Ethan Weinstein

The local school board voted to temporarily close Windham Elementary School earlier this school year.

The move comes as a growing number of senators have signaled they oppose Saunders’ confirmation, and Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman sent a campaign email suggesting Saunders had won an award from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, which Saunders called “false.”

It was the first time in recent memory that the body rejected a nominee for a cabinet-level position.

“I think this was a partisan political hit job,” the governor said on Wednesday of the Senate's 19-9 vote not to confirm Saunders.

In which our reporter uncovers, and reviews, a long-lost Rooster Records tape, a Bob Dylan parody cut four decades ago by the retiring longtime Senator from Windsor County.

The governor has signaled he will veto the bill.

After a day of hurry-up-and-wait, the bill ultimately included an increase to the property tax credit for those who pay based on income.

The Senate’s version of the annual education funding bill, passed Wednesday night, would make a dent in Vermonters’ looming property tax increases but stopped short of changing the system. By and large, the bill punts tough questions about how to...

Districts such as Slate Valley, Enosburgh-Richford and Barre spend well below the statewide average and have had two or even three budgets shot down.

Schools in Orange, Orleans and Rutland counties have had to close this spring due to facility emergencies.