The VT State Spend-O-Meter launches today — a live counter on Vermont's $9.38 billion budget: $297 every second, $25.7 million a day, $14,489 per resident. It follows the money to its destination and measures it against what Vermonters earn
Central Vermont Medical Center reports 8.6% expense growth — or roughly 1%, depending which year it compares against. Porter shows inpatient days down 0.2%; measured against actual 2025, they're up 21%. Rutland Regional asks regulators to s
UVM Health reports operating losses. Its bottom line is positive — $105.2 million in fiscal 2026. Pharmacy revenue beat budget by $129.8 million and operations still lost money; investment income produces the surplus. Its Medical Group lose
In 2025, commercial insurers paid Vermont hospitals 453% of what Medicare would have paid — 503% for outpatient care, and above 5,700% for some chemotherapy drugs. Hospitals want $4.4 billion next year. The Green Mountain Care Board decides
Vermont's entire congressional delegation has signed onto the LIFT the BAR Act, which would open Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, and housing assistance to DACA recipients and other noncitizens. The pitch says taxpayers who pay in should get benefits.
When Finch Paper announced it will stop buying roundwood from Northeast suppliers, a Vermont forester with fifty years in the working landscape saw a structural collapse decades in the making — and a Connecticut private-equity firm quietly
A reader asked three sharp questions about Efficiency Vermont: has it ever said how much electricity it actually saves, would that number survive the businesses that have left Vermont, and doesn't using less power push rates up? All three a
A new Vermont Public Utility Commission report tallies more than $151 million in residential "environmental benefits" spending — but never says who paid for it. The answer, buried in the underlying records: Vermonters themselves, through ut
Vermont’s climate policies burden residents with costly mandates for negligible global impact. With emissions contributing just 0.13% of the U.S. total, the state’s sacrifices under the Paris Accord resemble a "Nigerian prince" scam: high c
More for-sale signs, prices still rising, and two-thirds of young Vermonters saying they want out. Vermont's housing market isn't crashing — it's trapping people. We built an interactive dashboard tracking every moving part, from the signs
Vermont has spent decades trying to preserve its rural character through regulation. But when protecting the past begins preventing the future, preservation becomes stagnation. Using the metaphor of amber, this commentary explores how layer
Air conditioning is not under attack in Vermont today, but climate policy elsewhere shows how affordable cooling can be squeezed through refrigerant rules, appliance standards, building codes, and approved technologies. As heat risks rise,
