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Assisted Death in Vermont and Beyond: Where Do We Draw the Line on Dignity?
Vermont’s end-of-life law requires terminal patients to self-administer lethal medication—raising questions about access, transparency, and dignity. As Canada expands euthanasia and palliative care deaths go…
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Four Months In, Vermont’s Budget Is Balanced—But the Real Fight Might Just Be Delayed
As Vermont’s Legislature stalls on adjournment, pressure builds over an unfinished education funding overhaul. With H.454 lingering in limbo and property tax hikes looming, critics…
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Vermont’s Land Lockdown: The Hidden Costs of 30×30 and 50×50 Conservation Goals
Vermont’s 30×30 and 50×50 land conservation goals may sound noble, but they’re gutting the rural tax base, pushing locals off their land, and mirroring global…
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More Than Classrooms: VT’s Growing Education Mandates Are Fueling Costs
Vermont lawmakers are debating H.454, a sweeping education reform bill that could reshape school governance, class sizes, and district boundaries. As the bill advances, questions…
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Who’s Funding Whom? VNRC’s Public Role and Private Alliances Raise New Questions
VNRC receives hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars each year—while co-producing political media and coordinating strategy with Vermont Conservation Voters, a partisan advocacy group. With…
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S.124: A Decade of Drowning in Vermont’s Water Policy
Vermont has spent over $200 million trying to fix water pollution, yet S.124 resets the system, dragging even small farms into costly permitting. Lawmakers admit…
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Home Title Theft in Vermont: Rare, But Real — And Homeowners Shouldn’t Be the Ones Cleaning Up the Mess
Vermont law punishes forged deeds—but it doesn’t protect homeowners from the legal chaos that follows. Title theft is rare, but real, and right now, victims…
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Is Article 9 Dead? Vermont’s Forgotten Constitutional Obligation to the People
Vermont’s Constitution demands that taxes serve the public more than the money would in private hands. Yet with unaccounted spending, ideologically driven mandates, and sweeping…
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Is 600,000 Too Small to Count? A Public Health Dismissal Raises Bigger Questions
Vermont officials say the public may not have a role in selecting the next Health Commissioner—despite five years of sweeping mandates and over 3,000 unexplained…
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S.131 and the End of Dillon’s Rule? Burlington Gun Ban Tests Vermont’s Constitution and State Authority
Vermont’s S.131 may seem like a local gun ordinance, but it challenges both Dillon’s Rule and the state’s constitutional right to bear arms. If passed,…
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