Fewer than three weeks after voters approved the measure, the Stockbridge selectboard received a petition that triggers another vote on decoupling from the Rochester Stockbridge Unified District (RSUD).
Why has this lawlessness been permitted to continue for nearly a year? These Antifa-inspired mobs have been permitted to repeatedly attack federal buildings, destroy local businesses, and assault law enforcement officers for the past year because politicians sympathize with Antifa and support its cause.
California Rep. Maxine Waters’ call for protesters to confront police if former cop Derek Chauvin is found not guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd harkens back to her comments in 1992, when she called the Los Angeles riots “acceptable” and defended some looters.
The bottle bill, the modernization and recalibration of Vermont’s tax system, the bill requiring registration of construction contractors, and the COVID recovery bill all increase revenues to the government while adding greater burdens on business and individuals.
According to liberal orthodoxy, all Blacks think alike, and all Blacks support Black Lives Matter, and all Blacks oppose the recently enacted Georgia Election Integrity Act. To the contrary, a recent Rasmussen Reports poll found that 69% of Blacks and 82% of nonwhite minorities support voter ID.
A bill making its way through the Vermont Legislature offers yet another example of government’s steady march toward regulating more of our economy and our lives. H.157 aims to establish state control over contractors who do residential construction.
“Fully eliminating this tax is not only about honoring our veterans for their service and sacrifice, but also about growing our workforce and increasing diversity in our state.”
Gov. Chris Sununu has lifted a statewide mask mandate, citing New Hampshire’s declining COVID-19 infections and increasing numbers of vaccinated people.
Calls to defund the police have once again been thrust into the national spotlight after a string of high profile police shootings, but data show the rallying cry for police reformers may not hold water.
The bill would, in theory, give smaller towns access to tax-increment financing because the project-based program would be easier to manage than a geographic district. Legislators worried that these projects still would be unwieldly for most municipalities and pose a financial risk.
S.53 failed in the State House of Representatives on April 15, 2021, by a vote of 55-79. The bill would exempt the first $10,000 of military pensions from the state income tax.
While Republicans have struggled to get traction on school choice measures in Montpelier, we are starting to see success for our principles working themselves out on the local level. Elizabeth Cady ran for school board in the town of Essex and won running on a platform of supporting school choice.