Roper: All-mail voting doesn’t increase voter participation
Proponents of expanded vote-by-mail say it will increase voter turnout. However, data provided by New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner doesn’t bear out the claim.
Sen. Randy Brock: Broadband bill like baking a cake
Imagine if you were baking a birthday cake and you had the benefit of having the Vermont Senate Finance Committee helping you. That’s what it’s like as we debate how to extend broadband throughout Vermont.
Keelan: Scores of bulldozers but no operators
Vermont is on the doorstep of taking in hundreds of millions of federal dollars. The money will fund dozens of infrastructure projects: roads, bridges, dams, sewers, water treatment, broadband, government buildings, schools and child care centers.
Agency of Education releases updated Annual Snapshot
The Vermont Agency of Education (AOE) has released an updated version of the Annual Snapshot. We are unable to report many indicators of academic achievement, as the assessments on which they are based were not conducted during the 2019-20 academic year.
Covid lockdown leader Gov. Gavin Newsom faces recall election after enough petition signatures verified
The California Secretary of State’s Office confirmed Monday that it has received and verified enough signatures to trigger an election for the removal of Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. The threshold of verified signatures reported by counties had been met and exceeds the required amount of 1,495,709.
Jeff Euber: Why vaccine passports are a one-way ticket to abnormal
“Fifteen days to slow the spread” has mutated, incrementally, into an insidious threat to human rights having less to do with a virus than with technocratic opportunism. Vaccine passports represent not a “new normal,” but something profoundly abnormal.
Weiland Ross: It is time to speak out
If you are one who believes in the greatness and goodness of America it is time to come to the aid of your country. The past few years have seen the rise to power of a group of people whose main aim is to destroy the American way of life. They must be called out and defeated.
Campaign for Vermont: Economic development bill stumbles, plus update on pensions and mail-in voting
The economic development bill found itself in hot water this week as senators look to slash funding for a number of projects — some of which may be critical to economic recovery. The pension discussion is moving from the House to the Senate as well.
Confidence in Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine plummets after CDC pause
Barely one-fifth of Americans who have yet be vaccinated said they would receive Johnson & Johnson’s shot following its temporary pause by the Centers for Disease Control due to extremely rare blood clots, a new poll finds.
Vermont Liberty Network announces four constitutional rallies in May
The next Vermont Liberty Network event will be held at noon on May 1 at Main Street Park in Rutland, with similar events in other locations to follow on May 2, May 15 and May 16. The theme is “COVID v. the Constitution,” highlighting the numerous ways in which basic constitutional protections have been discarded in the world of COVID-19.
Video: Everything you need to know about new Vermont elections bill in 10 minutes
A bill that would have Vermont automatically mail out live ballots to all active voters on the statewide checklist has passed the Senate and is currently in the House Committee on Government Operations. Here’s what you need to know about this bill.
‘Haven’t done anything illegal’: Vermont shooting range owner refuses to comply with court order demanding he dismantle his business
Daniel Banyai, the owner of Slate Ridge shooting range in Pawlet, Vermont, said he plans to openly defy the court order and is in the process of hiring a constitutional attorney, according to the AP. In March, a Vermont Environmental Court judge ordered Banyai to immediately dismantle unpermitted structures located on the property.