Video: What is Vermont’s culture?
“There are different cultures, of course, and we’re being told in Vermont that ours is very terrible, that it’s a white supremacist culture. Really, we’re a proud tradition of agriculture.”
Op-ed: Growing, shifting Vermont population may shake up ’22 election map
These factors point to a legislative district map in 2022 that could look very different from the ones Vermonters have used, not just since 2012, but for many decades past.
Keelan: Get that home mortgage now, before climate change mandates kick in
Inevitably, the banking and mortgage finance industry will pass down to the homeowner its requirements for meeting new loan standards intended to mitigate the impact of climate change.
John Klar: Gain of function disaster
“Why has President Biden not halted gain of function research, and why has he not fired Dr. Anthony Fauci for lying to Congress and avidly swearing that no U.S. money went to funding this kind of research. It’s a lie. Is there any accountability?”
Black young adults raised by two parents way more likely to obtain college degree, study finds
Children of all races are much more likely to go to college and to avoid both poverty and prison if they are raised in a two-parent family, a study conducted by the Institute for Family Studies found.
Artist sets sail on Lake Champlain painting voyage
Vermont artist Bob Mullen has explored and painted remote regions of Alaska and northern Canada. But he is perhaps best known for a painting of a Kodiak bear charging at him on a wild river in Alaska.
Biden’s DOJ promoting transgender transitions for kids, attacks states that ban them
The Department of Justice argued in court filings Thursday that transgender legislation passed in West Virginia and Arkansas is unconstitutional.
Obamacare’s side effects: higher costs, lower choices
Choices in health insurance decreased as the number of insurers participating in the individual market fell, while insurance premiums increased more than 50% nationally. The results of Obamacare not only have been less choice and competition, but higher premiums for Americans.
Roper: The fuse is lit on another massive tax bomb
H.171, crafted and pushed by the special interest group Let’s Grow Kids, is about expanding taxpayer-funded, government-run preschool programs for kids ages 0-5. Sounds nice. The price tag will be massive.
Video: About the lifeguard fired for opposing CRT in Essex
“We cannot create an unsafe environment at our pool, nor can we create a situation where any of our residents feel unsafe or unwelcome at our pool,” they said. So he’s fired.
Deb Billado: Constitutional voting
As much as Republicans support the concept of local control, we cannot allow local municipalities to violate the constitution. We take our oaths of office seriously.
A parent-led rebellion against critical race theory is storming school boards across the country
A parent-led rebellion against critical race theory is storming school boards across the country and demanding accountability for what is being taught to American children. At least 165 local and national groups have formed to combat CRT instruction in schools across the U.S.