What is this paragraph even doing in this The New York Times story about the attack on Paul Pelosi? And how does it come *before* the paragraphs about how Nancy Pelosi has been the target of right-wing attacks for years?

Vermont has among the nation's strictest prohibitions on rental application fees, Tik Root reports — but nobody seems to know it. A VTDigger investigation found numerous illegal fees listed throughout the state — and little to no enforcement: vtdigger.org/2022/11/01/i-w…

will be interesting if reproductive rights do end up being the most popular thing on the ballot this year — with phil scott a close second

Nearly 170,000 Vermonters have already voted in this year’s general election. #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2022/11/07/nea…

BREAKING: VTDigger projects that Prop 5 has passed, making Vermont the first state to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution. vtdigger.org/2022/11/08/mea…

House Speaker Jill Krowinski at the VDP’s election night party just now: “I am so excited to share the news that we have a veto-proof majority.”

Balance of power story tk! Per records from the House Clerk's office, a single party hasn't held this many seats in the lower chamber since 1966. Gov. Scott, meanwhile, won every dang town in the state

Quite a thing for VT Senate candidate John Klar to say after his opponent suffered a stroke just weeks before the election: "I should have had a stroke. It would have been good. It's a big qualification these days.” vtdigger.org/2022/11/09/mar… via Ethan Weinstein & Shaun Robinson

If you read one thing today, make it Shaun Robinson' story about a Colchester man who fears he'll soon be deported to Uganda, where he has previously been imprisoned and tortured for his advocacy: vtdigger.org/2022/11/11/a-d…

Today we were ready to work for as long as it took to reach a fair deal, but management walked away from the table with five hours to go. It’s official: NYTimesGuild members are walking out for 24 hours on Thursday. We know what we’re worth.

🟩 break the streak, not the strike ❌

Every night between the hours of 8 p.m. to 9 a.m., the nation's 988 suicide prevention hotline routes all calls with a Vermont area code to a single phone in the Northeast Kingdom. I recently spent the night there. Here's what I saw: sevendaysvt.com/vermont/a-call…

SBF hired multiple former federal regulators who helped connect him with top officials at the CFTC, the agency he desired to regulate crypto, emails show. Now the extensive relationships he cultivated risk embarrassment for all involved. latimes.com/politics/story…

In a 1986 interview, Leahy said he thought upon entering the Senate, “This seniority system is a terrible thing. It must be changed.” “Now that I’ve studied it for 12 years, it looks like a great system,” he said, smiling at the time. vtdigger.org/2022/12/30/onc…

I feel like I’m missing the first days of school b/c I’ve been out of the building getting surgery on a broken wrist 🙃 but luckily Final Reading is here to keep me — and you! — in the loop. Anyway subscribe to Final Reading and also buy some yaktraxs

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A group of Vermont State Police troopers allegedly used racist, misogynistic and violent language in online games. But when a state senator lodged a complaint, Vermont's top public safety official initially declined to investigate. Scoop by Sarah Mearhoff: vtdigger.org/2023/02/09/aft…

Scoop: Vermont is devising a plan to stockpile a 2-year supply of mifepristone as the abortion pill’s FDA approval is debated in federal court: vtdigger.org/2023/04/21/ver…