Keith Whitcomb Jr.

1 week ago | timesargus.com | Keith Whitcomb Jr.

MONTPELIER – Vermont is among the states the Trump administration is suing over some of their laws aimed at mitigating climate change. The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has filed lawsuits against Vermont and New York for their climate superfund laws, and on Wednesday had filed suits in Hawaii and Michigan to prevent those states from suing fossil fuel companies over climate change.

1 week ago | timesargus.com | Keith Whitcomb Jr.

Vermont Legal Aid says a judge has issued an order temporarily requiring the state to give more notice to people being exited from the hotel/motel program. According to Vermont Legal Aid, on Thursday, Judge Samuel Hoar sided with it in a request for a temporary restraining order against the Department for Children and Families over how DCF exits people from the General Assistance Emergency Housing Program.

1 week ago | rutlandherald.com | Keith Whitcomb Jr.

FAIR HAVEN — After hearing from several social service groups, the Select Board has decided not to make it any harder for them to ask taxpayers for funds at Town Meeting Day. No vote was taken at the regular board meeting on Tuesday, but it was agreed by consensus to leave the appropriations policy where it currently stands, that is not requiring organizations to get signatures unless they’re asking for more money than they were the previous year.

2 weeks ago | timesargus.com | Keith Whitcomb Jr.

MONTPELIER — Though it's not enough to rehire laid off staff members, a large grant from a national fund will allow Vermont Humanities to run the programs it had planned for 2025. On Tuesday, Vermont Humanities announced that the Federation of State Humanities Councils had been awarded $15 million from the Mellon Foundation, and from that Vermont Humanities was in turn given $200,000, with the opportunity to raise another $50,000 in matched funds.

2 weeks ago | timesargus.com | Keith Whitcomb Jr.

MONTPELIER  – Cuts to food benefits being contemplated by Congress would be bad news for Vermonters who rely on them, say anti-hunger advocates, who are calling on individuals to contact their representatives. Anore Horton, executive director of Hunger Free Vermont, said the organization and several of its partners are asking folks this week to visit hungerfreevt.org/protect-snap and use the forms there to contact the congressional delegation. Horton said U.S. Sens.