Nursing Home Bailouts. Why Vermont Has Given Millions to Keep Them Afloat January 2, 2026 By GRETA SOLSAA and ETHAN WEINSTEIN /VTDigger With the second-oldest population in the country, Vermont needs its nursing homes. Yet, while Vermonters rapidly age, the state’s long-term...
Whose Dog Is That? Delaware Courts Wade Into Pet Custody Fights January 2, 2026 By Jennifer Kay The country’s premier corporate law court, which routinely confronts the obduracy of controlling billionaires, is finding pet owners no less...
How Maine Is Spending Its Share of Opioid Settlement Money January 2, 2026 By EMILY BADER /The Maine Monitor Over the past five years, the attorney general’s office, with Aaron Frey at the helm, has secured for Maine more...
Brown University Faces US Probe Over Security After Deadly Shooting December 31, 2025 By Greg Ryan Brown University placed its campus police chief on administrative leave and the Trump administration announced an investigation into the school’s...
Virginia Offshore Wind Developer Sues Over Trump Order Halting Projects December 31, 2025 NORFOLK, Va—The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order...
People Moves: Erie Insurance Names Morrison and Ackerman Branch Managers in Virginia December 31, 2025 Erie Insurance (ERIE), headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania, named Todd Morrison and Chad Ackerman as branch managers for the company’s Roanoke...
Climate Cost Report Underway Even as Vermont’s Climate Law Faces Lawsuits December 31, 2025 By AUSTYN GAFFNEY /VTDigger For Sue Minter, Vermont’s newly appointed climate superfund specialist, the floods started early. Back in 2011, when Tropical Storm Irene...
Freight Broker Says $400K in Lobster Meat Stolen in Fictitious Pickup December 30, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A shipment of lobster meat worth $400,000 that was being held in a Massachusetts cold storage facility never made it...
Both Pilots Killed as 2 Helicopters Crash in Midair December 30, 2025 By Dave Collins Two men who died after their helicopters collided midair in New Jersey over the weekend both earned their private pilot...
Board Calls for US Steel to Address Safety Issues as It Rebuilds Site of Fatal Explosion December 30, 2025 The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has issued interim safety recommendations in connection with the agency’s ongoing investigation...