Editorial: Is Vermont more or less affordable under Gov. Scott?

Gov. Scott blames others, but he’s the guy with the full-time paycheck and the one person authorized to mobilize the state’s workforce to tackle the big issues.

The citizens’ duty is to learn about the candidates, get to know them by attending candidate forums, and encourage friends and neighbors to do the same.

His mantra to make Vermont affordable clashes with the reality that he has not been effective in making that happen.

Graduates were recognized for the contributions they’ve made to the Middlebury community and offered some guidance for the chapter ahead.

A brief note to report that our beloved sports columnist and retired Middlebury College professor Karl Lindholm had a health scare here at the office Tuesday morning.

In this era of narcissistic leaders and misplaced values, it seems more important than ever to honor those who work for the common good.

There’s a huge disconnect between the Scott administration’s affordability mantra and reality.

It’s all part of the vision captured by Baucom in the title of his team’s strategic plan: “Excellence. Purpose. Joy.”

As details come into focus, public pressure is shaping the path forward.

Angelo Lynn is named an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.

President Trump’s mental decline has become a national concern.

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.

Until American citizens prevail with measures to hold ICE agents accountable for any use of excessive force, we all must deal with what the nation now considers a renegade militia that doesn’t care about the harm it does.

It’s hard not to be outraged by law enforcement’s needless and brutal tactics in the March 11 confrontation in South Burlington when ICE officials pursued a Mexican immigrant who they thought was in Vermont illegally. While temperance held throughout much … (read more)