Vermont Public Radio

Biologists are trying to figure out why American eels are washing up dead on the shores of northern Lake Champlain. Vermont Public Radio reports at least 15 dead eels have appeared from Swanton south to Milton in the past few weeks.

Vermont’s state-run juvenile detention center has been ordered to reduce the use of solitary confinement and ease disciplinary procedures. On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford issued a preliminary injunction requiring the changes at the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Colchester.

The Vermont House Judiciary Committee has approved legislation decriminalizing possession of the opioid use disorder treatment drug buprenorphine. Department of Public Safety Commissioner Tom Anderson tells Vermont Public Radio he supports the use of buprenorphine, also known by the brand name Suboxone, as long as it’s part of a doctor-supervised treatment program.

Vermont senator and 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday he is running for president again in the 2020 race.

A new group is hoping to distribute 100,000 diapers this year through some food banks in Vermont’s most populous county. Vermont Public Radio reports The Diaper Bank held a ribbon cutting on Thursday. The diaper bank is organized by the Junior League of Champlain Valley.

Vermont Senate leaders say they hope to quickly pass a bill that would create a tax and regulation market for retail marijuana.

Officials in the Vermont town of Randolph are considering what to do about local law enforcement after all members of the local police department quit over the course of the year. Vermont Public Radio reports the members of the department didn’t quit all at once to make a statement, the officers just moved on to other opportunities.

A regulatory agency says it needs more financial information before it approves the Vermont Yankee sale.

Vermont lawmakers are considering a measure that would make it easier to expunge misdemeanor marijuana convictions.

A Vermont Senate committee is supporting legislation that would allow the state to purchase prescription drugs from Canada, saving residents millions.

Vermont residents who don’t identify as male or female may soon be able to choose another gender on their licenses.

Dave DeVarney plans to complete his goal this weekend in Winooski.

One filmmaker is on a quest to document public safety risks of Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim Nuclear Power plants. Robbie Leppzer is the director of “Power Struggle,” a feature-length film that is being screened November 11 at the Chatham Orpheum Theater in Chatham, Massachusetts, and November 19 at Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, Massachusetts. 

A company that will pay $20 million to help remedy the contamination of private wells has dropped its lawsuit against the state of Vermont over its water standards.

Vermont’s Department of Motor Vehicles is launching a legal review of its facial recognition program after the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union called for an immediate halt in the program.

The Vermont Senate has rescinded a 2014 resolution calling for a constitutional convention to overturn the landmark 2010 Supreme Court case known as Citizens United.