McClaughry: Return of the thermal utility – a tax on electricity
Its backers say “Vermonters will benefit,” by which they mean the Vermonters who pocket the program benefits, not the Vermonters who pay for them through their electric bills.
Legislature overrides Scott’s veto on minimum wage
The latest round in the legislative battle between the Democrat-Progressive Legislature and Republican Gov. Phil Scott went to the lawmakers Tuesday noon, as the House overrode his veto of S.23, raising the minimum wage to $12.55 by Jan. 1, 2022.
Senate bill would add immigrant status to hate crime victim list
A bill in the Senate Judiciary Committee would allow a judge to add jail time to the sentence if the crime victim has “immigration status.”
Deb Billado: Zuckerman is the problem, not the solution
What Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman and his colleagues don’t understand, or don’t care about, is the fact that government cannot give to anyone without taking away from someone else first.
Marianne Williamson says Bernie leading the ‘Revolution,’ Democratic congresswoman rips Sanders for Castro praise
Marianne Williamson announced her endorsement of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2020 election Sunday, and Democratic Florida Rep. Donna Shalala pulled no punches when reacting to Sanders’ praise of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
John Klar: Vermont Legislature tries an end-run around the Second Amendment
Vermont has embarked on a flagrant effort to trample on rights that the Second Amendment says “shall not be infringed.” But this time, the lawyerly legislators sworn to protect and defend the Constitution have been caught red-handed.
These black scholars and leaders rebuke 1619 Project’s narrative of victimhood
An initiative featuring the writings of black Americans will counter and rebut a New York Times Magazine project that “reframes” all of U.S. history around slavery and racism.
McClaughry: Act 250 and the Perfect Climate-Conscious State
The “New Act 250” is a concerted effort to make Vermont into the Perfect Little Climate-Conscious State, erecting ever greater barriers to development, and ruled from Montpelier, from whence the Super Board can best perceive the greater good.
Sanders wins decisive victory in Nevada caucuses
The U.S. senator from Vermont more than doubled his competitors vote totals in unofficial and early returns reported late Saturday, winning more than 45 percent of the vote.
The day GWSA stood for ‘God wants solar arrays’
Rev. Carl Van Osdall then reminded them that this Legislature often must vote on protecting nature. And then, in case anyone had failed to connect the dots, he reminded them, “and today, you are voting on the Global Warming Solutions Act.”
Review of school based comprehensive sex education shows little effectiveness, finds increased sexual activity
The review, conducted by the Institute for Research & Evaluation and published in the Institute of Law and Medicine in January, examined 60 studies of 40 school based comprehensive sex education programs in the U.S. as well as 43 studies of 39 programs in other countries.
Bills would deny federal funds to sanctuary states for illegal aliens
With a growing number of states declaring themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigrants, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., are responding with legislation to impose penalties on states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.