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In November 2026, voters will decide whether to amend the Vermont Constitution. An amendment that establishes employees’ right to collectively bargain will be on the ballot. Amending
This year, Green Up volunteers went above and beyond, hauling nearly 200 bags of trash to the town office.
The Waterbury Skatepark Coalition is making a big push to raise the final $15,000 so that the full design of the concrete skatepark can be built this summer at Hope Davey Park in Waterbury Center.
When floodwaters tore through Vermont in July 2023 and then again exactly a year later, they left more than physical destruction in their wake. They also revealed to Vermonters the mounting price tag of climate change.
Every three years, Central Vermont Medical Center conducts a survey to better understand the health care needs and priorities of our community.
I moved to Vermont 10 years ago — right at the foot of the Worcester Range — and I still find deep woods, clear water, and quiet places to be the essence of our state.
I attended the Select Board meeting Monday night (May 5) to hear updates on the town’s proposal to buy the land at the corner of Park Row and Randall Street from the state for housing development.
Severe storms and flooding all too easily kill the small businesses that give our state and our main streets so much character.
Restoring income-sensitivity thresholds would lower tax bills for 50,000 Vermont households this year while making the funding of education fairer and more progressive, as originally intended.
It has become clear that the Trump administration will be unrelenting in its assault on our right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and leave a livable planet for our children and grandchildren.
Reilly, Jana, Jack, and our whole family want to thank all the people and businesses in our community who contributed prizes, money, talent, and time to the various fundraising efforts that have been held on our behalf in recent months, helping us through Paul’s heart transplant.
Granted, the sudden switch to a totalitarian-led government after 250 years of (imperfect) democracy is not easy to get used to. But here we are.
Vermont’s infrastructure – our roads, bridges, water systems, and stormwater control – is the backbone of our communities and economy. As our state struggles with aging public infrastructure, the need for timely repair, replacement, and innovation has never been more urgent.
As Vermont, like other states, feels the accelerating pressures of so-called progress, we must work to protect the families and communities that nurture our very humanity.
Former HUUSD teacher and coach John Kerrigan suggests ways for the school district to increase enrollment and add revenue in order to keep all schools open.
Recent detentions of legally present individuals – including a Turkish doctoral student and a Palestinian resident of Vermont – raise urgent questions about whether our institutions are upholding core American principles like due process, free speech, and equal protection under the law.
To the Community - the Harwood School Board has taken a strong stance against the governor’s school district consolidation proposal. I completely disagree.
Though the next federal budget has not yet been released, the potential proposed elimination of Head Start programs would be catastrophic for working families, vulnerable young children, and Head Start employees.
At the Vermont Network, we support survivors of domestic and sexual violence, amplify their voices and build safer communities.
Now that the House has passed an education reform plan, it will be easy to get bogged down in the minutiae that differentiate it from Gov. Phil Scott’s “Education Transformation Proposal.” But before Vermonters get lost in the weeds debating these proposals, they might want to ask themselves if they support the radical change that both plans represent:
The issue of homelessness is not new to Vermont, but the COVID-19 pandemic illuminated just how many people in Vermont lack the safety of having a roof over their heads. H.91 would replace the “hotel/motel program.”
A final House vote is expected today on the major focus of our work this session, the education transformation bill, H.454.
History is our story. It is ours to celebrate, reconcile with, learn from, and build on. But we can’t do any of these things if we don’t have the resources to preserve and access our story. Maybe for the Trump administration, that’s the point.
A more precise and measured approach is worth considering as our state tackles both structural system reforms and how we pay for education.
By energetically pursuing student engagement in the next steps toward the future of public education, lawmakers can pave the way for a more inclusive and informed Vermont.
I was at the Hands-Off rally in Montpelier on Saturday. It was an amazing display of solidarity and showed the determination we need to oppose what's going on in our nation's capital.
Unfortunately, I have to update the status of the Budget Adjustment Act, which the governor imperiously vetoed again last Friday.
Many of you know that Jack Donovan recently hung up his WDEV earphones. He and I had a conversation recently about changes in radio since he and I began.
For those of you who think that closing elementary schools (for barely any savings) might be a good idea, please read.
Several bills still being considered in both the House and Senate likely will have to go to conference which will delay adjournment. It’s looking like the end of May at the earliest.