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Women’s Basketball Adds Pilypaitis as Assistant Coach
BVM Sports
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June 3, 2025
Cornell University has appointed Courtnay Pilypaitis as an assistant coach for women's basketball. With over a decade of coaching experience, Pilypaitis comes from Fresno State, where she was a key figure in developing standout players. Known for...
Vermont’s UVM Quietly Bows the DEI Knee to Trump
Liberty Nation News
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June 3, 2025
Woke racism continues to dissolve under constitutional scrutiny. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” Numerous American...
Baker: Immigrants
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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U.S. Rep. Becca Balint’s May 28 town hall in Newport included a highly offensive remark: “If we don’t have avenues for people to come here legally … we’re not going to have anybody around to wipe our asses.” This crude metaphor perpetuates a...
Vermont’s own 8084 to play Bellows Falls Opera House fundraiser
The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
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June 3, 2025
8084. Photo provided BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – Legendary Vermont rockers 8084, who have enjoyed more than four decades of performing and recording together, will soon unleash their unique, high-energy brand of rock at the historic Bellows Falls Opera...
Local food shelves celebrate freezer upgrades at Vermont Foodbank's Rutland City warehouse
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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RUTLAND —The people who run local food shelves are happy about recent upgrades to Vermont Foodbank’s warehouse on Park Street. An open house was held Monday at the facility Vermont Foodbank leases from GSM Property to show off the new freezer,...
Vermont Forced to Stop Discriminating Against Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
LifeNews
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June 3, 2025
Vermont recently amended a 2023 law that had banned pregnancy resource centers from advertising their services and permitting nonmedical staff to provide women information or counseling about pregnancy. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a...
How to support Vermont’s pollinators in your garden or backyard
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 3, 2025
Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. A bee lands on a black-eyed susan flower. Stock photo via PexelsPollinators play a substantial role in Vermont,...
Final Reading: In the Vermont Legislature, it’s now a game of hurry up and wait
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 3, 2025
Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. “It’s complicated.” That’s what I told a group of friends over the weekend when they asked me, with some concern...
Centuries-old church takes Pownal to court over property rights
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 3, 2025
Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. The Bennington County Courthouse in Bennington seen on Sept. 8, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerIn a...
Voters back Trump on immigration, even as approval numbers slip
Boston Herald - Massachusetts
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June 3, 2025
Voter approval of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies is running higher than opinions on his overall presidency, according to a pair of recent polls. Trump scored identical overall voter approval ratings of 46% against 51% disapproval in...
Vermont congresswoman faces backlash after obscene warning about immigration
Fox News
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‘The Big Weekend Show’ panel breaks down the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vermont’s sole U.S. House member was lambasted on Tuesday after video surfaced of her warning Vermonters...
How a low LGBTQ+ friendliness score could hurt Tennessee's economy
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee
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Tennessee ranks among the least LGBTQ+-friendly states according to Out Leadership’s State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index. The state scored 35 out of 100, posing high risks for the LGBTQ+ community and potentially impacting businesses. Tennessee's...
Report ranks Illinois among safest LGBTQ+ states, citing laws, family support
The Register-Mail - Illinois
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Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is becoming all too common in 2025, with the ACLU tracking more than 500 bills filed this year alone across the U.S. In response, many members of the LGBTQ+ community are feeling less and less safe by the day, reevaluating...
Westgate honors memory of community activist
The Commons
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BRATTLEBORO-For 25 years, Westgate Housing in West Brattleboro has been a rare example of resident-controlled affordable housing, where tenants are not just residents but active decision-makers. On May 13, the community celebrated this anniversary...
Full online edition: The Vermont Journal 06-04-25
The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
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June 3, 2025
The full online edition is the same as our weekly printed publication. The Vermont Journal 06-04-25 This week’s edition of The Vermont Journal features: Support your grad; Chester resident completes intensive research project; Neighbors Together...
WalletHub Ranks the Best States for Racial Equality in Education
WIBC 93.1 FM - Indiana
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June 3, 2025
STATEWIDE — WalletHub has ranked every state based on racial equality in education with Indiana coming in around the middle. All 50 states were compared by WalletHub through a few key metrics including the difference between white and black...
Vermont over L.A.: Ballerina Star Ana De Armas Swapped The City Of Angels For Rural Life — Would You Do the Same?
Secret Los Angeles - California
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June 2, 2025
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina Los Angeles is the “dream factory”, where major studios, massive mansions, and even bigger egos roam freely. It’s the kind of place where, whether you like it or not, you might just bump into your favorite...
House and Senate Fail to Find Consensus on Education Reform Bill
Seven Days - Vermont
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The task before the Vermont House and Senate this week seemed relatively straightforward: resolve somewhat minimal differences in their two versions of an education reform bill, pass it by Friday night and adjourn. A conference committee, made up...
Vermont backs off of law targeting pro-life centers after lawsuit
Catholic News Agency
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June 2, 2025
CNA Staff, Jun 2, 2025 / 17:07 pm Under pressure from a lawsuit challenging a 2023 law restricting life-affirming pregnancy centers, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill repealing those restrictions, allowing the centers to continue providing...
Vermont is violating the federal Clean Water Act. Will a new state legal framework for regulating farm runoff help?
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 2, 2025
Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. Rep. David Durfee, D-Shaftsbury, chair of the House Agriculture Committee, explains details of a farming...