Vermont Public

06/01/2026

Today on Vermont Edition, our statehouse reporters help us understand the past two years of lawmaking and the "biennium of retreat."

Vermont Public statehouse reporters help us understand the past two years of lawmaking and the 'biennium of retreat.'

06/01/2026

Every summer, Brave Little State sets out to answer your questions about Vermont's strangest, silliest, most eyebrow-raising road names.

This year's finalists include roads like Old Shincracker Road, Brocklebank Road and Little Egypt Road. Vote!

https://www.vermontpublic.org/2023-11-21/vote-now-what-listener-question-should-brave-little-state-answer-next

06/01/2026

Data privacy hawks are saying the bill that's headed to Gov. Scott's desk falls well short of the protections needed in Vermont. Learn more in the latest episode of Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-05-29/in-review-krowinski-education-end-of-session

06/01/2026

School boards need to have a budget in place before the start of the fiscal year on July 1, and a handful of districts have scheduled re-votes for June. Most of those districts are facing a third vote after being rejected twice.

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2026-06-01/with-deadline-looming-6-school-districts-still-dont-have-a-budget-in-place-for-next-year

05/30/2026

☁️ How did musings from a crosswalk in Burlington’s Old North End end up in mailboxes around the world? For Christine Tyler Hill, it took two years as a crossing guard, many more as a freelance artist, and one viral video.

Listen to Vermont Edition: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2026-05-21/social-media-can-be-an-amazing-tool-how-these-vermonters-built-communities-online

05/30/2026

A session defined by brinkmanship ended in diplomacy after Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov. Phil Scott reached agreement Friday on an education reform bill that, according to one veteran lawmaker, “is probably the most monumental change we have ever made.”

A session defined by brinkmanship ended in diplomacy after Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov. Phil Scott reached agreement Friday on an education reform bill that, according to one veteran lawmaker, “is probably the most monumental change we have ever made.”

05/29/2026

Consensus on education reform in Vermont has proven more elusive as talks turn to the “foundation formula,” another key part of the education system overhaul that lawmakers passed last year.

Watch Vermont This Week: https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-this-week/2026-05-29/in-review-krowinski-education-end-of-session

05/29/2026

To the dismay of cannabis growers, House lawmakers nixed a pilot program that would have allowed up to 15 cultivators to deliver cannabis directly to consumers.

A bill headed to Gov. Phil Scott’s desk would increase the daily amount of cannabis flower a person can purchase from 1 ounce to 2 ounces. It would also allow licensed retailers to sell cannabis at a limited number of public events.

05/29/2026

Fourth graders at Burlington’s Sustainability Academy raise trout from eggs each year and release them in the Huntington River. On Friday, they paraded through the city to celebrate trout and the area’s watershed.

05/29/2026

Vermont singer-songwriter Melissa Moorhouse heard the call of the wood thrush.

She's been writing and performing her blend of original folk and pop as Melissa D since 2016, when the former front woman of the rock band AlleyKatz went solo.

This week’s Friday Song is “Songbird” by the Middlebury-based singer-songwriter.