Progressives are all about storytelling, and the story isn’t true, a Burlington man says.
Guard praises expanded list of ‘burn pit’ cancers

A Vermont National Guard general and an enlisted man died of cancer believed to be related to exposure to toxic ‘burn pits’ overseas.
U.S. Senator: Give nations billions for climate change “or we’ll look like jerks”

John McClaughry reports that a ‘climate hawk’ U.S. senator from New England says that unless we give billions to foreign countries for climate change adaption, “we’ll look like jerks.”
VT Water Cooler: Walmart evacuated / Greenup Day / senator won’t run
Is ANYONE running for governor?!
No more Pledge of Allegiance for Planning Commission

No more honoring Old Glory for the Springfield Planning Commission – with one member dissenting.
Conspiracy to kidnap / Selling unauthorized flea powder / Waterboarding / Drug possession

Hazing by waterboarding by Norwich rugby players conspiracy to kidnap a Danville man found dead a day later, drug possession, and selling unauthorized British flea powder.
‘Race Marxism’ critic James Lindsay to speak in Vermont May 13-14

A nationally-known opponent of Race Marxism will speak in Vermont May 13-14, a week after the film “Whose Children Are They?’ airs in Williston.
Woman jailed after disrupting school board meeting, police say
A woman known for her anti-Covid 19 policy yard signs was arrested and jailed after she (police and local press say) disrupted a Townshend school board meeting.
Biden undercuts Ukrainian refugees, VT aid group finds

In typical Biden reverse-Midas touch fashion, a new federal program to streamline Ukrainian refugee immigration is having the opposite effect.
Musk buys Twitter
Elon Musk buying Twitter is the biggest national and global headline of the day – but not the only eye-opener: see stories on Ebola and Durham subpoenas.