Opinion and commentary at VTDigger
VTDigger publishes opinion pieces from community members and regular contributors on issues affecting Vermonters. These essays are distinct from VTDigger’s independent news reporting and reflect the views of their authors.
This section features commentary and analysis from across the state, providing a space for civic dialogue alongside VTDigger’s journalism.
Latest Opinion
Vermont’s media has a rural blind spot
The state’s dominant press outlets are downplaying a grassroots movement that turned out to be the story of the year.
Facing hard truths is the only way to save Vermont’s rural schools
Nobody wants higher taxes. But rejecting school budgets won’t make the hard choices go away.
Vermont students are losing a critical learning tool
Google’s focus on flashy AI features has degraded basic spell-check on school Chromebooks, leaving students who depend on it without a critical learning tool.
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Vermont is talking. Is Montpelier listening?
Vermont is losing people, jobs and young talent at a rate that should alarm anyone paying attention. This session proved the Legislature can act — when it chooses to.
The state can’t fix Vermont’s hospitals by telling them what to do
Real transformation requires getting prices right, then letting hospitals respond.
Spent fuel is the nuclear elephant in the room
Nuclear advocates refuse to address what to do with the spent fuel already sitting on the banks of the Connecticut River.
Waiting for prior authorization almost killed me
When insurance companies delay life-saving treatment, patients pay the price.
Why Vermonters who leave can’t stay away
The Green Mountains have a pull that Connecticut plates and decades away can’t quite break.
Vermont’s governing class is destroying the state it claims to serve
Working Vermonters are paying for an ideology the ruling class will never have to live with.
