President Biden’s successful 2020 bid for the White House benefited from a record-breaking $145 million in dark-money donations to groups supporting him, compared to $28 million spent to help President Donald Trump.
It’s not enough to have a thriving tourism industry and universal broadband access in our state. Tourism is important, but most of its jobs are low-wage with limited growth opportunity. Broadband is an important for a whole host of reasons, but it won’t solve all of our problems.
Randi Weingarten, president of one of the largest teachers’ unions in the country, is set to change course Thursday and call for the full reopening of schools by the fall.
“Ultimately here’s the rub. I don’t know whether it came from the lab. But who could be culpable? Dr. Fauci could be culpable for the entire pandemic.”
Supporters of S.15 and all-mail voting have been arguing that vote-by-mail is a measure to address “voter suppression” and to make voting more equitable. But evidence shows this not only to be a Big Lie, but exactly the opposite of the truth.
S.15 passed in the state House of Representatives on May 11, 2021, by a vote of 119-30. The overriding purpose of this bill is to make permanent the Covid-19 emergency measure of mailing “live” ballots to all active voters on the statewide checklist regardless of request.
In the May 5 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.
The consumer price index has jumped 4.2% over the last 12 months, the fastest pace of inflation since 2008. Democrats have pushed trillions of dollars worth of new government programs as jobs growth has slowed, consumer prices rise and a large labor shortage continues to hit much of the country.
State Rep. Samantha Lefebvre, a member of the House Committee on Government Operations, told TNR’s Matthew Strong that election bill S.15 lacks safeguards for mail-in voting that other states use for their vote-by-mail systems.
Has there been progress in correcting the injustice of what took place on the shores of Virginia in 1619? Yes, but it was not accomplished by having classes on indoctrination defining Critical Race Theory.
The change in methodology has implications for Vermont’s overall emissions profile as transportation represents the largest single source of GHG emissions, and estimated transportation-related emissions are generally lower using the fuel sales-based methodology as compared to the VMT methodology.
President Joe Biden’s administration and the Department of Justice are reportedly preparing to challenge bills banning biological males from women’s sports. At least 31 states have taken action towards banning biological males from participating in female sports.