The bill was cleverly designed so that most of the sticker shock does not take effect until after next year’s elections. So when one of your legislators who supported this bill and is running for reelection asks you whether you have been adversely affected by this law, don’t be fooled — the shoes start dropping in 2025.
“Transgender people belong here! We need trans people! We love trans people!” Nebraska Democratic state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh screamed repeatedly in a Statehouse video posted on Twitter and elsewhere.
Instead of the educational establishment imposing its racist ideology on Black kids, parents should have the power to determine how their kids are educated, through school choice determining what education is best for kids.
Picture the forests of wind turbines — giant metal and polymer structures breaking the horizon at every turn — secured with tons of concrete planted in giant holes dug into the “rural natural scenery.” And just below that, scenic mountainside, farm, or field will need to be cleared for solar panel farms.
This year’s Summit will feature speakers and panel discussions that will address some of the troubling cultural trends in our country and the critical role of faith, marriage, and the importance of protecting children in a flourishing society.
A warm winter in Chittenden County jumpstarted the season for Shelburne Sugarworks and other maple producers in Vermont. The abnormal weather, though, hasn’t put a damper on productivity.
The neighborhood plan includes a mix of 155 single family, multi-family and permanently affordable homes and will create a model for taking on the damaging impacts of climate change across Vermont.
“Between $100 million payroll tax, $20 million in DMV fees, $30 million in property tax pressure, at least $180 million in potential clean heat mandates, that works out to roughly $1,200 per household per year,” Scott said. “I worry about everyday Vermonters already facing cost increases due to inflation.”
“Depending on what source you look at, Vermont is one of the top few most heavily taxed states in the country. This will add significantly to that burden. Child care is not the state’s business and we should stay out of it at all cost.”
The Department of Environmental Conservation has earmarked $3.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars, Gov. Phil Scott said, for municipalities with projects designed to upgrade wastewater pretreatment infrastructure and capacity.
Twenty-four Republican governors have responded to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for help to secure its border with Mexico.
“The rules would require an incredibly rapid EV transition that industry, the grid, and consumer demand cannot keep pace with,” U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, who chairs the subcommittee, said during the hearing. “Further, the critical mineral supply chain is already under stress.”