Scott, Levine unaware of any Pfizer vax reaction deaths
Health Commissioner Mark Levine and Gov. Phil Scott both said Tuesday they don’t know whether any Americans have died due to a reaction to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
McClaughry: Opportunity over equity in Virginia
For those Vermonters who are concerned about the inclusion of critical race theory in our public schools, there’s some heartening news from Virginia.
Big Tech censored dozens of doctors, over 800 accounts for COVID-19 ‘misinformation’
Major technology companies and social media platforms have removed, suppressed or flagged the accounts of over 800 prominent individuals and organizations, including medical doctors, for COVID-19 misinformation, according to a new study.
Gov. Scott and Bernie Sanders announce new round of grants for afterschool and summer programs
These grant funds to community-based summer and afterschool providers will act as an important bridge to the more sustainable funding from the cannabis sales tax revenue established in Act 164 and dedicated to afterschool and summer programs for Vermont’s kids.
Paul Dame: Progressives are unreasonable and unsafe
Progressive used to mean a desire to move forward — and yet now under the leadership of the Progressive Party, many Vermonters feel that things are perhaps as bad as they have ever been when it comes to public safety.
Vermont to allocate $15 million toward EV charging infrastructure in 2023
Set against the backdrop of a $15 million appropriation in Gov. Phil Scott’s fiscal year 2023 budget, state lawmakers are in the process of examining logistics for an ambitious rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Controversy swirls over Act 46 withdrawals, mascot bans, and 100 cell tower proposal
Sue Ceglowski of the Vermont School Boards said her organization is concerned that an increase in non-operating districts will increase the number of students attending independent schools, and particularly attending religious schools.
Letters to legislators: Rights of the unborn is the civil rights issue of our time
Slavery was the civil rights issue of 19th and 20th centuries. The rights of the unborn is the civil rights issue of our time.
Energy Secretary Granholm says solar panels may bring about world peace
Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm suggested that solar panels and wind farms could be the key to ensuring world peace in the future.
McClaughry: Here comes another carbon tax
Are you ready for the coming carbon tax on your home and business heating bill? The Vermont House is working at flank speed to enact the “Clean Heat Standard” (CHS) concocted by the Climate Action Network, and adopted by the Vermont Climate Council.
Climate warrior Nancy Pelosi spent half a million dollars on private jets
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has described climate change as an “existential crisis,” spent half a million dollars on private jets over the course of a 10-month period ending in August 2021, government filings showed.
Letter: I will be voting no on my school budgets
The last resort in getting the people in charge to listen and to see is to shut off the money supply. I will be voting no on my school budgets. It is past time to pause, reflect and change course away from what is going wrong at Vermont’s government run schools.