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Remains of missing Vermont World War II soldier to be laid to rest
WCAX - Vermont
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June 13, 2025
PROCTOR, Vt. (WCAX) - The recently identified remains of a missing World War II soldier will be laid to rest in his hometown of Proctor on Saturday, 81 years after his plane was shot down over France. “I just wanted him to come home and be buried...
CAES educators join statewide Friday morning protest of Vermont education reform bill
The Chester Telegraph - Vermont
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June 13, 2025
Educators line up Friday morning along Main Street at the entrance to Chester-Andover Elementary School to protest H. 454, a bill that would revamp Vermont public education. Click any photo to launch the gallery. All photos by Cynthia Prairie. By...
Key Vermont lawmakers strike deal on sweeping education reform
Vermont Public Radio
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June 13, 2025
Negotiators for the Vermont House and Senate have a deal on education reform. After days of tense debate, six lawmakers tasked with hammering out a deal shook hands Friday afternoon on historic legislation that — if enacted — would upend nearly...
In review: Motel program veto, housing infrastructure law, education reform deal
Vermont Public Radio
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Published June 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM EDT Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed a bill that would have overhauled Vermont’s homelessness response system, saying it does not adequately reduce the size or cost of the motel voucher program. Plus, a new financing...
Student Well-Being Report Shows How Kids Are Doing in Education and Beyond
Education Week
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June 13, 2025
A new national study reveals that student well-being has seen some progress since before the pandemic, but the most concerning declines are in children’s performance at school. The report, 2025 Kids Count Data Book, released earlier this month by...
Scott says agreement reached on education bill
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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MONTPELIER – Gov. Phil Scott said Friday that his administration has reached an agreement with House and Senate conferees on a plan to overhaul the state’s education system. But even if it passes early next week, more work will be needed, he...
Trump administration refuses to release Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil, despite judge’s order
Forward
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June 13, 2025
Protestors gather to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil in March in New York City. Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images By Hannah Feuer June 13, 2025 The Trump administration does not plan to release pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil,...
Abenaki Heritage Weekend returns with art, storytelling and cultural celebration
NBC5 - Vermont
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June 13, 2025
This weekend marks the annual Abenaki Heritage Weekend celebration.It is a tradition presented by the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and is a series of events that will be presented at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.The Abenaki heritage...
Ounce of Prevention: Interventions for high body mass index in children and adolescents
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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Ounce of Prevention is a weekly column which presents recommendations for preventative services derived from The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Each column begins with the name of the condition, the grade provided by the...
Nebraska cities join nationwide ‘No kings’ protest against Trump administration
Nebraska Examiner
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June 14, 2025
LINCOLN — Hundreds of U.S. flags fluttered in the air of Nebraska’s capital city in protest of the Trump administration. The protests in Lincoln and at least 11 other Nebraska cities were part of planned national protests against the Trump...
Trump promises immigration order to shield farm, leisure workers
WCAX - Vermont
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June 13, 2025
WASHINGTON (WCAX) - President Trump on Thursday said he plans to issue an order to address the impacts of his immigration crackdown on the nation’s migrant farm workers. “Our farmers are being hurt badly, and we’re going to have to do something...
UVM Health Network now asks about sex assigned at birth. LGBTQ+ advocates want more transparency
Vermont Public Radio
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June 13, 2025
Over the past year, the University of Vermont Health Network has been changing the questions that registration staff ask at the system’s six hospitals and its home health and hospice facility. A broader age range of patients are now asked about...
Religious freedom, free speech advocates support Vermont couples barred from fostering
Catholic News Agency
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June 12, 2025
CNA Staff, Jun 12, 2025 / 17:38 pm Twenty-two states and various religious freedom and free speech advocates have filed friend-of-the-court briefs on behalf of two Vermont couples who are suing the state after their licenses to be foster parents...
Vermont lawmakers strike compromise on tax relief package
WCAX - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - State lawmakers are days away from advancing a $13 million tax cut package aimed at making life more affordable for Vermonters. The political compromise has tax breaks for over 75,000, including military retirees, families...
Vermont’s big protests against Trump come with big price tags
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
Brattleboro activists hope a Saturday “No Kings” rally — one of dozens of scheduled demonstrations statewide — will build on their April 5 “Hands Off!” event, seen here at the town common. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Geri Peterson can tell...
Friends of Vermont Public Education: The Achilles’ heel of Vermont education reform
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 13, 2025
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...
Richard Monterosso: The H.454 power grab is not tax relief or education reform
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 13, 2025
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...
Southern Baptists’ call for the US Supreme Court to overturn its same-sex marriage decision is part of a long history of opposing women’s and LGBTQ+ people’s rights
The Conversation
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June 13, 2025
The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3.6 million members over the past two decades and faces an ongoing sexual abuse crisis. At its June 2025 annual meeting, however, neither of those issues took up as much time as controversial social issues,...
It’s not Bernie Sanders’s Vermont anymore
The Gazette - Colorado
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MONTPELIER, Vermont — The Green Mountain State is turning a shade of purple. It may seem a shocking political development for one of America's most liberal states, a seeming blue bastion, or something further left, that has elected socialist Sen....
Vermont Attorney General issues immigration enforcement guidance
WFFF - Vermont
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June 11, 2025
Posted: Jun 11, 2025 / 01:16 PM EDT Updated: Jun 11, 2025 / 01:16 PM EDT MONTPELIER, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – Vermont’s Attorney General Charity Clark has released a “Know Your Rights” guide to help local immigrants understand their freedoms as...