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US Forest Service cuts research positions in Vt. and across the nation
The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday it plans to close its research and development office in Burlington as part of a national reorganization.
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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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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
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Letter to the editor: Draft dodger doesn’t know about war
The current Commander in chief deceived his Draft Board and lied to his country. To serve would have been inconvenient and beneath his station.
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Editorial: No plan in Iran follows Trump’s policy of chaos
Trump’s haphazard policy of chaos works for some MAGA supporters who have accepted his role as supreme leader. For everyone else, there’s reality.
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Vermont officials optimistic after ruling against Trump tariffs
Despite ongoing uncertainty over a new set of tariffs the White House announced over the weekend, Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., called the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling “good news.”
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Trump’s new requirements could cause thousands of Vermonters to lose food assistance
New federal work requirements limiting eligibility for the nation’s largest food assistance program will take effect for many in Vermont on March 1.
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Rep. Becca Balint warns state may be ‘in the crosshairs’ of Trump
Balint told VTDigger’s The Vermont Conversation that Trump’s retribution can take many forms.
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Letter to the Editor: A fifth sign of fascism
Yet another sign of fascism is “whitewashing” history. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “whitewashing history” is “to distort (history, literature, a narrative) to exclude non-white people etc.