The Frequency: Daily Vermont News

Why new COVID vaccines are hard to come by. Plus, the Vermont Community Foundation raises money for flood victims, demand at food banks has been up even before Thanksgiving, some messy weather on the way, and help for folks seeking dental care in Rutland and Addison counties.

The hard choices education officials will need to make as numerous school budgets continue to get voted down. Plus, Vermont’s new education secretary indicates she wants to explore school consolidation, why Gov. Scott isn’t satisfied with a new bill updating Act 250, a federal grand jury indicts a man for setting fire to the door of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office, volunteers are asked to help clean up the Burlington waterfront ahead of Earth Day, and the tentative sale of an independent Vermont book publisher to a huge international counterpart.

Recent research finds one grassroots workers’ rights program in Vermont improves conditions for both workers and employers. Plus, an update on FEMA aid, new disaster recovery center hours and a new fully adaptive mountain bike trail system in Bolton.

A mother whose son died of an opioid overdose on grief, activism, and addressing the Sacklers. Plus: an environmental justice bill advances, UVM students walk out to protest the university’s handling of sexual violence, and Michael Pieciak steps down.