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• Neighbor to Mountain Top in the crosshairs of cross-country trail dispute  

  06-02-2026 23:05 via vtdigger.org
  The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday in favor of Mountain Top Resort — a well-known cross-country skiing spot in Chittenden — in the latest development of over a yearlong legal fight with an adjoining neighbor, who altered the route of two of the resort’s ski trails.  The clash with Mountain Top began in the summer of 2024 when the neighbors in the dispute, John and Deborah Gerlach, relocated two trails without consulting the resort, according to the original lawsu
  
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• As Act 250 overhaul takes shape, some question whether it strikes the right balance

  06-02-2026 22:45 via vtdigger.org
  This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public.Two years ago, lawmakers set in motion a transformation of Act 250, the half-century-old development-review law that many credit with keeping Vermont looking like Vermont: compact towns and cities surrounded by fields and forests. Now, those reforms are beginning to come into focus.We’re taking a look at how the changes enacted in 2024’s Act 181 are mat
  
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• Vermont jails publish immigrant detainee data

  06-02-2026 22:27 via vtdigger.org
  The Immigration Detainee Dashboard provides information on people detained in Vermont jails on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Screenshot via Vermont Department of Corrections
  Vermont correctional facilities have held more than 900 detainees apprehended by federal immigration authorities since January 2025, according to new data released by the Vermont Department of Corrections Friday. The numbers, compiled in a dashboard on the de
  
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• Investing close to home: how Vermonters are putting their money to work locally

  06-02-2026 15:44 via vtdigger.org
  What if your investment portfolio included the childcare center down the street, the new affordable housing development in your county, or the local restaurant opening downtown?For a growing number of Vermonters, that’s exactly what investing looks like. Instead of sending their money to distant corporations and abstract funds, they’re choosing to invest close to home by supporting projects that strengthen their communities while still earning a financial return.This approach is kno
  
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• Obsolete IT systems have cost Vermont child services funding — but no one knows how much

  06-02-2026 12:55 via vtdigger.org
  Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Vermont is missing out on huge opportunities for federal money for child welfare services — perhaps millions of dollars, lawmakers fear — because of a 43-year-old IT system. And due to flaws in that very system, officials say it’s also impossible to know how much funding Vermont has lost out on.“The total monetary impact remains unknown,” said Family Services Division head Aryka
  
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• Vermont’s school enrollment is declining. Students needing special education are on the rise. 

  06-02-2026 00:30 via vtdigger.org
  Education Secretary Zoie Saunders at the Statehouse in Montpelier on April 23, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont’s special educators have a unique problem. Students with individualized education programs, or IEPs, are spending more time in regular classroom settings than the national average — a positive for the state’s public education system.But concurrently, Vermont sends those students to out-of-district schools at a rate more than double the national avera
  
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