H.955 vs Gov. Scott’s veto?

After 10 years of Scott’s rule as governor, the state is worse off on the major issues: health care, education, affordable housing, job growth, youth flight.

Trump supporters must stop rationalizing his outrageous conduct as a wily negotiating tactic.

Legislative Report by Sen. Ruth Hardy, D-Middlebury

Now that Act 181 is law, its consequences are coming into focus.

This week’s writer is Lincoln resident Liza Cochran, a writer, teacher and mother of two young daughters.

One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 14, 1876, at the dedication of the Freedman’s Memorial in Washington, D.C., and at a delicate moment of possibility for a nation in dire need of healing in the aftermath of the savageries of our Civil War, Frederi … (read more)

It’s not just the ketchup on the wall now; it’s the blood on the ground and on the hands of this administration. Christy Alger Orwell  

Recently, ICE has raided and invaded Vermont. Last month, for example, agents chased someone into a home on Dorset Street, then, after waiting for a warrant, ultimately broke down the door to apprehend those inside. After the chase, people gathered to pro … (read more)

Now is not the time to add pressure to property taxes or the state budget.

Among its many flaws, the ordinance fails to reflect the numerous concerns that town residents have expressed to the selectboard.

As a toddler and boy in the 1960s, I watched Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Milton Berle in drag. I turned out OK. As a teen in the 1970s, I watched Flip Wilson in drag. Some readers may remember his character Geraldine Jones. I turned out OK. As a young adu … (read more)

Leaves are an important year-round habitat for all manner of insects.

It does not take an advanced degree or high school diploma to reach this conclusion. Anyone can be judged as right or wrong … morally, ethically, logically, strategically. If integrity is an important part of who we are, the Supreme Leader was a poor choi … (read more)

A few weeks ago in S. Burlington, federal immigration agents entered a home looking for one person but detained three others who were not named on the warrant. These individuals were released following a judge’s order, but many people detained in Vermont … (read more)

So… you drove by the No Kings 3 rally in Middlebury and observed that “most of the protesters looked like they never got over the thrill of protesting the Vietnam War” and that if Trump were actually a king “there would be no protesting.” My response is a … (read more)