Seventy-seven percent of respondents said they approved of how their local police did their job, according to the Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. Debate over police reform has been heating up in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
“Thank you Vermont police and sheriffs for being our front lines for Covid-19, for monitoring peaceful BLM rallies, and for protecting our freedom. May you know our united support and gratitude.”
As state data and expanded testing and tracing capacity continue to support reopening, Governor Phil Scott today announced the state will raise occupancy limits for event venues, arts, culture and entertainment venues, as well as restaurants.
Meg has a medical degree, health policy expertise, and a long record of healthcare service. She also owns a small business.
The latest Vermont standardized test scores are out, and the results are not good, especially for students who have been “historically marginalized.” This is nothing new. The “achievement gap” has been persistent for decades.
A proposed Vermont House resolution honoring “Juneteenth” also describes recent tweets by President Trump are “racist.” The House is likely to vote on the resolution tomorrow, June 19, the 155th anniversary of the day slavery was officially abolished in Texas.
The Black Lives Matter movement has taken hold in Vermont and has been successful in convincing many of us that Vermont is a hot-bed of racial prejudice and abuse of black people. This is simply not true.
Ski areas began closing in mid-March in most states like New Hampshire, Vermont, Michigan and California. Some ski areas, like Arapahoe Basin in Colorado, have been able to reopen.
Twenty-eight congressional Democrats signed a letter Wednesday condemning the Department of Education for ruling that public schools that allow biological males who identify as transgender to play girls’ sports are violating Title IX civil rights legislation.
The City Council is planning to vote Monday on whether the title of Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial officer should be changed to city administrator and finance director, respectively, according to the Star Tribune.
Windsor residents and House candidates have strong and differing views about the school board’s punishment of a local school principal for Facebook statements questioning Black Lives Matters. And now the controversy has gone national.
I was much encouraged to read in multiple Vermont publications that many readers questioned the presumptive racist interpretations of both the State Street vandalism in Montpelier and the Facebook post by Windsor Principal Tiffany Riley.