Scott administration still working on $90 million TCI carbon tax
TCI was a bad idea before the COVID-19 recession. Today it is absolutely unthinkable.
Deb Billado: COVID decisions must be based on sound scientific, fact-driven conclusions
While it would not be wrong for people who are showing the symptoms of the coronavirus to be presumed to have it in order for safety precautions to be taken, to presume and then publicly report that someone had died from the virus is misleading and brings into question all the numbers of deaths that are being reported.
Candidates for lieutenant governor hope to fill slot opened up by outgoing Zuckerman
Candidates seeking to fill the vacancy include Republicans Dana Colson, Meg Hansen and Dwayne Tucker, as well as Democrats Brenda Siegel, state Sen. Tim Ashe and Molly Gray.
Letter: Accurate information is important
In handing down its decision, the Vermont Supreme Court referred to a study that was produced by UVM Professor Stephanie Seguino labeled “Driving While Black and Brown in Vermont.” The accuracy of this widely distributed and referred to study has been called into question since its release by many, including myself.
Michiganders protest Gov. Whitmer’s draconian COVID-19 stay-at-home orders
Michiganders are expressing their frustration with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s sweeping coronavirus stay-at-home orders, with protests and more than 200,000 people signing a petition for her to be removed from office.
Trump pulls WHO funding, says organization ‘must be held accountable’
President Donald Trump made it official Tuesday that the administration was halting money to the World Health Organization, the international body that said in January that COVID-19 could not be spread by human-to-human contact, and praised China’s response to the virus.
Report: Intelligence officials are taking a serious look at the possibility coronavirus leaked from Wuhan lab
Yahoo News reported that the U.S. intelligence community is exploring all possible avenues the virus could have been unintentionally released from research facilities that were known to be studying bat-based coronaviruses in Wuhan.
Todd Smith: Kill the ratline
We noticed the Vermont State Police launched an “Executive Order Reporting Tool,” asking Vermonters to tell the government if their neighbors aren’t “complying” with the governor’s orders to shutter business and stay home.
Legislature tackles milk dumping, $40 million education shortfall, prison reform
The Legislature is working this week to get updates, as well as seek solutions for milk dumping, prison reform, and the education revenue shortfall.
Sanders endorses Biden for president
“Today I am asking all Americans, I’m asking every Democrat, I’m asking every independent, I’m asking a lot of Republicans, to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy which I endorse,” Sanders said.
‘I don’t endorse Biden’: Bernie Sanders’s supporters let loose after their candidate bows to Biden
Sen. Bernie Sanders’s biggest supporters are criticizing Joe Biden after the democratic socialist endorsed the former vice president.
Sununu: New Hampshire secures 91,000 pounds of PPE
“One month ago New Hampshire wasn’t even in the business of PPE procurement, and today we secured 45 metric tons of this critical lifesaving equipment for our state,” Sununu said in a statement.