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Here we are again. Exactly one year after historic floods ravaged Vermont, parts of the state are again dealing with devastating flooding following heavy rains. But understanding why these floods are so destructive is not as simple as looking at the sheer amount of rain we got.

¿ªÔÆÌåÓý continues its week of coverage commemorating the one-year anniversary of last summer’s flooding. Today, how businesses in Montpelier and farmers in Burlington are faring a year out. And checking in with a Barre City couple that lost their home. Plus, Vermont braces for the remnants of Hurricane Beryl, and Rep. Becca Balint says most Vermonters contacting her office are asking for President Joe Biden to withdraw as the Democratic presidential nominee.

Why a multigenerational Jamaican band based in Vermont is more determined than ever to share their music. Plus, Montpelier’s holding an arts festival to commemorate the one-year anniversary of last summer’s flooding, state police identify a suspect in an October murder, Vermont has been approved to bill Medicaid for prison health care coverage, and a new film from Vermonter Jay Craven tells the story of two historical Green Mountain State figures.

Rains flooded parts of Stowe's Gold Brook last Sunday, rendering some roads in the eastern part of town completely impassable.

Vermont towns used to be required by law to provide welfare for local residents. That's where poor farms came in.

A Vermont-based summer camp for LGTBQ+ youth with a years-long waitlist is expanding its footprint to serve more kids. Plus, nurses at Vermont’s biggest hospital are considering a strike if their contract demands aren’t met, high-level nuclear waste from the former Vermont Yankee plant will spend at least another 20 years in Vermont, a national conservative group and Burlington residents are filing suit to block a recent charter change allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections, and four more districts get mixed results from school budget votes.

Brave Little State investigates a listener question about public transportation, and a regional transit planner answers your questions.

Vermont's largest public transportation provider, Green Mountain Transit, is reintroducing fees in the Burlington area for the first time since the pandemic. At the same time, it’s dealing with issues with ridership and funding, and service cuts loom on the horizon.

Public transportation is critical for many people in Burlington and its neighboring towns. There were once big dreams to make it better, but now the system is instead facing cuts. What happened?

There are some questions that we get in the Brave Little State inbox that keep us up at night. Like this one, about a tooth that’s stuck in a wall on East State Street in Montpelier.