Vermont Maintains Hybrid Work for State Employees Amid Return-to-Office Push
3/8/2025
While the Trump administration is calling federal workers back to the office, Vermont officials say they have no plans for state workers to return to pre-pandemic schedules. Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, this week said federal workers who didn’t return to the office will be placed on leave, the latest step in his effort to gut the federal workforce. The pandemic sparked a remote work culture and Vermont state government appears to be embracing the trend. Remote work schedules vary but a recent survey showed 57 percent of state employees still have some kind of hybrid arrangement. Each department, agency or even supervisor still needs to look at their employees’ work product, still needs to look at how productive they are.
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Irasburg Road Blocked by Overturned Tractor Trailer
3/8/2025
Traffic was snarled in Irasburg Wednesday after an overturned tractor-trailer blocked part of the road. A witness says it happened at the intersection of Guyette Road and Lake Region Road. There was no immediate word from police on what caused the crash or if anyone was injured.
Federal Probe Targets Middlebury for Alleged Antisemitism; Trump Warns of Campus Crackdown
3/12/2025
The federal government is investigating Middlebury College over alleged antisemitism. Middlebury is one of 60 colleges and universities that got a letter from the Department of Education’s civil rights office. The letter says the colleges could face consequences if they don’t protect Jewish students on campus. It says students at those colleges faced antisemitic harassment […]
St Johnsbury Town Meeting Approves Spending Requests and School Board Election Results
3/8/2025
St. Johnsbury voters gave a thumbs up to all spending requests during Town Meeting voting Tuesday and elected Brittany Benoit Petty to the school board in the only contested race on the ballot. In results provided by Town Clerk Stacy Jewell shortly after polls closed, the school budget passed by a vote of 663 to […]
Police say a wrong-way driver on Interstate 89 had to be stopped with spike strips early Tuesday morning
3/8/2025
Police say a wrong-way driver on Interstate 89 had to be stopped with spike strips early Tuesday morning. Vermont troopers say they got multiple reports of a driver going south in the northbound lane on I-89 in Montpelier just after 1 a.m. Tuesday. They say the car passed multiple cruisers with their lights on and […]
Vermont maple industry warns of impact from Canada tariffs
3/8/2025
Those in Vermont’s maple sugaring industry say they could be seriously impacted by new tariffs on Canada. While Vermont supplies a lot of the country with maple syrup, the U.S. also imports a lot from Canada. Tariffs could drive up that price and the price of materials for maple sugar producers who want to expand. […]
Officer Distracted in Fatal Cycling Crash
3/11/2025
Investigators believe a police officer was distracted when he allegedly hit and killed a bicyclist in South Burlington. This comes just days before Shelburne Police Sgt. Kyle Kapitanski is set to be arraigned on the charges. In documents, investigators say moments before the crash, Kapitanski was traveling over the speed limit with a YouTube video […]
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