Advocates for homeless gather at Statehouse

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Advocates for the homeless converged on the Statehouse Tuesday as part of Homeless Awareness Day. It comes as lawmakers and the governor continue to wrangle over how to wind down the state’s hotel-motel

Montpelier adopts plan for future disasters

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – A new plan aims to prepare Montpelier residents for the next natural disaster or public safety emergency. “Coming through town, seeing what we saw, was just heartbreaking,” said Catherine Devitt, who has lived

Gov. Hochul outlines new K-12 smartphone ban

ALBANY, N.Y. (WCAX) – Governor Kathy Hochul says New York will become the largest state in the nation to ban smartphones in K-12 schools. The governor on Tuesday outlined the new policy passed in the state’s budget.

Vermont AG announces $23M from ongoing tobacco settlement

MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont will receive an additional $23.1 million as part of the decades-old settlement with tobacco manufacturers. The Master Settlement Agreement reached back in 1998 between the 51 states and territories and the four largest

New York joins lawsuit over Trump blocking wind energy

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the development of wind energy. Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order Trump signed during his