VT GOP adopts anti-racism statement
As reported on social media by several Vermont Republican candidates, the Vermont Republican Party this weekend approved a statement in opposition to racism.
DoJ alleges Vermont discriminates against students attending religious schools
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief in favor of a parochial high school student and her parents who say that the state of Vermont violated the First Amendment by excluding the student from a state program that pays for high school students to take college courses.
McClaughry: Free exercise and faith-based schools
If the Valente plaintiffs prevail — and the language in Esperanza gives them a fairly strong case — parents in tuition towns will be able to have their school districts pay the tuition directly to the religious school, just as it is now paid to non-sectarian schools.
Keelan: The non-audit of the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center
At best, what we have now is an “interim whitewash,” or at worst, a cover-up to protect the state from litigation and outright incompetence and negligence.
Global warming bill ‘unconstitutional,’ Scott says, predicting court fight
Memo to the Vermont Legislature from Gov. Phil Scott regarding the Global Warming Solutions Act veto override: This ain’t over.
Biden in 2016: SCOTUS confirmation can happen ‘a few months before a presidential election’ if Senate is involved
Former vice president Joe Biden said in 2016 that he would have considered a Supreme Court justice nominee in an election year if the president had consulted the Senate on the nominee.
Black Lives Matter linked to 91% of riots over three months, study finds
The Black Lives Matter movement is linked to more than nine-in-10 riots across the country, according to a recent study.
Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore: We need real solutions on climate
While the GWSA appears to reflect the sense of urgency so many of us feel, the actual process established is unwieldy and does not provide my agency – the Agency of Natural Resources – with the tools needed to accomplish the work.
John Klar: The progressive ‘slide-rule of law’ in Vermont
Many businesses are closed for noncompliance with COVID mandates — some permanently — yet Black Lives Matter protesters remain exempt from social gathering restrictions. This is the “slide-rule of law.”
Stan Greer: Lose schoolchildren, but keep taxpayers’ money
The COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath are now illustrating, perhaps more vividly than ever before, why government union bosses in states like California never should have been granted monopoly-bargaining privileges in the first place.
Opinion: We are watching a replay of the French Revolution
History is repeating itself in America today as we see new age socialists follow the same script as history’s most violent leftist revolutionaries. It happens too fast not to be planned.
Vermont protesters, gov leaders ponder possible post-election unrest
In a year unlike any other in our lifetimes, Vermont activists, lawmakers and National Guard leaders are discussing what could happen if the November election goes sideways.