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Author Archives: Austyn Gaffney

VTDigger's Environmental Reporter & UVM Instructor.

A group of people, including adults and children, stand outside a brick building as one person takes a photo or video of them.
Posted inPublic Safety

Migrant leader heads home after hundreds rally at her ICE appointment

by Austyn Gaffney June 20, 2025, 6:54 pmJune 20, 2025, 6:56 pm
A crowd of people gathers on the lawn in front of a large white capitol building with a gold dome under a partly cloudy sky.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Vermonters rally to demand the release of 2 migrant leaders

by Austyn Gaffney June 17, 2025, 1:48 pmJune 18, 2025, 10:03 am
A large crowd of protesters with signs and flags gathers at an intersection, surrounded by trees and decorated with string lights and banners.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Hundreds gather in Burlington to protest ICE raids

by Austyn Gaffney June 10, 2025, 9:56 pmJune 11, 2025, 4:30 pm
Power lines cut across a Vermont hillside. VTD/Josh Larkin
Posted inEconomy

New process for taxing utilities prompts confusion in some towns

by Austyn Gaffney June 9, 2025, 6:29 pmJune 10, 2025, 12:02 pm
A person paddles a stand-up paddleboard on calm, blue water with distant hills in the background under a hazy sky.
Posted inPublic Safety

Wildfire smoke brings air quality alert to northwest Vermont

by Austyn Gaffney June 6, 2025, 4:57 pmJune 6, 2025, 4:58 pm
A man in a beige suit speaks into a microphone at a formal indoor meeting, with several people seated and standing nearby.
Posted inEnvironment

Vermont is violating the federal Clean Water Act. Will a new state legal framework for regulating farm runoff help?

by Austyn Gaffney June 2, 2025, 6:46 pmJune 2, 2025, 6:48 pm
A group of people march outdoors holding protest signs and buckets, advocating for farmworker and milk industry rights.
Posted inPublic Safety

Another detained migrant farmworker in Vermont has been released on bond

by Austyn Gaffney May 23, 2025, 2:33 pmMay 23, 2025, 2:33 pm
A group of people march on a road holding signs and flags, including Palestinian flags and protest signs about climate change and workers' rights.
Posted inPublic Safety

A 4th Vermont farmworker is believed to have been deported as another is released on bond

by Austyn Gaffney May 15, 2025, 4:59 pmMay 23, 2025, 9:06 am
a group of people standing in front of a podium.
Posted inEnvironment

Solar for All distributes more than $22 million in funding but remains under threat

by Austyn Gaffney May 13, 2025, 5:19 pmMay 14, 2025, 11:44 am
A large group of protesters gather outdoors, holding signs and banners with various slogans and flags, some wearing masks or keffiyehs. Trees and cloudy sky are in the background.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

3 migrant farmworkers deported to Mexico following detainment on state’s largest dairy

by Austyn Gaffney May 7, 2025, 6:21 pmMay 7, 2025, 6:21 pm

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