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• The results from Vermont’s 2026 primary election

  11-08-2026 23:34 via vtdigger.org
  
  Weston Bird, 8, accompanies Kristen Bird as she fills out a ballot in Essex Junction on Primary Day, Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story was updated at 11:06 p.m. Updates will continue into the night of Aug. 11, 2026.Across Vermont, thousands turned out for primary day, casting ballots in contested races for U.S. House, governor, lieutenant governor and many more county and local positions. The VTDigger newsroom covered the primary election with reporters, e
  
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• The latest results from Vermont’s 2026 primary election

  11-08-2026 23:34 via vtdigger.org
  
  Voters walk in and out of a polling place in Essex Junction on Primary Day, Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story will be updated throughout the night of Aug. 11, 2026.Across Vermont, thousands turned out for primary day, casting ballots in contested races for U.S. House, governor, lieutenant governor and many more county and local positions. The VTDigger newsroom is covering the primary election with reporters, editors and photographers across the state. Here
  
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• Vermonters deserve honesty about the failure of the data center bill

  11-08-2026 23:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,The recent commentary by Ben Edgerly Walsh, the climate and energy program director at the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, did not explain where the data center bill, H.727, went wrong. There is no question that the House did indeed do great work on H.727, ensuring strong protections for the environment, communities and ratepayers via joint jurisdiction between Act 250 and the Public Utility Commission.  The Senate further tightened up the language and improved the
  
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• When disaster strikes Vermont, where is Washington?

  11-08-2026 22:22 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,Every night, the news brings us stories of families losing their homes to floods, tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters. The scale of this natural devastation reflects a growing national crisis. Yet where are the reports of our government responding to the enormous needs of people who are clearly suffering?Are the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Red Cross and relief organizations expected to shoulder the growing burden of helping hundreds of families whose homes have bee
  
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• At the polls, Vermont primary voters seek change

  11-08-2026 22:11 via vtdigger.org
  
  A voter carries ballots past a booth in Shelburne on Primary Day, Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerAcross the state, voters are hitting the polls on Tuesday to decide who will challenge Vermont Republicans come November in competitive Democratic governor and lieutenant governor races as well as several crowded local races. “I’m just hoping for change, and that no matter what party orientation, that our legislature and the governor can work together to re
  
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• For female school athletes: No white shorts, no worries

  11-08-2026 15:38 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Champlain Valley Union girls soccer team wears white uniforms in a match against Essex in 2025. File photo by Shelburne News.This story by Briana Brady and Liberty Darr was first published in the Shelburne News on Aug. 6, 2026.For anyone with a period, the anxiety is familiar: the worry that standing up from a seat or bending over to pick something up might reveal a red stain, that a tampon or pad might leak and everyone else will notice.For girls playing for their middle school or high sch
  
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• A traffic stop, a deportation and a test of Vermont’s Fair and Impartial Policing Policy

  11-08-2026 01:10 via vtdigger.org
  
  A protest by Migrant Justice at the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Department in South Burlington in December 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA Chittenden County sheriff’s deputy is under investigation for violating Vermont’s Fair and Impartial Policing Policy by calling U.S. Border Patrol to a Franklin County traffic stop that ended in an area farmworker being deported.The internal investigation could test the limits Vermont places on cooperation between local police a
  
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• New England, Canadian leaders tout cross-border ties in face of Trump’s latest tariff threat

  11-08-2026 00:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Gov. Phil Scott speaks during a press conference at the end of a summit of New England governors and premiers from eastern Canada in Shelburne on Monday, August 10, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerSHELBURNE — Some of Canada’s top regional leaders on Monday touted the value of a close relationship with the U.S. and the need for both countries’ federal governments to reach a comprehensive trade deal in the face of President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat.Their co
  
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• Kinney Drugs pulls back AI tool after customer complaints

  11-08-2026 00:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  Kinney Drugs inEssex Junction on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerWhen Kathy Callaghan called her local pharmacy for a prescription refill last Wednesday, she expected to hear the usual AI voice that had attempted to assist her for the last three months. Instead, a pharmacist picked up. “We were thrilled,” she said, describing her and her partner Dave Bellini’s reaction to the voice. The call came as the pharmacy, Kinney Drugs, recently pul
  
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