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      <description><![CDATA[Incumbent State’s Attorney Sarah George has sought to use her office to address racial and economic disparities in the criminal justice system and reduce mass incarceration. Her challenger, Bram Kranichfeld, says those efforts are making the county less safe.]]></description>
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      <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Incumbent State’s Attorney Sarah George has sought to use her office to address…]]></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:author>Liam Elder-Connors</itunes:author>
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      <title>The Velomont bike trail is getting more accessible — one turn at a time</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mountain bike enthusiasts have been working for years on an ambitious multi-use trail that will span the length of Vermont. Organizers are now working to make the Velomont user-friendly for everyone.]]></description>
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      <itunes:title>The Velomont bike trail is getting more accessible — one turn at a time</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Mountain bike enthusiasts have been working for years on an ambitious multi-use…]]></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:author>Nina Keck</itunes:author>
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      <description><![CDATA[Deferred maintenance is piling up at parks across the state, contributing to more parks going up for sale. Outright closures, like the evictions of residents at the Green Mountain Mobile Manor, are fairly rare.]]></description>
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      <itunes:title>Imminent closure of Fair Haven manufactured home park leaves residents with few options </itunes:title>
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      <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Deferred maintenance is piling up at parks across the state, contributing to…]]></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:author>Carly Berlin</itunes:author>
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      <title>Saving the last of Vermont's native lupine</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Most of the lupine that bloom across Vermont are non-native. But there's a very rare species of lupine that is native to Vermont, and there are almost none of these plants left in the state. Reporter Erica Heilman spent a day visiting a family of the rare Lupinus perennis with Vermont's head botanist.]]></description>
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      <itunes:title>Saving the last of Vermont's native lupine</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Most of the lupine that bloom across Vermont are non-native. But there's a very…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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      <title> Sen. Bernie Sanders on why his attention has turned to AI </title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:23:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title> Sen. Bernie Sanders on why his attention has turned to AI </itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>Most of the lupine that bloom across Vermont are non-native. But there's a very rare species of lupine that is native to Vermont, and there are almost none of these plants left in the state. Reporter Erica Heilman spent a day visiting a family of the rare Lupinus perennis with Vermont's head botanist.</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Burlington-area rental market cools off, bringing some relief for tenants </title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A dramatic jump in new apartments in Chittenden County and a dip in demand have contributed to the rising vacancy rate.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:44:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Burlington-area rental market cools off, bringing some relief for tenants </itunes:title>
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      <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A dramatic jump in new apartments in Chittenden County and a dip in demand have…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers learned that the conservation measures they enacted in Act 181 “were alienating rural landowners and were not the right tool for the job,” said Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury.]]></description>
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      <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Lawmakers learned that the conservation measures they enacted in Act 181 “were…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[Removing the Jackson Dam could cost $4 million to $9 million — or more, depending on what’s found in the sediment. “I’m not sure anyone wants to pay for it,” said the general manager at Hardwick Electric.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[For years, Rep. Debbie Dolgin and her husband brought cases before an assistant judge who issued arrest warrants to collect unpaid debts from their tenants. As a major landlord-tenant bill is actively debated, Dolgin says she sees no conflict in her roles.]]></description>
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      <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[For years, Rep. Debbie Dolgin and her husband brought cases before an assistant…]]></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:author>Carly Berlin, Liam Elder-Connors</itunes:author>
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