Vermont’s attorney general candidates to face off at final VTDigger primary...
Vermont’s Democratic candidates for attorney general are set to take the virtual stage on Wednesday, July 13, at 6 p.m. in the final VTDigger debate ahead of the Aug. 9 primary. Click here to register...
View ArticleFormer Attorney General TJ Donovan looms over Democratic AG debate
Rory Thibault and Charity Clark. Photos by Natalie Williams/VTDigger and Glenn Russell/VTDigger During a debate Wednesday evening between the Democratic candidates for Vermont attorney general, both...
View ArticleDemocratic candidates for attorney general pitch past experiences to Vermont...
Rory Thibault and Charity Clark. Photos by Natalie Williams/VTDigger and Glenn Russell/VTDigger When Vermonters cast their ballots in the Democratic primary for the state’s top law enforcement...
View ArticleDemocratic candidates for attorney general make final appeal for votes
Rory Thibault and Charity Clark. Photos by Natalie Williams/VTDigger and Glenn Russell/VTDigger Unlike races higher on the ballot, no public polling has been conducted on one of the state’s hottest...
View ArticleCharity Clark clinches Democratic nomination for Vermont attorney general
Charity Clark defeated Washington County State’s Attorney Rory Thibault. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 1:29 a.m. Charity Clark won the Democratic nomination for Vermont attorney...
View ArticleDefense attorney wants criminal case against trooper dismissed due to...
Vermont State Police Trooper Robert Zink. Vermont State Police photo The attorney for a Vermont state trooper accused of assaulting an arrestee wants to get the case dismissed due to what he described...
View ArticleVTDigger takes EB-5 public records case to the Vermont Supreme Court
Justice's chairs are seen in the VT Supreme Court in Montpelier on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger VTDigger is appealing to the Vermont Supreme Court as the news organization...
View ArticleWoodstock police sergeant cleared in June shooting
Members of the Vermont State Police Major Crime Unit process the scene at 13 Slayton Terrace in Woodstock on June 15. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has...
View Article‘I want my money back’: Rental application fees rampant despite Vermont’s...
Vermont has one of the country’s strictest prohibitions on application fees, outlawing them entirely for more than two decades. But a VTDigger investigation found that rental fees remain rampant and...
View ArticleIn the race for Vermont’s attorney general, only one candidate is an attorney
Charity Clark, at left, and Mike Tagliavia are facing off in the race to be Vermont's next attorney general. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger and courtesy Vermont Republican Party In the election for...
View ArticleCharity Clark wins race to become Vermont’s attorney general
Charity Clark announces her candidacy for attorney general at a press conference in Winooski in May. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 12:32 p.m. Charity Clark became...
View ArticleDefense for accused murderer in Burlington wants AG’s office thrown off case...
Louis Fortier appears via video during his arraignment in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington in March 2017. Fortier is accused of fatally stabbing Richard Medina on Church Street in Burlington on...
View ArticleVermont attorney general settles with Upper Valley Services over neglect,...
Susanne Young, center. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The Vermont Attorney General’s office has settled with Upper Valley Services, a service provider for adults with developmental...
View ArticleAn ‘unknowing pawn?’: From prison, Bill Stenger claims state ‘covered up’ Jay...
Former Jay Peak CEO Bill Stenger arrives at his sentencing hearing for his role in the EB-5 fraud case in U.S. District Court in Burlington on April 14, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The...
View ArticleLegislators aim to strengthen Vermonters’ data privacy
House Commerce and Economic Development Committee members, from left, Rep. Logan Nicoll, D-Ludlow, Rep. Michael Marcotte, R-Coventry, and Rep. Stephanie Zak Jerome, D-Brandon, confer at the Statehouse...
View ArticleMethane digester, natural gas pipeline planned for Berkshire farm
A Michigan company is seeking approval from Vermont regulators to build a manure digester at one of the state’s largest dairy farms, alongside a new 8-mile pipeline that would transport the natural...
View Article10,000 Vermonters will begin receiving checks from a Turbotax settlement
The Turbo Tax app and a 1040 tax return form. Photo via Adobe Stock Starting this week, more than 10,000 Vermonters can expect settlement checks in their mailboxes. The Vermont Attorney General’s...
View Article2 troopers cited on misdemeanor charges of simple assault, reckless...
Trooper Zachary Trocki, left, and Sgt. Ryan Wood from the Westminster barracks. Photo courtesy of Vermont State Police Updated at 6:37 p.m. On the recommendation of the Attorney General’s Office,...
View ArticleAfter court dismisses state trooper assault charge, prosecutors and police...
Robert Zink walks toward his supporters after a Vermont Superior Court judge dismissed his misdemeanor charge of simple assault Tuesday morning in a Bennington courtroom. Photo by Tiffany Tan/VTDigger...
View ArticleJudge finds no probable cause for assault charges against troopers in beanbag...
Trooper Zachary Trocki, left, and Sgt. Ryan Wood from the Westminster barracks. Photos courtesy of Vermont State Police A judge has struck down an assault charge filed by the Vermont Attorney...
View ArticleState to pay up to $16.5 million to resolve EB-5 claims by defrauded Jay Peak...
The Hotel Jay at Jay Peak Resort on Friday, June 7, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 6:41 p.m. The state of Vermont has agreed to pay up to $16.5 million in a global settlement to...
View ArticleBurlington police sergeant will not be prosecuted for nonfatal shooting
A Burlington police cruiser is seen outside City Hall in May 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A Burlington police officer who shot a 20-year-old man in the leg almost a year ago will not be...
View ArticleVermont is struggling to line up housing for those living in motel rooms
Colby Lynch, who lived in a motel for 18 months, drives away in her van from the Quality Inn in Barre on June 1. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger The state was given an unusual task in a last-minute...
View ArticleProsecutors oppose Max Misch’s 3rd bid to dismiss long-running gun magazine...
Max Misch appears in Bennington Superior criminal court in July 2019. Prosecutors in Vermont are opposing his latest request to have his gun magazine charges tossed. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger...
View ArticleState releases videos of ex-St. Albans police officer pepper spraying teen in...
The Office of the Vermont Attorney General has released redacted videos showing a former St. Albans police corporal pepper spraying a shackled teen in the face who was in custody at the police station...
View ArticleVermont’s EB-5 settlement calls for attorneys to receive $5.5 million, some...
David Groff, attorney for the state, left, shakes hands with plaintiffs’ attorney Russell Barr after reaching a settlement in an EB-5 investor lawsuit against the State of Vermont in Lamoille County...
View ArticleBram Kranichfeld appointed interim Franklin County state’s attorney
Bram Kranichfeld was appointed interim Franklin County state’s attorney on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Photo courtesy of Gov. Phil Scott’s office. Bram Kranichfeld, an ordained Episcopal priest who...
View ArticleCounty prosecutor clears Fair Haven officer in fatal shooting; AG’s probe...
Detective Shaun Hewitt. Provided by Vermont State Police. The Rutland County state’s attorney said he has determined that the fatal shooting of a Castleton man by a Fair Haven police officer earlier...
View ArticleSacked as president of the conservative Ethan Allen Institute, Myers Mermel...
Myers Mermel. Campaign photo Updated 11:09 p.m. After 10 months on the job, longtime businessman and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Myers Mermel was ousted from his role as president and...
View ArticleState Auditor Doug Hoffer files suit against Attorney General Charity Clark
State Auditor Doug Hoffer, left, and Attorney General Charity Clark. File photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger One elected state office holder has taken the rare step of filing a lawsuit against another...
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