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Seattle’s Mayor Is Steering Her City Toward More Police. In Burlington, the Council Wants to Go Further Than the Mayor.
Both progressive mayors are funding more officers and keeping alternatives to police. The difference is who’s driving the harder-line changes.
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Disabled Vermonters Vote Nearly as Often as Disabled Americans Nationally
Vermont's turnout gap is much wider than the nation's, largely because Vermonters without disabilities vote at unusually high rates.
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Gary Sinise Has Spent 23 Years Playing for Troops. Vermont Was State No. 49.
The actor plays bass. Around him: a Pat Metheny Group drummer, a 22-year Army Band trombonist, jazz professors — and his late son's songs.
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Sunday Story Summary - October 4, 2026
Your news should inform your judgment — not replace it.
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When Can a Peaceful Protest Lead to Charges? Vermont's Attorney General Lays Out the Limits in a New Guide
As a week of anti-ICE protests approaches, the AG's new guide sorts what the First Amendment protects from what can get you charged.
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There's a Toll Road in Vermont That Nobody Talks About, and It's Expensive
A daily round trip on the Lake Champlain ferry costs about $4,800 a year with the commuter discount, and no public agency sets the price.
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BETA Hopes to Fly Medical Supplies Across Lake Champlain. It’s Testing the Idea in North Carolina and Texas First.
UVM Health runs hospitals on both sides of the lake. BETA says the Vermont flights haven’t launched and it is working on a start date.
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September 2026

Vermont Sent Pieces of Its Computer Code to an AI Company to Find Security Holes. Lawmakers Took It Up, and the Hearing Got Heated
The state says the AI saw only test code. Lawmakers say they learned of it by accident. Here's what the hearing settled and what it didn't.
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57% Back a Second-Home Tax. The Poll Didn't Define One — or Ask Who Owned One.
A majority said yes. The survey never said what counts as a second home or asked whether respondents own one, a camp or a rental.
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Vail’s Difficult Season Out West Means Lift Ticket Deals at Stowe, Okemo and Mount Snow
A snow-starved Rockies winter cost Vail Resorts season pass sales. Its answer for this winter is cheaper day tickets, including in Vermont.
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Before Polls, Americans Watched the Betting Odds. Now the Odds Are Back — and Pricing Vermont’s Races
Polymarket makes Phil Scott an 84% favorite even as one local poll has him trailing. It backs Molly Gray too — and there, the polls agree.
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Vermont Yankee’s Buildings Are Almost Gone. Its Nuclear Fuel Isn’t
In everyday English, decommissioned sounds like gone. In federal nuclear rules, it means something narrower.
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