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In another sad reminder that transphobia and broader anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes remain alive and well in Vermont schools, the Vermont Principals’ Association this week banned Mid Vermont Christian School from participating in school sporting events. The sanctions come after the independent religi…

Too many times each year, our journalists have to call out elected officials for being in violation of the state’s open meeting and open records laws. On a few of those occasions, we have had to educate the violators with letters citing statute, and even reaching out to town attorneys to und…

During the past few weeks, we have been co-hosting candidate forums along with public access television centers in Montpelier, Barre and Rutland. The aim has been to get to know the candidates beyond the articles in the newspaper and have a robust conversation about the issues facing the com…

Every day, our Inbox fills up with junk mail. We get a lot of it, as you can imagine. A good portion of it is made up of ginned up polls that are trying to push viewership to one website or another. Our spam filters are pretty good about separating the wheat from the chaff.

Last week was the State of the Union address. Vermont lawmakers are taking up stacks of proposed legislation. Town Meeting Day is a few weeks away, and the local campaign push is on. The long-term validity of libraries is on the table, along with hunting and trapping rights, and bitter debat…

The hoaxes that caused multiple law enforcement agencies across Vermont to scramble on Wednesday morning was negligent and unnecessarily traumatizing. This act of crying wolf at the expense of parents’ and communities’ nerves is criminal and must be investigated thoroughly and prosecuted fully.

In recent years, there have been several occasions when Gov. Phil Scott has used his position to put out calls for civility. He has done it in talking about extreme partisanship; he has talked about it when tensions have been high in the wake of race-related news events.

In the Community News section of this newspaper, we try to highlight, in brief snippets, events that are going on. While it includes notable milestones, it mostly contains notices from groups, organizations, and even state and federal agencies regarding very specific information the public s…

When history looks back, part of Gov. Phil Scott’s legacy will be that he oversaw one of the most unique fiscal moments in the modern era. His 2024 proposed budget made significant new investments in top state priorities, including housing, community revitalization, child care, mental health…

This week marks the end of an era. For as long as most of our regular readers can remember, Dennis Jensen has been writing about hunting and fishing in these pages. Jensen is an award-winning columnist (and was also a longtime award-winning sportswriter for the Herald).

As Vermonters, we take pride in the access we have to our elected officials. In our hometowns, we run into them at the hardware store; we catch them in line at the market. Save the governor, they are not surrounded by staff or security. They are where we all need them to be: public.