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Author Archives: TNR

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Smith: Updates to education quality standards seek to turn kids into global activists

Enough is enough. Parents and children deserve better. Kids deserve an education free of indoctrination that puts them on the right path to excel not only in school but onward in life.

March 29, 2023 in Commentary.
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John Klar: Dutch farmers revolt against globalist food control that leaves people poorer and hungrier

The stunning political win of the Farmer-Citizen Movement in recent provincial elections in the Netherlands was a populist backlash against ambitious environmental initiatives to eliminate thousands of law-abiding, multi-generational farmers to reduce nitrogen and other alleged pollutants.

March 29, 2023 in Elsewhere.
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Inflation continues to plague small businesses for fifth consecutive quarter: Report

The Chamber’s Small Business Index score measures small business confidence and economic conditions with 0 being the worst and 100 being the best. The Q1 2023 score is down to 60, which is the lowest since Q3 2021.

March 29, 2023 in U.S..
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McClaughry: Stumbling into battle against climate change

The Democratic legislative majorities will commit to extracting over $2 billion in tax dollars from Vermont’s heating fuel customers to advance an unworkable scheme that even its advocates can’t explain — unless thousands more emails and phone calls jolt them back to reality.

March 28, 2023 in Commentary.
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Keelan: Lest we forget the electric line workers

If it were up to me, awards would be given to the hundreds of line persons who demonstrated their commitment, dedication, and courage during the recent record-setting snowstorm that closed Southern Vermont.

March 28, 2023 in Commentary.
Franklin County Sheriff's Office

Rep. Galfetti: Bill on sheriffs goes way to far

There have been some problems among sheriffs lately. But this bill goes way too far in trying to apply a legislative sledge hammer to what is primarily a human problem. What it does do is demonstrate a profound hostility toward sheriffs on the part of a few senators.

March 28, 2023 in Commentary.
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Paul Dame: House Democrats really going out on a limb

The extreme imbalance in the Legislature has led the entire caucus of Democrats reaching further and further away for the central functions of government to pursue novelty when what Vermonters truly want is reliability in these uncertain times.

March 28, 2023 in Commentary.
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Rep scolds equity official for showing how S.5 will ‘force’ low-income Vermonters into spending money they don’t have

Green pointed to the language in S.5 that does, in fact, require very specifically that 16 percent of all clean heat credits must be generated by low-income Vermonters, and another 16 percent by middle income Vermonters.

March 27, 2023 in TNR News.

Racial Equity Office says enough with all the equity task forces

The Vermont Climate Council is currently mired in controversy over accusations it is really just another embodiment of “white privilege” that only pays lip service to social justice.

March 27, 2023 in TNR News.
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Rep. Charles Wilson: The supermajority are headed for a cliff

Your future financial well being may not be as bright as you might have hoped for. Where legislative solutions are sought, many have moved in to take your future stability as that is the way socialism works.

March 27, 2023 in Commentary.
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State legislation could strip Catholic churches’ right to protect members’ sealed confessions

“This is not the first time this has come up,” Thomas McKenna told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “But what is at stake here is the real persecution of our Catholic faith because confession is not a therapy session … discussion or therapy group.”

March 27, 2023 in TNR News.
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Alison Despathy: S.5 is rotten to the core

S.5 and its clean heat standard forces the thermal sector into the emissions trading trap — a game where big business and bogus environmental justice win.

March 27, 2023 in Commentary.

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