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.

Citing environmental concerns, cities in Chittenden County are already deciding whether they want to support the Air Force's proposed plan to bring F-35 jets to Burlington International Airport. Their decisions could change the Pentagon's preferred location for the new jets.

The South Burlington City Council has voted against a proposal that would base military flight jets at Burlington International Airport.

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.

Unlike in other states, the foreclosure crisis left Vermont relatively unscathed. But Burlington International Airport's effort to buy properties and relocate residents from neighborhoods awash in noise from airplanes has created a scene that resembles that crisis.

The Air Force has scheduled a meeting next month in South Burlington on its proposal to base new fighter jets at the Vermont Air National Guard base.

A two-year study conducted by the Uncommon Alliance shows that blacks are two times more likely to be pulled over than whites in Burlington and South Burlington, and ten times more likely in Winooski.

A new study by four Vermont police departments says black male drivers are almost twice as likely as white drivers to be stopped by police in Burlington and South Burlington.

Four years ago, a Korean War veteran from South Burlington began working to convince all cities and towns in Vermont to boost their property tax benefits for disabled veterans. Now, he's almost completed that mission.

The city of South Burlington has won a designation that could help finance a downtown development.