Apr 20, 2026 | 2026, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, Forests, General
This photo of a log drive on the White River near Sharon gives a sense of the scope of Vermont’s lumber industry early in the last century — a time when the state and some private landowners were starting to take action against excessive cutting. Photo courtesy of the...
Apr 14, 2026 | 2026, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Toxics
Justin Marsh, Anna Seuberling (VPIRG), Rep. Mary-Katherine Stone, baby Salem, and Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick at a press conference urging the passage of H.536 in the statehouse. Photo thumbnail by WPTZ Vermont has led the way on toxics reform for decades. We’ve...
Apr 6, 2026 | 2026, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General
Wind turbines from the Kingdom Community Wind project on Lowell Mountain seen from Route 100 looking east from Lowell on Saturday, September 26, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger For a time, Vermont was building wind. Projects like Deerfield, Kingdom Community...
Mar 30, 2026 | 2026, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General
photo courtesy of Northwest Regional Planning Commission Last week, one of the most debated policies in the Senate was S.325, a bill that was crafted to adjust components of Act 181 – last biennium’s Act 250 land use reform policy. As debate has ramped up both...
Mar 23, 2026 | 2026, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General
Rock salt from the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s stockpile in Colchester Photo by Kevin McCallum ©️ Seven Days Happy spring!? Let’s be realistic, we are still several weeks away from the first buds and blooms. This winter (and especially after this weekend’s...
Mar 16, 2026 | 2026, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General
The Vermont legislative session has reached its “crossover” deadline. Crossover is the point where policy bills must pass out of their chamber’s committee of origin to stay alive. That makes it the perfect moment to check in on how things are going under the Golden...
