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Vermont police reform advocates began the year with one main legislative priority: ending the legal doctrine that shields cops from lawsuits. At press conferences and...

The Vermont Senate’s bill to end qualified immunity for police officers remains alive, albeit watered down, after facing what lawmakers and advocates call a “unified front” of opposition from law enforcement agencies and municipalities.Just in time to...

Earlier this month, Mathew Johnson, a candidate for the Kingdom East School District board, tuned into a school board meeting to express frustration with the district’s policies. The district’s mask mandate was “blatant child abuse, in my opinion,” he...

If Vermont Rep. Hal Colston had his way, there would be no Black History Month in America, and the Black lawmaker will argue his beliefs in a debate against the

Even though the Raider name is back, some are preparing for the division to play out again in the next school board election.

Vermont lawmakers and police reform advocates are proposing an end to qualified immunity for police officers, a widespread legal doctrine that protects public servants from facing litigation for violating civilians’ civil rights while on the...

Where would Steffen Gillom, the head of the NAACP’s Windham County chapter, turn for justice if one of the four motor vehicle stops he experienced the year he moved to

Police reform advocates say qualified immunity helps protect officers from accountability. Some influential Vermont lawmakers hope to scrap the law.

The Vermont Senate will debate a bill next year to eliminate a widely used legal defense that shields police from civil lawsuits over their misconduct....

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