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Trump draws thousands of supporters in Bernie’s backyard
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Donald Trump campaigned in Bernie Sanders’ hometown on Thursday, entertaining large crowds with pro-America statements and trademark Trump humor.
Read More →On guns, Vermonters ‘feeling the bern’ for Trump
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Despite differences on some issues, when it comes to President Obama’s new gun control orders, Vermonters may be more like Donald Trump and less like Bernie Sanders.
Read More →GOP lawmakers seek Democrats to help save Vermont’s school choice
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Republican lawmakers back in session in Vermont say they want to save school choice, and are calling on the state’s majority party to help them do it.
Read More →Lawmakers to defend taxpayers in fight over education spending cap
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As state lawmakers return for the start of the 2016 legislative session, a fight is already raging over the spending caps in Vermont’s new education reform law — and property taxpayers have a big stake in the outcome.
Read More →Watchdog’s Scariest People of 2015: No. 14
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Part 12 of 25 in the series Watchdog’s Scariest People of 2015
In 2015, school choice in Vermont seemed to have miraculously survived a government power grab aimed at consolidating the state’s 277 school districts.
That’s until the Vermont State Board of Education ruled in September that school-choice districts must give up their educational freedom if they […]
Bernie’s favorite policies failing badly in Vermont
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On the campaign trail in nearby New Hampshire, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders bangs the drum for a carbon tax and single-payer health care — despite the failure of both in his home state of Vermont.
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