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
What do foul-mouthed candidates think they’re gaining?
Profanity offends older Vermonters and does nothing to win over younger ones.
Vermont taxpayers can’t compare school budgets. The state could fix that.
Each district reports its budget its own way. Three changes would give voters numbers they can actually compare.
Fewer Vermont retailers are accepting food assistance benefits. Here’s why.
New federal hurdles are pushing small stores and farmers markets out of SNAP, cutting off food access in rural towns and hurting local businesses.
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Rural Vermont needs the young to choose this place
Montpelier keeps piling regulations on the farms and small rural businesses that might give young people a reason to stay.
Vermont colleges should recruit closer to home
Vermont colleges spent too much energy chasing international students instead of recruiting students in their own backyard.
Rural Vermont is losing its say over its own land
Conservation in Vermont is being defined in a way that excludes the people who actually tend the land.
Don’t pour more money into a broken healthcare system
Before Vermont spends new tax dollars on universal primary care, advocates need to account for decades of failed reform.
Vermont’s land laws should incentivize people who heal the land
Tax and permitting rules built for large-scale operations leave little room for small landholders who do the most to bolster ecosystem services.
Turn Trump’s $90 payment into a campaign check
That $90 Medicare rebate is yours to spend. Why not send it to a candidate before Nov. 3?
