More work ahead on Vermont’s housing crisis

By Lindsay Kurrle Editor’s note: Lindsay Kurrle is the secretary for the agency of commerce and community development, which includes the departments of housing and community development, economic development, and tourism and marketing. Despite...

Gusto vs. QuickBooks Payroll: Which Payroll Software Is the Best Option for Your Business?

You’ve decided it’s time to start hiring employees for your small business. That means also deciding on the best payroll software for paying those employees. The right solution will automate and manage payments, but it can also help your business...

Driver Ed Classes Are Hard to Get Into for Vermont Teens

Join the Ride! Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. Ten students in the driver education class at Middlebury Union High School...

A storybook day in Killington: Vermont Fairy Tale Festival

Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m. —KILLINGTON— Once upon a time, a small-town library dreamed up a big idea—and eight years later, the Vermont Fairy Tale Festival has become one of the region’s most whimsical annual fall events. Hosted by Sherburne...

Quechee’s Vermont Christian School that forfeited game over transgender player wins appeal to rejoin state athletics

By Corey McDonald/VTDigger A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Mid Vermont Christian School must be allowed to participate in state athletics, two years after being banned for forfeiting against a team with a transgender player. The...

Ben & Jerry's cofounder leaves business after 47 years, claiming he's been 'silenced' by Unilever

Check out what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the company, as the divide with parent Unilever grew over its stance on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. His partner, Ben Cohen, shared...

Susan Collins has been a fixture in Washington for decades. Could a political outsider finally oust her?

Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. Susan Collins is the consummate Washington insider. After nearly three decades in office, the Maine Republican has risen to helm the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee,...

Vermont Renews Deal to Hold Federal Immigration Detainees

Join the Ride! Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. Vermont has quietly renewed its contract to hold federal immigration detainees...

Vermont SNAP benefits to change come October following 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act'

Most Vermont households currently receiving federal food assistance won’t see any changes to their benefits, according to the Department for Children and Families. The department announced Friday that the federally mandated changes to the...

Vermont CUD Association honors VCBB Deputy Director Rob Fish

Deputy Director Robert Fish Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont CUD Association (VCUDA) is thanking Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) Deputy Director Robert Fish for his leadership in helping Vermont on its way to achieving its bold...

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark talks lawsuits against second Trump administration

Jean MacBride Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark shares her perspective on her work at the Sept. 4 2025 Colchester-Milton Rotary meeting. COLCHESTER — Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark says she is protecting Vermonters and the “rule of...

Vermont Republican Party begins biennial reorganization process

Republicans in towns across Vermont are meeting, beginning today, to start the party’s biennial reorganization. Vermont law requires all major political parties in the state to reorganize every two years. The process begins at the town level, and...

Vermonters Face Immense Health Insurance Cost Increases 

Unless federal legislators act soon to rescue expiring healthcare tax credits, tens of thousands of Vermonters will face skyrocketing health insurance premiums in 2026. Tax credits that help some 30,000-plus Vermonters afford to buy health...

Political Violence Takes Many Forms

I’ve been sitting with the news of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and what it says about how we talk about “political violence” in America. Here are some reflections I wanted to share. Kirk’s assassination is a tragedy, and it deserves to be...

Vermont prepares application for CMS rural health infrastructure funding

Vermont Business Magazine The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the new Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion federal initiative to modernize rural health care...

Genealogy group helps with family research

BRATTLEBORO — The fall meeting of the Windham County Genealogy Interest Group will focus on “Discover Your Revolutionary War Ancestors” and “Researching in the Vermont Historical Society Portal,” on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30...

Commentary | Tim Maciel: Constitution Day and our democratic challenge in Vermont

This Sept. 17 marks Constitution Day, the anniversary of the signing of our nation’s foundational document. This year especially is a time to reflect not just on the wisdom of the Constitution’s principles, but also on the responsibilities it...

Trump administration asks judge to rule against Vermont’s climate superfund law

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark and President Donald Trump. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger and Alex Brandon/AP The U.S. Justice Department asked a judge Monday to rule in its favor in an ongoing lawsuit over Vermont’s law that requires...

Ethics take a backseat in Vermont, under-funded commission not taking new municipal cases

The Vermont State Ethics Commission website as seen on Tuesday, Sept. 16. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger Last year, Christina Sivret was invited to speak at a national conference by the Campaign Legal Center in Washington, DC., a nonpartisan...

Regulators set Vermont hospital budgets, aiming for cost control and stability

State healthcare regulators have approved the budgets of Vermont’s 14 hospitals for fiscal year 2026. The Green Mountain Care Board went into this year’s budget review process with an ambitious goal of reining in costs, as insurance premiums in...