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Author Archives: TNR

So you’re saying America is the last best hope for a life without tyranny?

What the article says without ever daring to say it is that a few Republican governors and a ragtag “handful” of Americans are swimming against the current to “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” 

January 16, 2022 in U.S..
Public domain

Flemming: Even without TCI, cap-and-invest still looms large

Any cap-and-invest scheme would eventually make Vermont border gas stations so uncompetitive on price that they would go out of business, long before gasoline is banned entirely.

January 14, 2022 in Commentary.
Generally Irritable

Video: What are the consequences of Proposal 5?

“Generally Irritable” host Ericka Redic interviews Matthew Strong and Annisa Lamberton of Vermonters for the Common Good to discuss the unseen, harmful impact Proposal 5 will have on the state of Vermont.

January 14, 2022 in Videos.
Hydro-Quebec

Bill targets ‘renewable’ status of Big Hydro

Beginning next January, carbon-free power produced by dams 200 megawatts or larger will become 10% less “renewable” every year for state energy standard purposes, according to a bill introduced Tuesday in the Vermont House.

January 14, 2022 in TNR News.
Wikimedia Commons/Public domain

Analysis: Voting bills near certain failure in Congress

Democrats in Congress are all-in on their bid to pass their voting legislation and, if it fails, to abolish the Senate filibuster to advance it. Their strategy has almost zero chance of success.

January 14, 2022 in U.S..
Bruce Parker/TNR

Scott announces program to subsidize electric vehicle charging stations for multi-unit housing

$1,000,000 in funding is available to subsidize the cost of purchasing and installing Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at rental properties to provide residents with at-home charging access.

January 14, 2022 in Press Release.
U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden’s private sector vaccine mandate, upholds health worker mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate on private sector businesses, though it allowed a separate mandate to stand for certain health care workers.

January 13, 2022 in U.S..
The White House

Most small businesses oppose Biden vaccine mandate, federal workers to march against it

Most American small businesses say they oppose President Joe Biden’s employee vaccine mandate, and they say the rule will make it harder for them to find workers. Meanwhile thousands of federal employees will peacefully march in protest of the mandate.

January 13, 2022 in U.S..
Flickr/justgrimes

VTGOP: Single-member district vote Friday afternoon

Tomorrow, Jan. 14th at 3 p.m. the VT House of Representatives will meet and they are scheduled to vote on whether or not to subvert the proposal of the Apportionment Board to create a map of single-member Vermont House districts.

January 13, 2022 in Commentary.
Wikimedia Commons/Royalbroil

Transportation bill punishes low mpg with ‘feebates’

A bill co-sponsored by 61 Vermont House members (but no Republicans) would levy steep fees on vehicles with poor miles-per-gallon performance.

January 13, 2022 in TNR News.
Wikimedia Commons

Tom Evslin: Vermont can exceed 2025 carbon reduction goal just by planting trees

We will best meet our environmental goals by good use of Vermont land. Reforestation Hub shows the size of the opportunity. It’s time to change crops, as Vermont has often done in the past, and turn some farms to forests.

January 13, 2022 in Commentary.
Wikimedia Commons

Flemming: Ditch ‘defined benefit’ approach, adopt ‘defined contribution’ or hybrid plans for pensions

To stop the bleeding and secure the future of its pension system, Vermont must follow the lead of its peer states that have already taken action to move to a defined contribution or hybrid system for new hires.

January 12, 2022 in Commentary.

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