‘Right to work’ bill advancing in New Hampshire Legislature
A Republican-led proposal that would limit unions from collecting fees from private sector workers is on the move again in the New Hampshire Legislature.
Legislation proposes reversing mask violation fines for New Hampshire businesses
New Hampshire lawmakers are considering a bill that would refund any fines assessed to businesses for violating mask orders imposed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Roughly $10,000 in fines have been issued to businesses for not following the mandate.
Fetal personhood bill introduced in Vermont
A bill declaring a fetus a legal person during the third trimester has been introduced into the Vermont House of Representatives. Vermont is only one of 12 states to reject fetal personhood for the purpose of homicide, feticide, or as a victim of other crimes.
Mark Heinrichs: My prediction for upcoming SCOTUS action on elections
My prediction is that the court will establish some kind of legal framework for the legitimate use of mail-in balloting that will protect the integrity of the election process but also allow for the accessibility that mail-in balloting provides.
Roper: Robbing the transportation fund to pay for ‘green’ priorities
There is a bill currently before the House Transportation Committee that any Vermonter who has routinely experienced a miles-long, tooth-rattling ride over pot holes and frost heaves should be concerned about.
Keelan: Vermont’s Nathaniel Boone Day is Feb. 17
As we approach Nathaniel Boone Day, I wonder how many of these organizations and all Vermonters are aware of what Mr. Boone, now 93 years old, endured to receive the honor from Governor Scott’s proclamation of Feb. 17, 2017?
McClaughry: Bernie Sanders and minimum wage effects
Bernie Sanders has made it this year’s great cause to increase the federal minimum wage to $15. But regulatory law expert Mario Loyola writes that “Americans don’t fully understand the many ways it hurts the very people it’s supposed to help.”
Flemming: A climate emergency power grab — one scenario
Vermont has the worst legislative oversight of the governor’s emergency powers in the country. If we don’t transfer more power from the governor to the Legislature during emergencies, the future could be catastrophic for Vermont democracy.
House committees tackle three R’s: Race, Relinquishing guns, Reduction of carbon
Committees in the Vermont House this week will review bills regarding three of the Legislature’s favorite R’s: race, relinquishing firearms, and reduction of carbon. They also will review three-acre runoff, redemption of beverage containers, reorganizing police under one state agency, and more.
Rutland boy became Civil War general, hero
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Edward Hastings Ripley’s 400 detailed letters about daily life during the war-torn 1860s were sent from the Southern front to his family safe and snug in Rutland; the letters are rare gems among the annals of the Civil War.
Letter: Vote no on climate-related ballot questions 3 and 7 in Burlington
Moving McNeil’s primary electrical source to natural gas from wood would reduce CO2 emissions. Yet proposals 3 and 7 would disallow this. This is counter-productive.
‘An administration trying to crush your future’: Laid-off Keystone workers condemn Biden’s executive order
Laid-off Keystone Pipeline workers say President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the pipeline will negatively impacted their futures, according to multiple outlets.