used by 39 Vermont school districts, experienced a cyberattack in late December.

The personal data of students and staff at several dozen Vermont school districts may have been compromised in a nationwide data breach of a student information system, according to state education officials.