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The group, which is calling for policies to create “housing abundance� for Vermonters of all income levels, says it won’t take any money from developers.

Every residential area in Vermont's largest city has been upzoned � allowing for larger properties with more units.

Use of the four shelters had ticked up over the week, most notably in Burlington, where nearly 40 people slept in the building on its final night of operation.

Developers are scaling back the amount of housing in the CityPlace Burlington project in order to add two hotels, which they say is needed to shore up financing for the $200 million development.

Burlington Democrats will select a mayoral candidate on Sunday. It's the first contested caucus the party's held in the Queen City since 2011 when Mayor Miro Weinberger won the party’s nomination.

Weinberger, a Democrat, has led Vermont's largest city for nearly 12 years. He announced Thursday afternoon that his fourth term in office will be his last.

An audit that was intended to scrutinize the financial practices of Burlington’s former director of racial equity, inclusion and belonging has instead focused attention � and anger � on the Democratic mayor who commissioned the probe.

After three years as the acting police chief in Vermont’s largest city, Jon Murad is now officially Burlington’s top cop. The city council voted 8-4 on Monday to approve his appointment to the position.

The city of Burlington has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle allegations that an officer used excessive force when he shoved a Black man into a wall during a 2018 incident.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger is asking the City Council for a second time to make Acting Police Chief Jon Murad the permanent chief.