politics
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Former ANWSD board chair enters House race
Stroup, a professor of education at Champlain College, officially launched his Addison-3 House bid this week.
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Ann Mason joins ACSD board
The board on March 30 picked Mason to fill a seat that failed to draw any takers on Town Meeting Day.
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Trump loses again: court blocks threat to doctors
Attorney General Charity Clark sides with states challenging limits on gender-affirming care .
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Clarification to Sen. Ruth Hardy’s response to Paul Ralston
The Independent inadvertently allowed certain representations by Hardy that criticized New Haven resident Paul Ralston.
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Land use law draws barbs
After hearing considerable negative feedback, Vermont lawmakers are looking to change Act 181, a two-year-old land use law that’s drawn criticism.
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Opinion: No other choice, remove Trump now
Trump must be removed from the Presidency and stopped from doing any more harm.
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Opinion: Ukraine shows us need for restraint and respect for law
A community of nations without warfare requires first the respect of its leaders for their own commitments to the rule of law and to the building of good…
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Opinion: Rising oil prices affect everyday costs
Normal folks are paying more for everything that comes through the Strait of Hormuz.
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A lose-lose for Trump
Trump supporters must stop rationalizing his outrageous conduct as a wily negotiating tactic.
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Bolles enters Addison-3 House race
“Everyone deserves safe, stable, affordable housing and they should not have to move out of state to get it.” — Ariel Bolles
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Aly Richards launches bid for Vermont governor
Aly Richards, who led a lobbying group that won major increases to public child care funding in Vermont during the past decade, announced her bid for governor on…
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Trump delays $4 million to poverty programs
The unusual, monthslong wait for this year’s federal Community Service Block Grant funds comes amid a push from the Trump administration to eliminate the program from the federal…
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Bill creates policy for school districts should ICE threaten
Winooski’s superintendent told senators in February that the policy was about being prepared for worst-case scenarios.
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Legislative Report: Protecting private property rights and our environment is the Vt. way
Now that Act 181 is law, its consequences are coming into focus.
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Opinion: From integrity to indignity
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…
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Opinion: Trump is spilling real blood
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