VTGOP making effort to get more women serving in State House
Democrats have built an entire non-profit to support women who want to run for office — it’s time that Republicans started supporting their women in measurable ways too.
Sunshine Week 2022: Government transparency is the key to restoring public trust
Government transparency, through open meetings and public records access, ensures ‘we the people’ have the tools necessary to verify our government officials are acting in our best interests, and to hold them accountable if we believe they are not.
Governor appoints John Kascenska to Vermont House of Representatives
Governor Phil Scott on Monday announced his appointment of John Kascenska, Ph.D., of Burke, to the Vermont House of Representatives, representing House District Calendonia-4. Kascenska replaces former Representative Patrick Seymour (R-Sutton) who recently resigned.
‘Criminal threatening’ bill gives politicians, gov workers more protection than general public
No, the bill as passed by the Senate does not explicitly allow incumbent politicians to toss challengers into jail. But it does treat criminal threats against them — and almost all other government workers — as twice as bad in terms of sentencing.
Transcript: Gov. Scott details proposal to return $45 million in surplus funds to taxpayers
At his weekly media briefing, Governor Phil Scott called on legislators to support his proposal to return half of the more than $90 million Education Fund surplus to Vermont taxpayers and dedicate the other half to strengthen Vermont’s Career and Technical Education system.
Paul Dame: Democrat ideology stands in way of pragmatic solution to Russian aggression
At a potentially pivotal moment in world history America has the ability to help our people, the people of Ukraine and millions more across the globe by simply out-producing Russia and other unfriendly actors in oil-rich companies.
Tom Evslin: The bear that didn’t bite
Europe needs massive help to turn the oil weapon against Putin. Helping them is our job here in the US. We need to share their pain by sharing — and increasing — our massive domestic supplies of oil, gas and even coal.
Analysis: White House misleading public on oil, gas leasing. Here are the facts
The White House has repeatedly suggested the private sector can boost oil supply amid surging gas prices, but industry groups have countered that the administration has placed hurdles for new drilling.
McClaughry: Expanding parental choice in education
This year and the ensuing biennium are likely to be landmark years for the future of parental choice in education in Vermont. Tuition grants to parents to choose what’s best for their children will force complacent public schools to respond to competition.
FDA releases 10,000 more Pfizer vaccine documents. What will they reveal?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a 10,000-page cache of documents pertaining to the Emergency Use Authorization of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine. An initial review shows the documents contain details about animal studies, adverse events experienced by trial participants, and more.
Gregory Thayer: The GWSA is negatively affecting every Vermonter
Have you seen the price of gasoline at your local gas station pumps? This is the Vermont of Progressives and Democrats. I paid $3.69 per gallon two days ago. This is happening all across the Green Mountain State to working Vermonters already struggling with inflation at the marketplace.
Letter: Lackluster response of Western politicians to Ukraine is short-sighted
As an American of Ukrainian ancestry, I grew up listening to my relatives talk about how the Ukrainians suffered under Russian control — how they starved and froze, of the atrocities committed by the Russian soldiers, how members of my own family were murdered for resisting the Communists.