Letter

State needs new voting option

  Dear Editor, Last year, the Vermont Senate advanced a bill to bring Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) to presidential primaries, beginning in 2028. This bill had support from the three parties and the Vermont Secretary of State. But the Vermont […]

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Letter

Leave turkeys off the table

  Dear Editor, In the U.S. alone, 46,000,000 turkeys are killed for Thanksgiving. These innocent animal lives were taken for no reason. Of the 245,000,000 turkeys killed in the U.S. in 2022, nearly all were raised in crowded toxic fume-filled […]

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Opinion

For many, it’s harder to afford food

  By John Sayles and Anore Horton Editor’s note: Authors John Sayles, from Montpelier, represents the Vermont Foodbank, and Anore Horton, Williston, represents Hunger Free Vermont. A recent U.S. Dept. of Agriculture report on food insecurity and hunger reinforces what so many […]

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