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Vermont Law and Graduate School welcomes four fellows focused on animal issues
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This fall, the Vermont Law and Graduate School welcomed its first class of Brooks Institute for Animal Rights and Policy Animal Law LLM fellows. The four practicing lawyers will spend the school year focused on animal issues.Af Jenn Jarecki, Nathaniel Wilson
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How growing food (in a shipping container) connects New American communities in Vermont
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"On the surface it looks like we're just giving away free veggies," said Nour El-Naboulsi. "But we are bringing our community members into a solidarity fold."Af Elodie Reed
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What a 2nd Trump presidency could mean for environmental regulations in Vermont
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President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to restrict and roll back environmental regulations on clean air and water. What could that mean for Vermont?Af Abagael Giles, Jenn Jarecki
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Rutland's Wild Woods Music Co-op creates space for local musicians that 'feels like family'
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Two Wednesdays a month, members of the Wild Woods Music Co-op meet at the Godnick Adult Center in Rutland to share and nurture their passion for music. All are welcome to join, they say.Af Nina Keck
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New analysis predicts 5.9% hike in property taxes next year
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While next year’s forecast isn’t as dire as some elected officials had feared, Democrats and Republicans say the projected increase is more than many homeowners can bear.Af Peter Hirschfeld
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Vermont officials expect pause in refugee resettlement once Trump takes office
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Vermont Public's Mary Williams Engisch spoke with Tracy Dolan, director of the State Refugee Office, about how the office is readjusting its approach and priorities ahead of the incoming Trump administration.Af Mary Williams Engisch, Adiah Gholston
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Game wardens process wild game and donate it to Vermonters in need through state-run program
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Since 2020, the state-run Venison for Vermonters program has donated more than 3,000 pounds of wild game meat to local food shelves and Vermonters in need.Af Nathaniel Wilson, Joey Palumbo
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Much of Vermont forecast to get several inches of snow on Thanksgiving Day
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A Nor’easter moving up the coast is expected to arrive with snow by mid-morning Thursday and intensify through the afternoon and evening.Af Elodie Reed
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Vermont property taxes could again climb by double digits
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Next week, the Department of Taxes will issue a highly anticipated letter that will give lawmakers, school boards and the public their first look at how much property taxes are expected to rise next year.Af Peter Hirschfeld
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An almost stuckage-free season on the Notch, thanks to new chicanes
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Vermont Public's Mary Williams Engisch speaks with Todd Sears, deputy director of the Project Development Bureau at the Vermont Agency of Transportation.Af Mary Williams Engisch, Adiah Gholston
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Inside carillonneur's quest to represent Middlebury College's student body through song
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Carillonneur George Matthew Jr. is playing the national anthem for each country represented in Middlebury College's diverse student body — all 70 of them.Af Andrea Laurion
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Public libraries are for everyone: How these spaces bring communities together
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A conversation about the variety of people who frequent our libraries, and their role in civic society.Af Erica Heilman
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Vermont's new Senate majority leader talks property taxes, goals for upcoming session
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Democratic Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale of Chittenden County shares what she would like to achieve in the next legislative session.Af Mikaela Lefrak, Daniela Fierro
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Vermont police are using drones more than ever. Here's what that means
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Vermont State Police have steeply increased their use of drones since 2019. As more departments across the state acquire the new technology for things like search-and-rescue missions, usage is expected to continue to grow.Af Jenn Jarecki, Nathaniel Wilson, Kevin Trevellyan
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Trump deportation plan spurs calls for protections for Vermont farmworkers
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Trump has repeatedly vowed to deport all of the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally. That population includes approximately 1,500 immigrants living and working on Vermont’s dairy farms, many of whom have resided in the state for more than a decade.Af Peter Hirschfeld
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A new federal rule change has made methadone more accessible than ever, but many advocates and patients say it should be much easier for patients to receive. Those running the methadone clinics are not so sure.Af Karen Brown
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Going deep: looking back at season two of Homegoings
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Myra Flynn, host and executive producer of Homegoings, talks about the evolution of season two and what's in store for the show's third season.Af Jenn Jarecki, Myra Flynn, Nathaniel Wilson
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In Tunbridge, a legal battle over public trails could restrict access across Vermont
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The town of Tunbridge has been battling a landowner for almost five years over who has the right to maintain former public roads, which are now used for recreation.Af Howard Weiss-Tisman
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Clergy shortage a growing problem for Vermont's small churches
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Religious institutions are no exception to the ongoing labor shortage in Vermont and nationwide. Churches are having a hard time finding pastors as more clergy are retiring and dying than going into the ministry. Synagogues and mosques are being impacted as well.Af Nina Keck
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Barre City Council to vote on major flood resiliency plan
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Recovering from and adapting to flooding is a long and complicated process for towns. And often, there’s no roadmap for how to do it. Barre City wants to make one. And if it works, it could be the kind of climate solution that helps other Vermont communities too.Af Abagael Giles
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A downtown apartment building stitched Plainfield together. On July 10, floods washed it away. The Heartbreak Hotel was the kind of place where neighbors saw each other every day, where generations of people, from all walks of life, found belonging and someone to wave to in the morning. Twelve people were living there at the time, and they all surv…
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Two Vermont voices reflect on the Israel-Hamas war
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"Uncomfortable conversations need to happen." Raneen Salha and Sarah White discuss their thoughts, feelings and personal connections to the war between Israel and Hamas.
