
Can Vermont afford Proposal 3?
This commentary is by Elizabeth Brown, who is the Vermont state director of the Fiscal Alliance Foundation.
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This commentary is by Elizabeth Brown, who is the Vermont state director of the Fiscal Alliance Foundation.

The steeple of St. Charles Catholic Church in Bellows Falls. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger

Homes in Williston on Sept. 29. The median sale price of a primary home in Vermont has nearly doubled over the last decade. Photo by April McCullum/Vermont Public

A worker cuts apart a beam during the deconstruction of the former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. The salvaged metal from the plant, which is not radioactive, is being recycled.

Members of the Teamsters local 597 union picket outside the Dairy Farmers of America plant in St. Albans on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Developers held a ribbon cutting event for a new affordable housing project in Putney on September 30, 2026. Photo by Carly Berlin/Vermont Public

The People’s Health and Wellness Clinic in Barre on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Author Richard North Patterson, left, and his new book “Tripwires: 15 Twenty-First-Century Events That Undermined American Democracy — and How to Reclaim It.”

Dr. Gary An received a record breaking award for his research on AI “twins.” Courtesy photo by Jeff Paxton

This commentary is by Brian Clifford, an abolitionist mutual aid organizer working in and around Burlington.

This commentary is by Michael Pill, a lawyer who lives in Burlington.

Aneta “Nettie” Morse is a senior at Oxbow High School in Bradford, Vermont. She’s a three-season athlete and is one of the founding members of VSAC GEAR UP Leads, the first-ever student-led leadership club in VSAC’s GEAR UP, a federally fun…