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Column: A less drastic education reform for Vermont
Valley News - New Hampshire
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August 6, 2025
Vermonters are rightly worried about taxes. With rising costs across the board, including property taxes, health care and energy bills, many residents, especially those without school-aged children, are asking a fair question: Why are we spending...
Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel illustrates the comic side of Vermont
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 8, 2025
Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. Vermont cartoonist Alison Bechdel poses with her new graphic novel, “Spent.” Photo courtesy of Holly Rae Taylor...
Local, organic, and bipartisan: How Vermont is challenging Big Food
Christian Science Monitor
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June 8, 2025
Kayleigh Boyle and Doug Wolcik knew all the reasons not to farm in Vermont: the short growing season, the hilly terrain, the dirt roads that make it hard to get products to market. Even the size of most farms here is a problem. For decades, farms...
IG Page With 3.5M Fans Is Spreading Knowledge And Here Are 75 Of The Coolest Facts They Shared
AOL
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You can’t hum while holding your nose. An interesting fact? Debatable, but certainly something you can use to break the ice or perhaps win a bet if you play your cards right. That being said, just one fun fact isn’t all that useful, so might as...
Vermont Secretary of State launches new online election management system
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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MONTPELIER — Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas announced a major upgrade to her office’s online Election Management System today, inviting Vermonters to visit the new “Vermont Voter Portal” at vote.vermont.gov. The new,...
Vermont’s UVM Quietly Bows the DEI Knee to Trump
Liberty Nation News
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June 3, 2025
Woke racism continues to dissolve under constitutional scrutiny. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” Numerous American...
Wildfire smoke brings air quality alert to northwest Vermont
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 6, 2025
A paddleboarder floats on Lake Champlain in Burlington under hazy skies on Friday, June 6. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerSmoke from Canadian wildfires continued to obscure Vermont skies on Friday as the Department of Environmental Conservation...
A Vermonter’s guide to wildfire smoke and air quality
Vermont Public Radio
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June 6, 2025
Smoke from wildfires in Canada has been degrading air quality over Vermont again this year. It’s the sort of event Vermont could see more of as the climate changes due to humans burning fossil fuels. Climate change is already making wildfires more...
Trump’s Trade School Trojan Horse
Inside Higher Ed
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In one of his all-too-frequent rants on Truth Social last month, President Trump posted, “I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our land.” It’s...
Beech tree leaf disease continues spreading in Vermont
WCAX - Vermont
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June 6, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A recently discovered disease spreads deeper into Vermont forests, and it’s moving fast. Beech trees are a common and essential part of Vermont’s landscape, and their nuts are a popular food source for wildlife. The...
Brittany Maynard and how medical aid in dying can…
USA Today - Virginia
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Brittany Maynard chose medical aid in dying after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. Maynard's husband, Dan Diaz, became her caregiver and supported her decision to move to Oregon for access to the state's Death with Dignity Act. Medical...
Hoping to protect kids from Big Tech, Vermont lawmakers pass ‘Kids Code’ bill
Vermont Public Radio
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June 5, 2025
Vermont may join a growing number of states attempting to enact guardrails on Big Tech in an attempt to protect minors online. A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers have sent so-called “Kids Code” legislation to Gov. Phil Scott’s desk that would...
Sophie Zemianek makes worldwide connections through hockey and lacrosse
Saint Albans Messenger - Vermont
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Norwich University student and BFA-St. Albans graduate, Sophie Zemianek, closed her junior year with the Cadets women’s lacrosse team, who made a historic run in playoffs. Zemianek, who also plays hockey for Norwich’s women’s team, supplemented...
A supervisory union’s break with the Vermont School Boards Association reveals statewide fault lines in education reform
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 5, 2025
Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. First Branch Unified District Board Chair Kathy Galluzzo during a board meeting in 2019. File photo by Dylan...
‘We’re Not Gonna Have Anybody Around To Wipe Our A**es’: Vermont Dem Slams Limiting Immigration
Daily Wire
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June 5, 2025
Vermont Democrat Congresswoman Becca Balint, the state’s first female and openly gay member of Congress, slammed the Trump administration’s actions toward immigrants while declaring that if immigration is decreased, “We’re not gonna have anybody...
Southwestern Vermont Chamber and Berkshire Bank host free breakfast event on Business Succession Planning
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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MANCHESTER — The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Berkshire Bank, is proud to present "Breakfast with Berkshire: Business Succession Planning," a timely and informative event for business owners considering the...
Wildlife Tunnels in Vermont Cut Amphibian Deaths By 80 Percent, Study Finds
Mental Floss
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June 5, 2025
Thousands of animals, from mountain lions to newts, are killed each year due to vehicle collisions. Traffic is even partially to blame for population declines in some species. Amphibians are especially vulnerable to such threats, but a new study...
MM 6.5: Maryland men’s lacrosse earns commitment of Vermont transfer Henry Dodge
Testudo Times - Maryland
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June 5, 2025
Maryland men’s lacrosse earned the commitment of Vermont faceoff specialist Henry Dodge late Tuesday night, according to Matt Chandik. Dodge’s 71.3% faceoff win percentage was best in the nation by a wide margin. In 2025, he was named America East...
GlobalFoundries to spend $3 billion more on AI efforts in Upstate NY, Vermont
Syracuse.com - New York
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June 5, 2025
Larry Rulison, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. (TNS) MALTA — GlobalFoundries announced Wednesday that it will spend an additional $3 billion to expand its artificial intelligence chipmaking capabilities at its factories in Saratoga County and Essex...
GlobalFoundries to Invest $16B in New York and Vermont Chip Plants
Supply Chain 24/7
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GlobalFoundries is making a $16 billion bet on bringing more chip manufacturing back to the U.S. What’s Related The company announced Wednesday that it will expand its semiconductor production and advanced packaging work at its New York and...