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Vermont’s À La Carte Constitution
Vermont’s Constitution is clear: residency, virtue, and fiscal restraint are not optional. Yet many modern laws openly defy these principles. Why haven’t courts stepped in?…
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VT Ends Telework for Some ESD Staff, Highlighting Oversight Gaps in Government Remote Work
Vermont’s decision to end telework for 100 Economic Services Division staff raises bigger questions: how can governments measure remote work productivity? With no audits or…
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Season 1, Episode 5 — An $807,649.50 Error
Rutland voters approved the wrong budget in March, and five months later officials are only now confronting an $807,649.50 error. As the Board prepares to…
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Life After Deaf?
When Binky the cattle dog went deaf, she thought her conversations were over—until one high-frequency tone made her ears twitch. Now, two decades and a…
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Federal School Choice Program Launches—Will Vermont Get On Board?
President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill includes a groundbreaking federal tax credit for private school scholarships. But without a Vermont-based SGO, families and private schools…
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Not So New After All: Debunking the Claim of “10 Trump Precedents”
The claim that Trump’s second term has unleashed “10 new precedents” doesn’t hold up. Most are decades-old powers of the presidency. The only true shift…
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School Libraries and Movie Ratings: A Growing Discrepancy Over Content Standards
If a book’s content would earn an R or NC-17 rating as a film, is it appropriate for middle schoolers to access the unedited version…
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Planning Without Data: Vermont’s Public Assistance Challenges
Vermont’s generous safety net layers state-funded programs on top of federal benefits, but without tracking who’s using them. Lawmakers know what’s happening—soaring costs and demand—but…
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The Big Beautiful Bill for Vermonters: What Changes and What Doesn’t
Vermont’s 65,000 Medicaid expansion enrollees face big changes under HR1. A new work rule and semi-annual reporting could mean 30,000 lose coverage unless the state…
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America’s Gun Violence Story Isn’t What You Think
Gun violence in the U.S. is real—but not evenly distributed. Strip out the worst cities, and rural America looks more like Switzerland than Chicago. More…
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