We take pride in our role as watchdog. Accountability matters.

This is what The Washington Post had to say recently on election integrity:

Across the state, individuals are in the process of gathering signatures to run for public office, either representing their municipality or school district.

Gov. Phil Scott said what needed to be said during his State of the State address on Thursday. The four-term Republican told lawmakers of all stripes that Vermont cannot keep on the path it is on if it wants to be affordable for all Vermonters.

This is what the Bangor Daily News in Maine had to say about a bill to require the military to use state red and yellow flag laws:

This is what the Portland Press Herald in Maine had to say about disaster preparedness becoming a policy priority:

Every year has its ups and downs. We’d submit that 2023 was two thumbs down.

We recently invited lawmakers to share their priorities for the upcoming legislative session. While a few are sticking to their party playbook, a majority of the legislators we polled were focused on some key areas of concern.

This is what the Bangor Daily News in Maine had to say about a simple federal change that can help states better support asylum seekers:

Whether it was how American Rescue Plan Act money should be spent, or Gov. Phil Scott’s vetos, or the war raging in Gaza, we heard from many Vermonters in 2023. Whether it was in a letter to the editor or a commentary, these pages have been brimming with opinions.

It feels good to come together for the giving season. We welcome moments with family and friends. We build memories.

This is what the Los Angeles Times says about a Gaza cease-fire:

This is what the Washington Post had to say about the U.S. Supreme Court and Donald Trump:

We’re naming that storm The Grinch.

This is what the Portland Press Herald had to say about overhauling Maine’s Child Development Services:

The stakes are high for all parties taking sides in the Hamas-Israel conflict. The members of Vermont’s congressional delegation have certainly been leaning in a direction of a cease-fire and an end to the bloodshed for good. Israel has said it will not stop. And now the U.S. pledge to maint…

The debate and backlash over the rise of antisemitism on U.S. college and university campuses have put a fresh lens on discrimination.

This is what The New York Times had to say on an aid package for Ukraine and Israel:

This is what the Bangor Daily News in Maine had to say about one of its U.S. senator’s proposals to reduce gun violence:

This is what the Boston Globe had to say recently about “ghost guns”:

In Plainfield last month, residents there took to social media after a series of lights were seen in formation flying quickly across the evening sky. A debate ensued in the little central Vermont town that the lights were UFOs; others suggested fighter jets flying in formation to Burlington;…

Over the last few weeks, we have received several emails, calls and personal comments from individuals on both sides of the Israeli-Hamas conflict.

This is what the Portland Press Herald in Maine had to say about gun control:

This is what the The Washington Post said recently about the state of the U.S. economy:

This is what the Oneonta Daily Star in New York had to say recently about the Clean Slate Act enacted there:

For some time now, we have been talking about how, when all factors align, there will come a point when the population of taxpayers in Vermont can no longer afford to pay for the services required to run the state and educate our children.

Here’s to hoping diplomacy prevails and the truce in the Gaza continues.

It has not been a great week to be known as a Vermonter. As a group, our population is being seen across the globe as haters — a perception cast by a senseless act of violence.

This is what the Boston Globe had to say about its primary date:

The members of Vermont’s congressional delegation took some hard line positions this week on the Israeli-Hamas war.

We appreciated Gov. Phil Scott’s call this week for Vermonters to do what they can to support businesses and neighbors that fell on hard times in 2023 due to extreme weather events.

It is that special time of the year when family and friends come together to share a meal and resolve world issues.

This is what the Portland Press Herald in Maine had to say about voters there seeking regulatory reform:

This is what the Bangor Daily News had to say recently about Maine still having discriminatory language in its constitution:

Across the nation, colleges and universities are seeing students and faculty debating intellectual freedom and open dialogue about the war in Gaza, amid pressure from donors to condemn antisemitism. Proponents are seeking venues for open discussions about religions, and parsing the motives f…

Ken Squier was a hell of a nice Vermonter.

‘What we’ve got here is failure to communicate,” the Captain declares in “Cool Hand Luke.” It is an iconic scene that glorifies both oppression and suppression.

The Supreme Court this week adopted its first-ever code of ethics. The justices might as well have done nothing.

Earlier this month, Vermont media outlets reported that the Vermont State Police were investigating the death of a recent incarcerated person at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield.

Republicans saw yet another rebuke of their radical, regressive agenda Tuesday night as voters in key GOP states broke with the party on the issue of abortion — an inauspicious message for conservatives heading into the 2024 election cycle.

Turns out, we are not as simple as just being male and female, and we never have been.

We recently published an Associated Press article that looked at companies trying to be better stewards of the water they use are falling short of their targets.

This is what the Bangor Daily News said recently about the numerous missed warnings before the Oct. 25 shooting in Lewiston, Maine:

Sen. Brian Collamore opened last Thursday’s public safety forum at Rutland’s Paramount Theatre with a sobering fact: There were eight homicides in Vermont last month — including one in nearby Castleton.

We were relieved last week to learn the Scholastic Book Fair had ended an initiative making it easier for schools to opt out of selling books with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes.

The Washington Post had this to say recently on the economic ideas presented by GOP candidates for president:

Town Meeting Day seems a long way off. We haven’t even had winter yet — despite some stray snowflakes.

This is what the Connecticut Post had to say recently about young people who are disconnected from school and the workforce:

Peter Berger died last week.

We had a rather heart-breaking news cycle this week. We heard a lot — again — about “thoughts and prayers,” as well as outrage over the same, because what we really need is “policy and change.”