Sen. Bernie Sanders and Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger are touting a new revolving loan program that will allow businesses to work with the city-owned electric department to make energy upgrades.

Two high-ranking Irish diplomats are visiting Vermont this week. Michael Collins, the Irish ambassador to the United States, and Michael Longergan, the Irish Consul General, will be in Burlington for two days of talks and events on Thursday and Friday.

Women looking to break into business will soon be able to dress for success, right from the start.

A Vermont judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Burlington residents against the city. The lawsuit sought repayment of mismanaged telecom funds.

Burlington has debated for years how to move traffic swiftly through its south end into downtown. Now Mayor Miro Weinberger wants to build an alternative: a series of intersecting streets adjacent to Lake Champlain, south of where the ferryboats dock.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger will announce Thursday afternoon his proposal for a long-delayed highway bypass in the southern part of Vermont's largest city.

Officials say a 19th century anchor from a Lake Champlain freighter has been found off a Burlington beach and it will likely be transported to a deeper, shipwreck preserve.

Public safety officials have given conditional approval to the state's first two medical marijuana dispensaries, including one in Burlington. Other towns are deciding whether to opt out of the program by crafting zoning ordinances that preclude dispensaries.

Burlington has reopened North Beach. The beach was closed Tuesday after elevated levels of E. coli were found in the lake following Sunday's heavy rain.

Protesters in Burlington say police still need to explain their response to an altercation last week outside the downtown hotel where New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers were meeting.

Protestors and police in Burlington clashed on Sunday afternoon at a meeting of the New England Governors and Eastern Premiers. VPR's Peter Biello talks with reporter Sam Hemingway who has been covering the story for the Burlington Free Press.

Burlington's Police Chief says his department is gaining a clearer picture of what happened Sunday when his officers and protesters clashed outside a downtown hotel.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger says the city will review Sunday's altercation between protesters and police outside the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers.

The Shumlin Administration says it's working to answer questions about the Air Force's plan to base F-35 fighter jets at Burlington International Airport.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger has appointed Eileen Blackwood City Attorney. Blackwood has been in private practice since 1986, focusing in the fields of education and employment law and estate planning.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger has outlined his plans for redeveloping the Lake Champlain waterfront, after deciding that the city won't invest in a long abandoned electrical plant.

Vermont's Congressional delegation has long called for the Pentagon to cut its budget. But Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Congressman Peter Welch all support basing F-35s in Burlington because, they say, it might sustain hundreds of jobs. And despite growing local opposition, the delegation says it's committed to the program.

Burlington and a site in Utah are the two leading contenders to be home to the new F-35 fighter jet program. As the Air Force decides where to put this program, local opinion in Vermont is divided.

Moody's Investors Service cites "strains on the city's pooled cash" from the financially troubled Burlington Telecom and water and wastewater funds.

Most Vermont municipalities participate in a statewide retirement program that's nearly fully funded. That's much better than retirement funds are doing for many cities and towns around the country, which have found that they're living beyond their means.

Burlington International Airport has asked Burlington's City Council to authorize new noise exposure maps designed to clearly define which homes can't coexist with airport noise.

Officials in Chittenden County are weighing the economic benefits of the Air National Guard's proposed plan to bring F-35 fighter jets to Burlington International Airport, while raising concerns about noise levels and government transparency.

The statewide Way to Go Commuter Challenge kicked off in Hinesburg on Monday, as transportation and legislative officials officially launched a new bus service along Route 116.

Vermont's digital future will be the topic of a day-long conference at Champlain College in Burlington Tuesday.

The municipal utility in Vermont's largest city is installing "smart meter digital devices to help track electricity use and eventually save power and money.