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• The catch in Noah Kahan’s charity concert for Vermont

  23-08-2026 15:11 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,I have been a Noah Kahan fan since 2021. I heard a Vermont Public feature about him on the radio in the car with my grandma and have been hooked ever since. I got my mom into him. I cried on my bedroom floor listening to the original “Stick Season” album and again, even harder, when I heard “The Great Divide.” All of this is to say that I really love Kahan. As someone who grew up in Vermont and now goes to Providence College in Rhode Island, I love havin
  
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• Meet three Vermonters whose histories are lesser known

  23-08-2026 15:07 via vtdigger.org
  
  An illustration of a mass revival during the Second Great Awakening. The image is a depiction of what Charles Bowles’ congregation might have looked like. Image courtesy of American History CentralKyle Neece is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program.This summer marked the 250th anniversary of the United States, and many Vermont towns and cities celebrated residents who played important roles in
  
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• Vermont Secretary of State urges voters to update state records before ballots get mailed out

  23-08-2026 14:51 via vtdigger.org
  
  A ballot drop box outside the Randolph Town Clerk’s office in October 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe Vermont Secretary of State’s office is urging voters to make sure they have a current address on file with the state before ballots get mailed out for this fall’s general election.After Sept. 1 — which is in less than two weeks — whatever voter addresses the secretary’s office has listed will be used to mail ballots. The state will start sending
  
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• What’s next for Vermont? Meet the reporters covering politics, elections and health care

  23-08-2026 14:00 via vtdigger.org
  
  VTDigger’s Shaun Robinson and Ethan Weinstein at an event with historian Jill Lepore at the Manchester Community Library on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerState government can be difficult to follow. Major policy decisions take shape through legislative debates, agency actions, elections and negotiations that often happen far from public view.On Thursday, September 10, VTDigger is bringing the journalists who follow those decisions to Manchester for a candid c
  
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• Vermont wants to train the next generation of physicians. How much should insured Vermonters be paying for it? 

  23-08-2026 13:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington in Nov. 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTeaching and training the next generation of physicians is expensive work. And commercial insurers are footing more than half that bill in Vermont through their payments for care, according to an independent analysis. Nearly $82 million of commercial insurance dollars went toward the $161 million cost for UVM Medical Center to run its medical education programs last year, analysts said
  
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• Vermont’s statewide ban on cellphones in schools starts this year

  23-08-2026 12:32 via vtdigger.org
  
  Sam Blair demonstrates the use of a magnetically-sealed cell phone pouch at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury in August 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerKids across Vermont will be banned from using smartphones during the school day this year as a new state law takes effect. Although schools are newly required to have policies on banning phones from the classroom, many schools around the state have tried out the ban for the last year or two. And staff in those districts say stu
  
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