The Senate Committee on Judiciary started confirmation hearings Tuesday for Christina Nolan and Michael Drescher, two veteran federal prosecutors whom Gov. Phil Scott appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court. Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week at the link in our bio.

Twice a week for the past three decades, 95-year-old Hilda White has spent hours carefully preserving plant specimens at the University of Vermont’s Pringle Herbarium, which houses a massive collection from around the world. And now, White herself will, in a way, be preserved in the collection. A newly discovered species of Christmas fern has been named in her honor. Read the full story at the link in our bio. Video by Joey Palumbo/Vermont Public.