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Trials & Tribulations: A week inside Vermont's busiest courthouse
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More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the state judiciary is still struggling with an enormous backlog of criminal cases and competing public pressures around how justice should be pursued. To better understand how the system is working, Seven Days and Vermont Public embedded two reporters at the Burlington criminal courthouse for…
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Two Abenaki First Nations are continuing to call for Vermont institutions not to work with state-recognized tribes, and to reconsider the process that led to the state recognizing those groups as Abenaki tribes. Those nations — Odanak and Wôlinak — are receiving a mixed response. 2024-04-02: This story has been updated to more accurately reflect th…
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John Harrison traveled Vermont as a preacher in the 1880s. A racist name in town records preserved his memory. Note: This story contains sensitive material, including racial slurs. Please listen with care.
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Ashley Messier is the co-chair of the Corrections Monitoring Committee in the Vermont Legislature, and she’s the reentry services program manager for Vermont Works for Women. She grew up in Essex with an abusive father and with little money, and she found herself repeating the cycle in early adulthood. This is a story about multigenerational povert…
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Many people don’t want to talk about class, because class differences are the source of cultural division and tension. In this story, Erica talks with old friend Susan Randall, a private investigator based in Vergennes, about the luxuries of growing up upper middle class. "What class are you?" is an occasional series from Vermont Public reporter Er…
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In 2023, around 70% of the total wealth in this country was owned by the top 10% of earners. The lowest 50% of earners only owned 2.5% of the total wealth. In this story, Vermont writer and poet Garrett Keizer, who has written extensively on the history of labor unions, talks about what happens when we address gender and race equity, but we ignore …
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Stephanie Robtoy works as an account manager at Working Fields, a staffing agency that helps people with barriers gain and maintain a job. She grew up in St. Albans in a huge family of Robtoys, some of whom are pretty notorious in town for criminal activity. In this story, Stephanie talks about what it was like to grow up poor, with a last name tha…
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Irfan Sehic and his family fled the war in Bosnia and arrived in Barre when Irfan was 17. He worked a number of jobs, went to college and started his own insurance agency, which he still runs out of his house. And for the last few years, he's been a club soccer coach. Irfan lives with his wife and son in Milton, and in this story, he describes the …
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Who gets to decide who is Abenaki? Vermont’s four state-recognized tribes — and the state recognition law — have different definitions and criteria for what it means to be Indigenous than many Indigenous Nations. In this episode, we look at this disconnect, and lay out what’s at stake, including power, money and authority. This is Chapter Three of …
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After the original group of self-proclaimed Vermont Abenaki failed to gain federal recognition, Vermont lawmakers created a state recognition process of their own. One theory in particular informed the state’s consideration: that Abenaki peoples hid in Vermont to avoid persecution, including statewide eugenics policies. In this episode, we look at …
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Two Abenaki First Nations in Canada contest the legitimacy of the four groups recognized by the state of Vermont as Abenaki tribes. This is a dispute that goes back at least two decades, and has gained more prominence in recent years. In this episode, we trace Abenaki history up to 2003, when Odanak First Nation first denounced Vermont groups claim…
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The hotline that helps immigrant dairy farmworkers
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University of Virginia researchers say the complaint line run by the grassroots workers’ rights program Milk With Dignity improves conditions for both farmworkers and farm owners. But the program currently only covers one-fifth of Vermont’s dairy industry. Read more from Vermont Public's Elodie Reed.…
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The last Italian stone carver in Barre
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Giuliano Cecchinelli is part of a long legacy of Italian stone carvers in Barre, craftsmen whose skill transformed an industry and made the small central Vermont town the “Granite Capital of the World.” In the early 20th century, Barre was a booming industry town. Thousands of workers spent their days making monuments. The railroad chugged into tow…
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How the events of last year changed Vermont schools and law enforcement. Also - where's Jack?
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Part 5: Threat Assessment [JOLTED]
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How do you know if a young person is plotting a school massacre? And what do you do then?
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How a Republican governor who had been rated "A" by the NRA decided that Vermont, one of the most gun-friendly states in the nation, needed gun control laws.
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Part 3: Thought, Or Crime? [JOLTED]
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When does planning a school shooting become attempted murder? The question went all the way to the Vermont Supreme Court.
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Part 1: The Shooting That Didn’t Happen [JOLTED]
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Jack Sawyer’s journal contained a startling confession. It landed him in jail, and sent shockwaves through the state of Vermont.
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Who is Jack Sawyer, and why did he want to kill his former classmates?
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Coming September 6 from Vermont Public Radio.
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