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ALSO: Many towns across Vermont are already welcoming early voters for the primary election; A coyote attacked a woman and a dog in Panton on Sunday; A large Windsor County employer laid off 80 employees on Wednesday and plans to close its Springfield manufacturing plant.

ALSO: Gov. Phil Scott believes a state gas tax holiday is worth considering; Days after Attorney General TJ Donovan left for a job in the private sector, Scott appointed Susanne Young to finish out the term; Windsor County residents are paying attention to the local sheriff’s race.

ALSO: A Bennington teenager who was shot during an altercation over the weekend is now facing an attempted murder charge; A U.S. Supreme Court decision will likely have a wide-reaching impact on Vermont's school tuition system; Burlington's pod plan for those experiencing homelessness gets tentative approval; Ten Vermont farmworkers are petitioning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to close their deportation cases.

ALSO: South Burlington proposes bridge for pedestrians and cyclists over Interstate 89; Vermont is preparing Covid-19 vaccinations for children 6 months through 5 years of age; A Sandgate woman who shot her family’s pet dog the day after Christmas has been convicted of a felony.

ALSO: A campaign called Our Time Is Now aims to help Vermonters with disabilities join the workforce during a major shortage; Two state troopers have been put on paid leave during an investigation into an incident that seriously injured a Newfane man; Two property owners on Howard Street in Burlington are looking to remove one of the largest trees in the city.

ALSO: Amtrak service from Burlington to New York City is scheduled to begin on July 29; The Bennington Selectboard has named the members of a new citizen police oversight group; The suspects in a Rutland slaying were arrested in a New Hampshire post office.

ALSO: The man shot and killed Tuesday outside a home near downtown Woodstock had showed up to support a woman in a dispute with her adult son over money; The Vermont College of Fine Arts will stop hosting students on campus next year and is considering selling or leasing all but one of its 11 buildings; Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger announced this week that the city will now celebrate Juneteenth as an official holiday.

ALSO: A court ordered a 15-year-old Bennington girl be released from adult jail; A Brandon man accused of threatening to shoot neighbors has reached a plea deal; Police said they are investigating a suspicious death in a Rutland apartment.

ALSO: Vermont will join the rest of the nation in launching a new three-digit number, 988, to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; Gov. Phil Scott alleged poor legislative management led to technical errors in several bills approved this year; A lawsuit in federal court, aiming to block the long-beleaguered Champlain Parkway, could soon pick up some muscle.

ALSO: Gov. Phil Scott signed an $8.1 billion state budget into law; Burlington officials are scrambling over concerns about the plan to pay for a new high school; The number of times guns were recklessly fired in Burlington this year has risen sharply.

ALSO: 25 years in, Vermont’s oldest regional conservation partnership is a lasting symbol of regional cooperation; Congressman Peter Welch voted Wednesday in favor of the Protecting Our Kids Act; ACLU-Vermont announced Wednesday that it is launching the state’s first database to track law enforcement officers whose credibility has been questioned.

ALSO: Gov. Phil Scott vetoed the Legislature’s opioid response bill on Tuesday; Former Jay Peak CEO and President Bill Stenger has reported to a federal prison in Massachusetts; Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale’s shuttered congressional campaign keeps fundraising to pay off debt.