4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (304+ words) For the Vermont Food Bank and the Vermont food shelves they serve, it's an eggcellent deal. Vermont will receive about 915, 000 eggs " that's 76, 500 dozen " and $56, 000 under a multistate settlement with three of the nation's largest egg producers accused of illegally conspiring…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (315+ words) by Alex Nuti " de Biasi, Journal-Opinion "Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis. The drop comes as a shrinking fentanyl supply has made the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (432+ words) Just hours before today's noontime Act 181 reform rally on the State House lawn, a key Democrat senator says he supports repealing the controversial road rule. At present, Act 181 would require Act 250 review and approval for development on virtually all rural…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (265+ words) A Senate bill that is likely to progress through the Senate would delay, but not eliminate, the "road rule" opposed by Gov. Phil Scott and many rural landowners. "The road rule"s not going anywhere," Senator Seth Bongartz (D-Bennington) told…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (157+ words) A Vermont advocacy group is weighing in on a national debate over fluoride in drinking water. The Vermont Environmental Justice Network is among more than 140 organizations supporting comments filed by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry opposing a proposed fluoride…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (286+ words) A Republican lawmaker is preparing legislation to roll back a controversial provision of Vermont's Act 250 land-use reform, arguing it unfairly targets rural property owners. Burtt said the rule disproportionately affects rural Vermont, where long private roads are common. He estimates…...