Ethan Weinstein

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Vermont prisons have struggled to accommodate youth involved in the criminal justice system. How much will a planned juvenile facility help?

For more than 35 years, on a forested road near the banks of the Winooski River, Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center housed some of Vermont’s most troubled youths.By the time Gov. Phil Scott’s administration shut it down in fall 2020, the 30-bed...

Addressing the surging cost of education is expected to be the top topic when the Legislature convenes in January.

The Legislature’s fiscal experts, who led the day’s proceedings, had mixed news to share.

In leadership elections, the caucus voted 60-18 to allow only Democrats to receive nominations, excluding Dover independent Rep. Laura Sibilia from the party’s internal vote for speaker of the house.

The governor’s team suggested Phil Scott would not support aid without cuts from elsewhere in the state budget. Lawmakers, for their part, did not propose a specific revenue source to fund the program.

Vermont House Democrats nominated their leaders at a caucus meeting Saturday morning, but not without debate over who should hold the body's most powerful position.

State officials and lawmakers agree the state’s education system needs change but are thus far cautious about endorsing specific proposals.

A group of lawmakers and a Vermont Agency of Education executive tasked with designing a potential school construction aid program have hashed out the details but stopped short of identifying a funding stream.