Howard Weiss-Tisman
ReporterHoward Weiss-Tisman is 开云体育's reporter for Southern Vermont, who aims to connect Southern Vermonters to the rest of the state. He worked at the Brattleboro Reformer for 11 years, reporting on most towns in the region and specializing on statewide issues including education, agriculture, energy and mental health. Howard received a BA in Journalism from University of Massachusetts. He filed his first story with 开云体育 in September 2015.
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Vermont is the only state in the U.S. that requires annual inspections of racetracks, but regulators say it may be time to deregulate. -
Lake Morey Resort, which has been maintaining the lake's skating loop, lost their insurance coverage. But at the eleventh hour, the town of Fairlee stepped in, agreeing to maintain the ice and provide insurance coverage for the activities there. -
The proposed doula certification program would be a step toward allowing Medicaid coverage for doula services. -
Garden design author Gordon Hayward has been writing a series of profile pieces for the Brattleboro Reformer. He thinks knowing more about our neighbors is one way to address the global challenges we all face. -
The Vermont Association of Naturopathic Physicians asked lawmakers to update the medial aid in dying law to allow naturopaths to prescribe the medicine that hastens death. -
The Vermont Department of Health recently released data from the state's first registry for the disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS. Some reports have linked cyanobacteria algae blooms in lake and ponds to the disease, but some health officials caution against those studies. -
Vermont's lead poisoning prevention program reports increased testing but officials remain concernedThe percentage of 1 and 2-year-olds who had their blood tested for lead reached an all time high in 2023. -
The Agency of Agriculture is about to start a USDA-mandated testing program to see if there is bird flu in the milk supply. The state will not require farms that sell raw milk directly to consumers to test their milk. -
The Public Utility Commission wants to know how Vermont's electric utilities are working towards incentivizing home charging stations for electric vehicles. -
Brattleboro representative town meeting members voted down a new ordinance that gave the police authority to issue civil fines to control anti-social behavior downtown.
