The Deeper Dig

Recent Episodes

More mergers loom under school plan’s next phase

Posted June 15, 2018 • 00:19:20

As schools around Vermont go quiet for the year, the effects of the state's 2015 consolidation law are increasingly visible.Earlier this month,...

Marijuana offenders face clean slates

Posted June 7, 2018 • 00:16:14

In the coming week, state’s attorneys in two counties will hold "Expungement Days," offering assistance to Vermonters looking to clear their records...

Lottery winners’ suspicious sums

Posted June 1, 2018 • 00:16:21

A VTDigger investigation published in April revealed a pattern of unlikely lottery wins by retailers and their relatives. Total payoffs for some individuals...

“A lethal combination” in the Lumumba homicide

Posted May 25, 2018 • 00:22:06

The apparent murder of Anako Lumumba, a 33-year-old South Burlington nurse who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend Leroy Headley, has set off an...

$5.8 billion in 15 minutes

Posted May 18, 2018 • 00:21:32

Before adjourning last weekend, the Vermont Legislature passed a budget for the 2019 fiscal year. Gov. Phil Scott says he’ll veto it over a disagreement...