Keelan: A Vermont version of Rip Van Winkle
Sometimes I feel I have been asleep for twenty years and awaken only to find how much Vermont has changed. Similarly, Rip van Winkle, about 250 years ago, awoke near the Catskill Mountains of New York.
New electric school buses for South Burlington students
South Burlington students will be riding to school pollution-free this year, thanks to four new electric buses that have joined the school district’s fleet.
Robert Letovsky: Looking at the big picture in energy options
We see too many policies and initiatives driven by a simplistic, single-minded focus on one factor — namely GHG emissions. Political leaders must stop pretending that reducing GHG emissions is the only factor when making decisions about energy.
Paul Dame: Progressive horse hair worms
Democrats have failed to stop this Progressive push and now voters must turn toward the Republican Party to bring our state back from the far extremes of the Progressive movement.
Anne Donahue: Late abortion doesn’t reflect Roe, or Vermonters views
Article 22, creating an unrestricted right to abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy in our Constitution, is not reflective of Vermonters’ collective values.
VISA update: 501(c)(3) tax exemption may add nondiscrimination requirement to schools
Two recent federal district court case rulings may have opened the way for expanded sex-based Title IX nondiscrimination requirements on tax-exempt independent schools.
Report: New Hampshire ranked No. 2 in unemployment gains following COVID lockdowns
That’s according to a recent report by the personal financial website WalletHub, which gave the Granite State a second place ranking among states whose workforces have seen the quickest recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Condos announces certification of August primary statewide and federal results
Secretary Condos, along with Chairs or their designees from the three major parties (Democratic, Republican and Progressive) certified vote totals and winners for all federal and statewide offices. The results and canvass report can be found on the Secretary of State’s website.
Roper: Climate Council discusses ‘all economy’ carbon tax
Implementing an “economy wide” “cap and invest” program is the latest curlicue fluorescent lightbulb to go off over the heads of the 23 zealots charged with totally restructuring our economy around greenhouse gas reduction.
McClaughry: Return of the Curse of Diocletian
Government enforced price controls on any product triggers a long chain of consequences, predictable by historians and economists. The unhappy results of government price controls is known, at least to some critics, as “the Curse of Diocletian.”
Complete list of general election candidates for Vermont
Here is a complete list of general election candidates. You can find more information on the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office site to confirm which races will be on your ballot in November.
NBC Poll: Trump sees popularity soar in the wake of FBI raid
The number of Republicans who support Trump more than the GOP rose to 41%, a seven point increase since May, according to a poll released on Sunday by NBC News. The FBI’s raid on his Mar-A-Lago home may have contributed to this development.