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ArizonaDHS Noncitizen Voter Investigation Targets Nonprofits, Documents Show

DHS Noncitizen Voter Investigation Targets Nonprofits, Documents Show

The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal...

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ArlingtonHow Rising Household Water Bills Strain Budgets in Bennington County

Arlington2 weeks ago

How Rising Household Water Bills Strain Budgets in Bennington County

Household water bills are increasing faster than inflation and income, according to a new analysis. The environmental advocacy nonprofit Food and Water Watch analyzed water bill...

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BenningtonHow the Noncitizen Voting Supreme Court Ruling Impacts Southern Vermont Voters Ahead of the Midterms

Bennington3 weeks ago

How the Noncitizen Voting Supreme Court Ruling Impacts Southern Vermont Voters Ahead of the Midterms

Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully...

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BenningtonSupreme Court Mail Voting Rule Kept on Hold Before Midterm Vote

Bennington1 month ago

Supreme Court Mail Voting Rule Kept on Hold Before Midterm Vote

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots...

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BenningtonControlled Burns and Forest Defense: Lessons from Community Fire Programs

Bennington2 months ago

Controlled Burns and Forest Defense: Lessons from Community Fire Programs

Story and photos by Alex Brown ROSLYN, Wash. — In less than an hour, this hillside will be ablaze — sparks flying, smoke swirling, the forest...

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BenningtonHow Towns Use Controlled Burns to Prevent Wildfires

Bennington2 months ago

How Towns Use Controlled Burns to Prevent Wildfires

ROSLYN, Wash. — Francisco Martinez hefts a canister filled with a mixture of diesel fuel and gasoline. A tongue of flame dances above the nozzle. He...

The Origins and History Behind the Bennington Triangle

Bennington2 months ago

The Origins and History Behind the Bennington Triangle

How the mysterious ‘Bennington Triangle’ came to be

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BenningtonVermont Disaster Assistance Local Governments Rely On Faces Growing Uncertainty

Bennington3 months ago

Vermont Disaster Assistance Local Governments Rely On Faces Growing Uncertainty

Communities that ask for federal assistance when climate disasters hit can’t count on that help to arrive. That increasingly common reality was reviewed in a recent...