The unfunded liabilities for the Vermont State Teacher’s Retirement fund increased last year by $379 million as compared to the 2019 valuation while the same liabilities increased by $225 million in the Vermont State Employees’ Retirement, according to numbers from State Treasurer Beth Pearce.
“While individual student results are valuable for educators and families, our 2021 scores serve as a stark reminder of how extraordinary last school year was. The state’s aggregate numbers aren’t themselves useful for making decisions.”
“Democrats’ inflation crisis keeps getting worse,” said National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Berg. “If they go through with their plans to spend trillions of dollars on a reckless big government tax and spending spree, things will only get worse.”
While previous efforts to attract workers to our state with incentives are a great start, they don’t do enough to break down barriers to work for those Vermonters who have already left the workforce. So, let’s give those Vermonters the tools to find meaningful work without the crushing hand of red tape getting in the way.
“If Ben & Jerry’s parent company truly believes that political issues should dictate where they do business, this is contradicted by the fact that they operate in the countries with the worst human rights abuses.”
“This bipartisan bill is historic, and these investments will have wide and deep benefits across Vermont. It is a once-in-a-generation investment to help build back America’s crumbling roads and bridges, and it will drive our communities into the 21st Century and beyond.”
We must not allow non-vaccinated, perfectly healthy and uninfected, and in many cases recovered persons especially children to be set apart and treated differently.
This Saturday, Nov. 13, we are hosting a “Let’s Go Brandon” Rally in Central Park in Brandon. We are having hats, T-shirts and bumper stickers designed and printed as locally as possible as our first step to make a small contribution to the local economy.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily halted the Biden administration’s rule requiring employers with over 100 workers to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or implement weekly testing.
Despite bragging about the “gold standard voter-marked paper ballot we use in Vermont,” Secretary of State Jim Condos has done much to encourage distrust in our balloting system.
The cause for limited government, fiscal prudence, personal responsibility, and individual liberty never ends. I hope you join me in continuing to work towards a better and brighter future for our state that embodies these values.
Where were you Nov. 7, 2011, at 2:30 p.m.? The date and time happened to be the moment of the opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge.