The Weekly News Quiz: May 17
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‘No Evidence To Convict’: Jury Foreman Explains Acquittal In Kaneshiro, Mitsunaga Trial
Prosecutors presented only circumstantial evidence that left room for reasonable doubt, a juror said.
Harriet Langburd: It’s time to create programs for incarcerated fathers
This commentary is by Harriet Langburd of Burlington. She is a rising senior studying sociology and psychology at the University of Vermont. I intern at the Kids-A-Part program housed at…
‘There was no right vote’: Why a controversial wildlife bill died in the Vermont House
Rep. Katherine Sims, D-Craftsbury, speaks during a meeting at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Over the last several years, a debate over…
Legal fights leave questions over ballot access in Pennsylvania, other battleground states
A ballot drop box in Madison, Wisconsin, that has been put out of commission. Since 2020, drop boxes have become a target for many on the right, who argue that…
Abortions rise slightly since Roe v Wade was overturned, driven in part by telemedicine
A rally in support of abortion rights drew hundreds to downtown Nashville on Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Photo: John Partipilo) In the 18 months since the Supreme Court Dobbs decision…
Endangered whale spotted in western Gulf faces industrial dangers
One of two Rice’s whales observed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the western Gulf of Mexico during an aerial survey on April 11, 2024. (Paul Nagelkirk/NOAA Fisheries)…
Farm bill text released in U.S. House, setting up fight with Senate
Doug Goyings, a fifth-generation farmer in northwestern Ohio, received a USDA Rural Energy for America Program grant in 2023 to install a 288-panel solar array (seen at left) at his…
Behind Kosta Diamantis’ arrest: Money woes, unfettered power
The federal criminal case leveled against Konstantinos Diamantis, a former Connecticut lawmaker and state deputy budget director, paints a portrait of a man who was desperate for cash, had unfettered…
Goodbye, Amfleet. Hello, Airo
Don’t you just love that “new car smell?” Well, that’s coming… slowly… to Amtrak, as the nation’s passenger railroad replaces its old fleet of cars. GOODBYE AMFLEET: Amtrak’s remaining fleet…