The state and the city of Montpelier have agreed to cover cost overruns for an expanded heating district that they share. Last month, the state surprised local officials and taxpayers when it announced that the project is already more than 10 percent over budget.

Officials around the state monitored rivers on Thursday for ice jams and potential flooding because of the warm weather and rain.

Lawmakers, reporters, lobbyists, and eager constituents are all descending on Montpelier this morning to kick off a new Legislative session. Vermont Edition is there too! We're broadcasting from the Statehouse with political leaders and the reporters who cover them as we look at the work that lies ahead.

Interest in early voting is very high is several parts of the state. In some communities it's expected that as many as a third of all voters will cast their ballot before Election Day.

The Agency of Natural Resources is launching a new initiative this week to control stormwater runoff, and the agency has a new approach to help cities and towns tackle the problem.

Montpelier's City Council has approved a plan to upgrade and expand a state operated wood-fired heating system for downtown buildings, reversing its decision last week to kill the project due to financial concerns.

Montpelier's City Council has opposed a district energy project that called for the city to enter a contract with the state to purchase thermal energy, even after voters approved it.

In Montpelier, the city's energy committee next Tuesday will host its first so-called "Energy Challenge Town Meeting." The city says the goal is to help residents get ready for winter by giving them information about home energy audits and weatherization measures.

State government has learned that money it was hoping to get from FEMA to rebuild its Waterbury office complex is going to be delayed.

Some Vermont communities expect the cost of fuel to spike, so they're trying to control their energy bills by locking in propane and diesel prices.

The City's Tree Board is planning to remove a Green Ash tree on Main Street this week because it says many Ash trees will soon be killed by the Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive insect that was found for the first time last year east of the Hudson River.

Montpelier voters have rejected the idea of implementing a local tax on rooms, meals and sales. It appears voters followed the lead of the Capital City's business community, which campaigned heavily against the local option taxes.

The new revenue is supposed to ease the burden on local property taxpayers in Montpelier and help repair the city's crumbling streets and sidewalks. But the tax proposal has outraged many businesses in the Capital City.

Voters in Montpelier on Town Meeting Day next month are going to decide on a change to the city's charter.

On Town Meeting Day, voters in Montpelier will consider proposed tax changes designed to raise revenue. Montpelier's City Council wants to implement a 1 percent local sales tax as well as a 1 percent local rooms, meals and alcohol tax.

It's an age-old tradition for parents to read to their kids at bedtime, but finding children's books with Jewish themes can be a challenge in Vermont. So, many families are turning to the PJ Library, which sends out free children's books devoted to Jewish stories and holidays.

A Montpelier lawyer who served as chairman of the capital city's school board is running for mayor. John Hollar says he's a fiscal conservative, but liberal on social issues.

A Montpelier folk artist who designs and sells t-shirts that read "Eat More Kale" is fighting charges of trademark infringement from a fast-food chain whose slogan is "Eat Mor Chikin." In Vermont, there is precedent in the trademark case.

The city of Montpelier hopes to heat and help power downtown buildings with wood chips.  Could it work for other cities?  Also, a talk with the Danish Ambassador and we visit a Vermont flutemaker.

Montpelier officials were easily re-elected on Tuesday despite a controversy about an overpayment to a contractor.