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Gov. Scott: Civility, respect in the public square
I understand the passion surrounding sports, but it’s clear we have a problem, and we should not tolerate the hate.
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Lt. Gov. Zuckerman: Let’s work hard like sugarmakers
On Jan. 5, I was sworn in as Vermont’s 83rd Lieutenant Governor. I wanted to share with you an abbreviated version of the remarks I gave to the…
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Guest editorial: Free CCV tuition is key to building Vermont’s workforce
We’ve long known that the most promising jobs in Vermont require education and training beyond high school. Yet too often, Vermonters seeking that education and workforce training cannot…
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Guest editorial: Traditional Medicare is under attack
I’ve spent my professional life as a primary care pediatrician, mostly in Vermont. Now I’m retired and the beneficiary of Medicare.
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Guest editorial: The peril of OneCare’s failure
Last week the regulators made a point of asking OneCare’s leadership if it could justify its $15 million budget request. It could not. Not satisfactorily.
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Guest editorial: Dangerous misinformation on abortion
There is not currently, nor will there be due to Article 22, any provider or facility in Vermont doing elective terminations beyond the gestational age of 21 weeks,…
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Guest editorial: Climate change is humankind’s biggest uncontrolled experiment
There is no such thing as cold. That might sound idiotic coming from a Vermonter, but it’s true. In actuality there is only heat — and more or…
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Guest editorial: The role of Vermont’s federal delegation
Sen. Leahy’s announcement that he would not seek re-election upended the Vermont political landscape and with it Vermonters face a significant change in leadership. As voters head to…
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Guest editorial: A chink in Balint’s campaign
Becca Balint, a Democratic candidate for Vermont’s U.S. House seat, acts as if the rules do not apply to her. That should raise questions about the integrity of…
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Guest editorial: The Supreme Court’s biggest lie
As the author of stories about a teenager who hops into the American past, I’ve thought deeply about the 1800s, and I’d like to offer a few thoughts…
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Guest editorial: Vermont has found new tools to make COVID disappear
Right now, the distressing reality faced by these vulnerable Vermonters is that public policy no longer has their backs — instead, public policy has pushed them further into…
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Guest editorial: Shootings are the convulsions of a society in decline
It is senseless, right? But what seems “senseless” to the witness observing it, frighteningly, must be sensible to the mind filled with hate and fear and clouded by…
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Guest editorial: Gun proliferation is what has changed
In the wake of yet another mass shooting in the United States, we mourn the child victims and again ask: Why are we as a nation unable to…
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Guest editorial: Sen. Leahy castigates colleagues who would deny women health care equity
This is a debate about the Women’s Health Protection Act. Protecting women’s health. Protecting half America’s population in their right to seek the health care they require. Protecting their ability, half…
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Guest editorial: Finally, solid research on TIFs
Tucked into H.159, a bill focused on community and economic development, is a provision that would create a pilot program for “project-based” tax increment financing opportunities.
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Guest editorial: Law would harm communities, newspapers
Around Vermont, as municipal boards reorganize, set goals and undertake housekeeping for the term ahead, one of the things every town and city does is decide its “Newspaper…