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• ACLU files federal claims against ICE over March 11 South Burlington raid

  29-07-2026 23:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Jisella Johana Patin Patin is led out in handcuffs by federal law enforcement agents in South Burlington in March 12026. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTwo South Burlington residents have filed federal claims against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging agents used excessive force and unlawfully detained them during a botched March 11 immigration raid.The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont filed the claims Wednesday on behalf of José Estrada Jerez, a U.S. citize
  
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• Vermont must pass the Defend the Guard Act

  29-07-2026 23:24 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor, As a student at Vergennes Union High School, I drive by the Vermont National Guard Armory every day on my way to school. When practicing emergency evacuation drills, students line up and walk across the street into the armory. As in many other communities, the Vermont Guard is integrated into our lives. This is why legislation known as the Defend the Guard Act, introduced as H.355 in the latest legislative biennium, is a bill that Vermont communities and legislators shoul
  
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• School boards exist to serve the public, not silence it

  29-07-2026 23:16 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Timothy Maciel, a member of Vermont Rural Schools Community Alliance.Rebecca Foster’s recent commentary in VTDigger on the topic of school boards should concern every Vermonter, not just those who oppose artificial turf.What happened at the Champlain Valley School District board meeting represents something far more troubling than a disagreement over athletic fields. It reflects an alarming breakdown in transparency and accountability. When hundreds of residents inve
  
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• Vermont Conversation: Author Chris Bohjalian on writing, activism and challenging the language of genocide

  29-07-2026 22:30 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts.Chris Bohjalian arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “The Flight Attendant,” Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Pacific Design Center. Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/APA teen golf prodigy launches a powerful drive that kills a golf caddy at a to
  
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• Brattleboro drops idea of tax hike meant to aid its hospital’s endangered birthing center

  29-07-2026 18:09 via vtdigger.org
  
  Supporters of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital’s birthing center march in the town’s recent Fourth of July parade. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO — A week after proposing a municipal tax hike to help Brattleboro Memorial Hospital’s fiscally ailing birthing center stay open, the town selectboard dropped the plan Tuesday night upon the suggestion of leaders at the southeastern Vermont healthcare hub.“I’m worried about this tax,” Dr. Tony B
  
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• A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency. It’s led to delays, incorrect information and privacy concerns.

  29-07-2026 13:27 via vtdigger.org
  
  Kinney Drugs in Essex Junction on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerIn voicemails, spam folders and text messages across Vermont, an artificial intelligence tool is filing through years of pharmaceutical records, incoherently listing drugs and requesting the wrong refills on sensitive medication. And customers often have no idea they agreed to it.“He calls you all the time, and he doesn’t say what the drug is,” said Kathy Callaghan, a Vermont customer
  
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• Burlington man denies charges of smashing police van window and injuring trooper during ICE raid protest

  29-07-2026 00:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  Colin Wesley Palmer is arraigned in Chittenden County Superior criminal court in Burlington on July 28, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — A Burlington man has denied misdemeanor charges accusing him of breaking the window of a police van and hurting a trooper during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid and related protest in South Burlington.Colin Wesley Palmer, 24, entered not guilty pleas during a hearing Tuesday in Chittenden Superior criminal court in Burlin
  
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