Following CDC guidance, masking and physical distancing for fully vaccinated Vermonters — except in limited circumstances like in schools, on public transportation, healthcare settings, long term care facilities, prisons etc. — is no longer required. The mandate remains in place for those who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.
In the May 12 episode of “It’s News to Us,” host Steve Merrill brings you news stories that other local publications don’t. He gives his views and opinions on the political and social issues of the day.
Republicans voted to oust Cheney from her position as conference chair, the third-highest ranking position in the House GOP caucus, on Wednesday. Rep. Elise Stefanick, a Trump ally, was elected as Cheney’s replacement on Friday.
Maine lawmakers are considering changes to the state’s election laws aimed at expanding voting by mail options, but the proposal faces opposition from local election clerks who say many of the changes would be cumbersome, costly and in many cases unnecessary.
In the 36th episode of “Travels With Charlie — Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo talks with a newly elected uncle and nephew pair, Michael and Leland Morgan, about running for office in a minority party and unseating incumbent leaders in the Legislature.
During Monday’s meeting committee members additionally emphasized the importance of — and discussed methods for — identifying and interrupting biases in the hiring process to create a more level playing field for people of all class backgrounds and racial and gender identities.
New Hampshire lawmakers are moving to raise the minimum amount under which businesses are required to file returns for the state’s business profits tax. A bipartisan proposal would increase the threshold for paying the state’s business profits tax from $50,000 to $92,000 beginning on July 1.
We will require all students, faculty, and staff living, learning, or working on campus in the fall to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, except for those with an approved medical or religious exemption.
Green Mountain Power (GMP) announced a new program is benefitting customers and the grid, and marks the first time stored energy in a network of residential batteries is being used to help keep the regional grid balanced.
As in many states, this controversial ideology is seeping into Vermont’s curricula. Cady’s case is instructive of the coercive pressure exerted by CRT radicals against those who dare question the hasty implementation of this novel, race-based “theory.”
Why is the Vermont General Assembly on the verge of allocating $150 million to yet-to-be-defined broadband construction projects which won’t be completed for five years, but refusing to allocate even $5 million to low-income Vermonters who could be brought online immediately? Frankly, I don’t know.
Those voting yes on the Strong Amendment believe it is irresponsible to execute vote-by-mail elections before options for ballot security provisions are even studied by the Secretary of State’s office. Those voting no believe absentee ballot security measures are not necessary in Vermont.