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• A Vermont degree should come with a green card

  11-10-2026 17:36 via VTDigger
  
  This commentary is by Justin Neuman, who is a professor of literary studies at Eugene Lang College, The New School and a developer of philosophical software. I’m in the export business. I teach literary studies to college students.That’s not how professors usually describe themselves, but it should be. American colleges and universities sell one of the world’s most desirable goods or services: an American education.Education is an unusual export because when someone buys
  
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• Political mailer sparks Vermont disclosure complaint

  11-10-2026 15:34 via VTDigger
  
  Attorney General Charity Clark discusses the work of the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in Waterbury in December 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story by Ryan Pacheco was first published in the Manchester Journal on Oct. 8, 2026.BENNINGTON COUNTY — A second round of politically critical postcards have been mailed to Bennington County residents by “Common Sense PAC”, the Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee (IEPAC) that was resp
  
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• Fight trafficking by decriminalizing consensual adult sex work

  11-10-2026 14:55 via VTDigger
  
  This commentary is by Henri Binx, a co-founder and co-director of the Ishtar Collective and a member of Safe Sex Work Vermont.Vermont has an opportunity to strengthen its response to human trafficking by reforming our state’s archaic anti-prostitution laws.Vermont’s prostitution laws criminalize “sexual intercourse for hire” and “indiscriminate sexual intercourse without hire,” any sex outside marriage. They contribute to the stigma around sex work and reinfo
  
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• Political polls historically underestimate Phil Scott. Will 2026 be different?

  11-10-2026 14:11 via VTDigger
  
  Gov. Phil Scott leaves the House of Representatives chamber after delivering his state of the state address at the Statehouse in Montpelier in January 2026. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerIn Vermont politics, late-summer polling has a habit of making Gov. Phil Scott look vulnerable — right up until election night proves he isn’t.Two new September surveys appear to tell different stories about this year’s governor’s race. One, published by the University of New Hamps
  
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• At odds over the “Aud,” Vermont Coyotes announce departure from Barre

  11-10-2026 13:21 via VTDigger
  
  A practice session with the Vermont Coyotes basketball team. Photo courtesy of Vermont CoyotesBARRE — A fist bump from a Vermont Frost Heaves player turned Anthony Marques into a fan who attended 102 of the team’s consecutive games. Years later, he brought a team of his own, the Vermont Coyotes, to Barre.When he started the state’s only minor-league basketball team in 2024, it felt natural to bring them to Barre, said Brandy Marie, the team’s staff performance analyst.&n
  
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• Vermont high schools feel the pinch with fewer international students enrolling

  11-10-2026 12:53 via VTDigger
  
  St. Johnsbury Academy viewed from the north. Photo by Ascended Dreamer – CC BY 4.0.International student enrollment at some Vermont high schools is down by about half after Trump administration policy changes, including a requirement that foreign students allow vetting of their social media accounts.The decline in international students impacts the culture and bottom line at these schools, a number of them historic private academies that serve as de facto public high schools for the surro
  
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