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Author Archives: TNR

Vermont’s lackluster economy gets noticed 3,000 miles away

Vermont is falling behind the rest of the United States economically. Many Vermonters have been well-aware of this for a while now. But news of our lackluster economy has reached the shores of the United Kingdom.

March 1, 2020 in Commentary.
Sen. Bernie Sanders

Flashback: Bernie Sanders says his Green New Deal can make electricity ‘virtually free’ by 2035 — but there’s a catch

Sanders revealed his own Green New Deal in August 2019, promising everything from “virtually free” electricity and a “hunger-free” transition to green energy from fossil fuels.

March 1, 2020 in U.S..
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‘This is a fight we must wage and win’: Nikki Haley warns against ‘trendy’ socialism of Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez

“The Democratic presidential front-runner is an avowed socialist named Bernie Sanders,” Haley continued. “Only in a prosperous country like America can people be so flippant about capitalism and so naive about socialism.”

March 1, 2020 in U.S..
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Opinion: What’s really driving the homelessness crisis

As an emerging body of evidence shows, homelessness in America’s West Coast cities — particularly unsheltered homelessness — is not driven primarily by high housing costs, but rather by three interrelated phenomena: addiction, mental illness and permissive public policies.

March 1, 2020 in Commentary.
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House declines Town Meeting delay, OKs new Act 250

Deciding to not wait after Town Meeting, the House today approved H.926, the proposed revision of Act 250, the 50-year-old land use and development law. 

February 28, 2020 in TNR News.
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Frenier: Government abuse of power

What liberals fail to grasp is that governments are greedy, too, but their greed is more about power than money. And governments’ greed for power makes them no less inherently corrupt than corporations.

February 28, 2020 in Commentary.
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Roper: Even Massachusetts is giving up on TCI

This realization that drivers throughout the 11 remaining states still at the TCI table have no interest in paying and extra 17 cents a gallon for gasoline and diesel shouldn’t be a shocker.

February 28, 2020 in Commentary.
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New Hampshire named one of best states for retirees

New Hampshire was named the third best state for retirement in a report released by WalletHub. To identify the most retirement-friendly states, WalletHub did comparisons across three key dimensions: affordability, quality of life, and health care.

February 28, 2020 in U.S..
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Opinion: Time to end the tyranny of district court judges’ nationwide injunctions

The judiciary has grown more powerful than America’s Founders intended, and this has included issuing universal injunctions. This type of injunction has become increasingly common as political activists try to enlist judges to make widespread policy changes.

February 28, 2020 in Commentary.
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House Democrats block resolution condemning Bernie Sanders’ praise of Fidel Castro

Democratic lawmakers Thursday successfully blocked a GOP resolution condemning Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s laudatory comments about the Castro regime.

February 27, 2020 in U.S..

Video: Vermont forests consume more than half of VT human carbon emissions, are source of 18,000 jobs

More than half of all manmade carbon emissions are consumed by Vermont trees — a fact that climate legislators are hesitant to consider as part of Vermont’s emissions reduction strategy.

February 27, 2020 in TNR News.
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Democratic superdelegates say they’re willing to prevent Sanders from becoming the nominee

The New York Times interviewed 93 Democratic superdelegates, 84 of which said Sen. Bernie Sanders shouldn’t become the nominee based solely on winning most, but not over 50%, of primary and caucus delegates.

February 27, 2020 in U.S..

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