McClaughry: What you need to know about TCI
TCI is a multistate regional agreement to drive up the price of motor fuel. It proposes to start at 5, 9 or 17 cents per gallon, and escalate upward from that, with no declared maximum.
Homeland Security chief orders review of state laws allowing driver’s licenses for illegal aliens
Wolf on Tuesday ordered all of the components of DHS to conduct a department-wide review of the state laws to determine how they affect their day-to-day operations. The DHS chief’s directive indicates he is prepared to take aim against the state laws.
Opinion: Capitalism helps protect the environment
A recent Rasmussen poll found 20% of voters feel we should eliminate capitalism to protect the environment. That’s like saying we should eliminate teachers to improve education.
New state electric vehicle rebates combined with utility rebates and tax credits stack up for Vermonters
Vermont’s electric utilities are letting customers across Vermont know they can now save up to $15,000 when they buy or lease new all electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) thanks to new Vermont state rebates that can be combined with utility rebates and federal tax credits.
Deb Billado: Vermont Republicans are resolute to reverse Democrat control
Vermont is controlled by a Democrat/Progressive supermajority, but we must not accept that it will always be that way. We must undo this domination, and a new year is the perfect time to begin.
Daily Chronicle: ‘Frozen air’ electricity generator proposed for northern Vermont
As planned, such a system could solve solar and wind power’s Achilles Heel of “intermittency.” Solar and wind depend on the vagaries of weather.
How 2 years of tax cuts have supported our strong economy
We don’t have to guess anymore about the effects of the tax cuts. After actually filing their taxes with the IRS, Americans saw their average effective tax rates decline by 13% (or about 1.5 percentage points). Despite claims to the contrary, every income group benefited from the tax cut.
These ‘Founders’ aim to improve how schools teach history and the Constitution
The philosophy behind the founding and the United States Constitution often gets the boot when competing with STEM-focused subjects in today’s classroom. But one organization is hoping to change that with an after-school program for high school students designed to fill in details absent from typical curriculums.
Daily Chronicle: Lawmakers to address climate change, plastic, Act 250, insanity defense, prisons, distracted driving, marijuana, and State House ‘CEO’
The Vermont Legislature reconvenes Tuesday, Jan. 7 for the second year of the 2019-20 biennium. Here are key issues that may get attention, as indicated by between-session legislative committee activity and media reports.
Denver sticking to sanctuary policy following arrest of hit-and-run suspect already deported six times
Juan Sanchez, an illegal alien who was deported from the U.S. six times, was charged with vehicular homicide and fleeing the scene of an accident.
Price transparency rule will help patients make better choices
The new finalized rule requires hospitals to post rates they have negotiated with insurers as well as the discounted cash prices for patients who choose to pay directly. The rule also requires this pricing information to be presented in an easy-to-read, consumer-friendly list of standard charges.
Debunking the myth of ‘concealed-carry killers’
Concealed-carry permit holders are not “random people,” but individuals with the government’s affirmative approval to carry a concealed firearm in public places after having completed a series of steps required by the government.