‘Babies are being saved’: Abortions plummeted 96% in states that imposed bans
Abortions dropped by nearly 96% in the thirteen states with bans compared to the months before Roe v. Wade was overturned, a report released Tuesday shows.
Nicholas Smith: About the April 13 vote on Vermont’s Education Quality Standards
It’s clear that the State Board of Education is looking to push these EQS updates through quickly, as is evident by the increasing frequency of meetings to finalize the proposal and the addition of this Special Meeting, with minimal notice.
Alison Despathy: Affordable Heat Act was developed without transparency
“We have this elite group that has come up with a policy that proposes to totally disrupt an entire industry in the state of Vermont without the transparency that the legislators are being led to believe happened at the Climate Council.”
McClaughry: Diminishing the culture of violence
Americans have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The U.S. Supreme Court has strongly affirmed that individual right in the Heller (2008), McDonald (2010), and Bruen (2022) cases. Vermonters have an even more explicit constitutional right.
Roper: Vermont does not need or want a full time, professional Legislature
We do not want, nor does Vermont need, a full time, professional political class. These people are a big enough menace as it is with the time and resources they already have.
Paul Dame: Republicans making modest gains
But despite the super-majority Democrats have, Republicans have been able to make some modest gains on certain issues that advance our cause despite our minority status, and we’re not letting up.
Keelan: Do we really need ESG reporting?
Our country does not need any more Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank, Signature Bank, and FTX financial failures by having the “watchdogs” distracted by verifying what a company reports as its carbon footprint.
Cost kerfuffle causes legislators to drop rental registry and do a study instead
Landlords would’ve had to register rental units in a statewide list under the original version of a bill moving through the Senate, but lawmakers backed away from the plan and now the bill would only commission a study of the idea.
Vermont universal school meals bill looks to boost local farm food
As lawmakers aim to make universal school meals a permanent measure, they are also looking to make sure more of those meals are made with local food.
McGuinness: Why H.89 and S.37 fail to protect minors, youth and families
VFA is well aware there is no explicit language in H.89 and S.37 regarding parental rights and minor consent. We ask you to consider whether the care you would be shielding is helpful or harmful to minors, youth, and their families.
Rep. Charles Wilson: Abusive power with glee
As a result of legislation in the works in the Vermont House and Senate, we will all be affected with the rising cost of new taxes in order to just keep living. To start, DMV fees will go up by approximately 20%.
In California, parents may soon effectively lose custody of kids 12 and older
“It is apparent that one result of this bill will be the removal of trans-identified children from the family home,” Garfield-Jaeger said in her testimony. “In the dystopian nightmare we are in, if a parent doesn’t use the child’s chosen pronoun or name, they are labeled dangerous.”