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As lawmakers negotiate over education reform, the year-old Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont faces an uncertain future
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall, reads along as House and Senate members of the education reform bill conference committee meet at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, June 12. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A virtual public meeting hosted...
Map: See where Trump-related protests are happening in Vermont this weekend
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
More than 40 “No Kings” anti-Trump protests are scheduled across Vermont Saturday, according to the 50501 Vermont website. President Donald Trump has ordered one of the nation’s largest-ever military parades to take place in Washington, D.C., this...
Local LGBTQIA+ support, advocacy, and education group gains steam
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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DORSET — An advocacy group for members of the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as families, friends, and allies, may have flown under the radar for many, but they’re growing steadily in service of acceptance and visibility. PFLAG Dorset is a local...
Trump admits his anti-immigration agenda is hurting farmers and hotels: ‘Taking very good workers away’
The Independent
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June 12, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Mace: Public education system evolution
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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The stalemate in Montpelier over the fate of H.454 belies the strong consensus on the need for Vermont’s public education system to evolve and the urgency with which we must approach that effort. Vermont’s Education Fund is projected to allocate...
Rugged Adirondacks bike race draws over 200 competitors
WFFF - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
WILMINGTON, N.Y. (ABC22/FOX44) – A difficult mountain bike race held on narrow dirt paths through the Adirondacks was won by a man from Williston, Vermont on Sunday, while a Pennsylvania man won on the longer and more challenging 100k course. The...
New law brings changes to unpaid leave for Vermont workers
WFFF - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
COLCHESTER, Vt (ABC22/FOX44) – Starting next month, Vermont workers will see changes to unpaid leave. A new law will expand flexibility for parents and caregivers, those dealing with the death of a family member, as well as victims of domestic...
Commentary | Rural School Community Alliance: This Father’s Day, let’s commit to saving rural Vermont
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
As Vermont dads of children attending Vermont schools and members of the Rural School Community Alliance, we’re used to showing up for our kids: on the sidelines, at bedtime, in the school pickup line, and around the dinner table. Today, we’re...
'I'll Be Your Rock' offers lifeline to LGBTQ+ youth in rural Michigan
WZZM 13 - Michigan
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June 12, 2025
I’ll Be Your Rock, founded by Christine Terpening, supports LGBTQ+ youth in rural Michigan to reduce isolation and suicide risks. PORTLAND, Mich. — A West Michigan organization aimed at uplifting LGBTQ+ youth is making a difference in rural areas....
Hoffman: Education reform missing the mark
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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If and when the governor and Legislature agree on something they call “transformational educational reform,” it’s unlikely to be what most people expected or wanted. Vermonters won’t see the property tax relief they were hoping for because changes...
Vermont towns offering expanded after-school, summer programming
WCAX - Vermont
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June 10, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont communities have boosted after-school and summer programs thanks to funding approved by lawmakers two years ago seeking to increase access to kids in under-served corners of the state. Whether school’s out for the...
Vermont to join lawsuit to block National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
Vermont Public Radio
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June 10, 2025
Vermont plans to join a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops against protesters in Los Angeles, state Attorney General Charity Clark said Tuesday. In recent days, Trump has sent several thousand...
Letter to the editor: Education bill too rushed to be well considered
Addison County Independent - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
As a college student, I’ve pulled many all-nighters. And I find that, oftentimes, I will look at my midnight scribbles a few days later and question my very sanity. Now, I’m worried that the Vermont Legislature is pulling all-nighter after...
‘Know Your Rights’ guide launched for Vermonters
WCAX - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s attorney general reminds immigrants and non-citizens what their rights are. It’s part of a guide titled Know Your Rights, which details the role of federal and local police and the rights of Vermonters. It goes...
Commentary | This Father’s Day, let’s commit to saving rural Vermont
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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As Vermont dads of children attending Vermont schools and members of the Rural School Community Alliance, we’re used to showing up for our kids: on the sidelines, at bedtime, in the school pickup line, and around the dinner table. Today, we’re...
Holding fast – and pressing on: Reflections on SBC25
Baptist Press - Tennessee
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June 15, 2025
As I reflect on SBC25 in Dallas, one word keeps coming to mind: Grateful. Grateful for the thousands who showed up – messengers, guests, exhibitors, volunteers and more. From Texas to Vermont, from California to Florida, Southern Baptists gathered...
New reports says MN children face troubling health and education disparities
Public News Service
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The 2025 Kids Count Data Book by the Annie E. Casey Foundation has released its findings for Minnesota. The report examines results for children in four categories: education, health, economic well-being, and family and community. Currently, 69%...
Our Turn: Saving rural Vermont
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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As Vermont dads of children attending Vermont schools and members of the Rural School Community Alliance, we’re used to showing up for our kids: on the sidelines, at bedtime, in the school pickup line, and around the dinner table. Today, we’re...
Inside the legal fight over the telehealth clinics that help women defy abortion bans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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So far, the prosecution hasn't progressed thanks to New York's shield law, which has protected Carpenter from extradition to Louisiana. But other telehealth centers operating in states with similar legal protections for abortion providers are...
Vt. immigration lawyers say Newport migrant workers are missing
WCAX - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
NEWPORT, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont immigration lawyers say migrants they’re trying to represent are disappearing. Two weeks ago, the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project says they asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement where 10 migrant workers arrested...