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• Phil Scott administration pushes through wetlands changes, despite lawmakers’ objections

  04-08-2026 23:47 via vtdigger.org
  
  A view of Class II wetlands in Essex on May 22, 2026. Legislators have rejected Gov. Phil Scott’s proposals around wetlands regulation, including reducing the buffer zone for housing. Photo by April McCullum/Vermont PublicCarly Berlin covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public, in partnership with VTDigger. Gov. Phil Scott’s administration is moving forward with rule changes that will make it easier to build housing near wetlands, despite repeated objections from lawm
  
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• Vermont’s healthcare crisis needs more than bake sales

  04-08-2026 23:31 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Manny Mansbach, a member of the Vermont Workers Center, which has been working for economic justice and human dignity, including healthcare as a human right.    Since Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) announced they plan to close southeastern Vermont’s only birthing center in the next six to nine months, Windham County residents and officials have begun mobilizing to find a way to keep safe birth alive in our community. It is imperative that the
  
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• Democratic Socialists of America wants to abolish the U.S. Senate. Bernie Sanders says ‘No.’

  04-08-2026 23:30 via vtdigger.org
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., leaves a meeting for Senate Democrats at the Capitol in Washington, in Nov. 2025. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/APThis story by Igor Bobic was first published in NOTUS on Aug. 2, 2026.Democratic Socialists of America, a group that’s gaining momentum across the country, is pushing to scrap the U.S. Senate and replace it with a unicameral legislature. Senate Democrats aren’t on board.“It’s in the Constitution, and it is a critical component of th
  
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• Drawing attention: Vermont gets its first tourism branding

  04-08-2026 21:24 via vtdigger.org
  A new Vermont tourism logo and branding was unveiled July 30, 2026. ProvidedMost Americans already like Vermont. The challenge is getting them to actually visit.State tourism officials hope a new logo and slogan, which they unveiled last week, will entice more people to book a trip by highlighting Vermont’s landscape and its many local artists. The logo is a “Vermont” wordmark with hand-drawn letters shaped after Camel’s Hump and other geographic features, and the motto
  
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• Vermont’s Catholic diocese has plenty of shame to go around

  04-08-2026 20:22 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,I’m writing to thank VTDigger reporter Kevin O’Connor for shining a light on corruption in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington in its effort to prevent justice for survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Vermont. There is plenty of shame to go around.Let’s start with Vermont’s former bishop, Christopher Coyne, and his once second-in-command, John McDermott. According to a whistleblower, a woman who applied for the position of chief financial officer of the d
  
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• Judge allows clergy abuse claimants to sue for parish assets in Vermont Catholic bankruptcy case

  04-08-2026 13:52 via vtdigger.org
  
  A statue watches over Rutland’s shuttered Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerA U.S. Bankruptcy Court will allow clergy abuse claimants to sue for an estimated half-billion dollars in parish assets to fund settlements under the Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese’s current financial reorganization case.In a written order, Burlington-based Judge Heather Cooper said creditors can pursue not only the highest-level bank and building holdings of the state&rs
  
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• Pro-Aly Richards super PAC launches big ad buy late in Democratic governor primary

  04-08-2026 00:40 via vtdigger.org
  
  Aly Richards, democratic candidate for governor, speaks during a housing forum in South Burlington on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Photo by Glenn RussellA political action committee backing Aly Richards in this year’s Democratic primary for Vermont governor has injected more than $200,000 into the race just weeks before election day.The PAC, called Time for a Change, is not affiliated with Richards’ campaign. But the organization spent large sums in recent days on digital advertisement
  
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