Vermont Government News

In the new report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said 12 percent of Vermont households struggled to get enough food on the table in 2008, and one in 20 Vermonters was "severely hungry," U.S. Rep.

While New York will spend almost $3 million to help businesses affected by the closing of the Lake Champlain Bridge, Vermont officials said none of that money will come to this side of the border.

Vermont Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca is urging a renewed look at school-district consolidation.

The question Rep. Paul Poirier hears from Vermonters most is, "What the heck are you going to do about these premiums that keep going up and up?" Poirier, a Barre City state representative, has a long memory of health care reform.

Vermont Agency of Transportation Secretary David Dill joined transportation administrators from the six New England states to advance the goal of regional cooperation and coordination to achieve the mutual goal of enhancing mobility options for the people of the northeast.

Vermont State Auditor Tom Salmon said Friday that he will plead guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, and apologized to Vermonters for his actions.

Hoping to sway lawmakers, two of the state's most famous residents and one of its former governors joined groups opposed to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on Thursday in announcing a push for Town Meeting Day votes on whether the plant should keep operating past 2012.

More than 700 of Vermont's licensed Emergency Medical Technicians and paramedics are now eligible to serve as vaccinators at public and school clinics across the state, Health Commissioner Wendy Davis announced this week.

Vermont has been ranked the healthiest state in the union, according to an annual report by the United Health Foundation, leaping up three places in the ranking from a year ago.

Swine flu has been blamed for a second death in Vermont. State health officials did not identify the victim or when he or she died-- only saying it was an adult with an underlying health condition.

Vermont and New York residents who depend on the closed Lake Champlain bridge traveled to Montpelier on Tuesday to stress the problems caused by the closure.

If you have an old mercury thermostat, don't throw it away. Recycle it instead. Mercury is a neurotoxin that can build up in the environment, posing a big health threat if people ingest it.

Premature birth rates in the Pacific Northwest are among the lowest in the nation, but the March of Dimes says that only earns Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska C's on the organization's premature birth report card.

Vermont sugarmakers say their industry's enjoying good times in general, but there are still some worries: Insects.

Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas on Friday, Nov. 6, appointed David Tucker state CIO and commissioner of the Department of Information and Innovation .

Vermont's economy apparently is turning a corner but heading into a slow, painful recovery, state budget officials were told Thursday.

Gov. James Douglas warned that the state faces a difficult budget year for 2010 as he addressed a gathering of mental health advocates Thursday afternoon, but offered no clues as to how the state would fund social services in the future.

The news is expected to be good - for a welcome change - when Gov. James Douglas and the Emergency Board meet today to discuss the state's financial condition.

Vermont state officials are set to get an update on state finances Thursday. The state Emergency Board, made up of legislative money committee chairs and Gov.

Enrollment in Catamount Health and other state insurance plans offered in Vermont has slowed down in recent months, even as interest in these programs during the economic recession has increased.