Canine cops fight out-of-state drug crime
Police dogs in recent, separate incidents on both sides of Vermont helped apprehend out-of-staters with illegal drug connections who were fleeing human police, police say.
11 defensive uses of guns that reveal ignorance of Biden, Harris on Second Amendment
Neither Democratic nominee Joe Biden, nor his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, believe that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. In other words, according to them, the government may restrict law-abiding citizens’ ability to possess any firearm, and for any reason.
Municipal voters in Vermont can prevent retail marijuana sales; cultivation can be restricted by zoning
Retail sales will only be allowed in communities that vote to opt-in. In other words: No marijuana retail store can open unless town voters affirmatively decide, at a warned meeting, to allow retail operations.
New Hampshire nearing another round of relief funding for businesses impacted by COVID-19
Similar to the first allocation, businesses must have experienced or anticipate losses due to COVID-19 to be eligible and must have received less than the $350,000 cap on grant money in the previous handout.
McClaughry: Election law reforms worth considering
This turbulent election season is now over, at least for Vermont. It’s a good time to peruse a menu of election law reforms that the next legislature should seriously consider.
Todd Fillmore: Give me liberty, or give me COVID?
Despite his obvious good intentions, Gov. Scott’s most recent move is not an advisory or a warning. It is an authoritarian overreach which cuts right to the core of bedrock constitutional rights.
Here’s who progressives want to see in Biden’s cabinet
Justice Democrats and the Sunrise Movement created a list outlining the groups’ top three picks for several Cabinet positions like secretary of state and attorney general and included Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Bernie calls for $2,000 per month for every ‘working class’ American
Senator and possible Labor Secretary Bernie Sanders has upped the ante on proposed stimulus payments for all Americans: he now wants the government to pay $2,000 every month for every working class American.
Governor bans multi-family gatherings, including at Thanksgiving — bars and clubs to close
The multi-household ban includes extended families gathering for Thanksgiving. Celebrating this holiday will be a single-household event, under the new guidelines.
An open letter to AOC
You should feel uneasy, AOC. There was once another group of Americans threatened by authoritarians like you. They stood up — at Concord, at Lexington, at Bunker Hill. In Philadelphia their names appeared on the Declaration of Independence.
Roper: Who’s really racist in the fight over mascots?
Rutland High School is engaged in the latest case of attempted virtue signaling by changing the name of a sports team. The Raiders, whose logo is an arrowhead, are on the chopping block because, allegedly, racism. But what’s really racist here?
New Hampshire working to set up vaccine registry
As New Hampshire fine tunes its blueprint for distributing a coronavirus vaccine, once it becomes available, the state is planning to set up its first immunization registry to track how many people have received the drug.