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Community Forum: Don’t wait till later to talk about school funding
“Vermont voters and taxpayers will have the final say, and they don’t have enough information yet to make that decision.”
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Guest Editorial: Vermont must protect and strengthen programs that build our early childhood educators
“Vermont’s child care future depends on the strength of its early childhood education workforce.”
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Guest editorial: Wrestling people from their families is no way to solve our border problems
Three federal judges in Vermont have played a leading role in trying to establish constitutional protections against the unlawful seizure and imprisonment of people by arbitrary government force.
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Guest editorial: Health care failure: Half-steps aren’t going to cut it
Because of failed leadership and misguided waste of Vermonters’ money, our health care system is on the verge of collapse. This did not need to happen.
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Guest editorial: How AI is reshaping education and society
We’re halfway into the fall, 2024, academic term, and chatter suggests anxiety about the future of education and artificial intelligence. That AI will replace human teachers entirely. Students…
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Guest editorial: Get the facts on the Affordable Heat Act
Many Vermonters have been told that Act 18, the Affordable Heat Act, will result in much higher fuel prices, that it’s a “carbon tax,” that it involves mandates…
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Guest editorial: Investments in health care, education make us stronger
It was, in a way, a remarkable moment when Vermont homeowners opened their tax bill this year. Whether conservative or liberal, living in Essex or Chittenden counties, in…
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Guest editorial: Political courage will help build a stronger Vermont
No political insiders in Montpelier were surprised when Sen. Jane Kitchel condemned the Scott administration’s proposal to zero out the education fund reserves to provide short-term property tax…
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Guest editorial: Gov. Scott misunderstood data privacy bill he vetoed
This detailed response by Vt. Attorney General Charity Clark of Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of a bill, H-121, to protect Vermonters’ data privacy is notable for several reasons,…
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Guest editorial: The Leahy Law should be applied to Israel
I conceived and introduced the Leahy law in 1997 because our Latin partners, and security forces in many other countries, were violating the basic principles that the United States stands…
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Guest editorial: H.289 – Good intentions on renewables but one big flaw
I am in complete agreement that 100% renewable energy is a must. But a major flaw in H.289 threatens Vermont renewable energy jobs and the ability of Vermonters…
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Guest editorial: Legislature’s nonsensical education reform plans should be dropped
The impending 17 percent increase in property taxes has our elected leaders on the political edge, thinking they are about to be tarred by the taxpayers’ brush and…
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Guest editorial: Income inequality solutions
Our capitalistic economy is often thrown up as the major cause of the income gap between the rich and not so rich. I think that is a bunch…
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Guest editorial: UVMHN CEO cites optimism, opportunity… and urgency
As we begin a new year, and as I embark on my second year as CEO of the University of Vermont Health Network, I feel a sense of…
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Guest editorial: Yes, Virginia
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age.
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Guest editorial: Justice for Palestinians and security for Israel
There have been five wars in the last 15 years between Israel and Hamas. How do we end the current one and prevent a sixth from happening, sooner…