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Author Archives: TNR

Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union

Dorset explores green future with local visit by Vermont Council on Rural Development

The program provides a forum for community discussion on future economic vitality and affordability in a time when climate change is already impacting businesses and individuals in Vermont. Energy efficiency, transportation, renewable energy and sustainable development will be on the list of discussion topics.

July 24, 2019 in TNR News.
Guy Page

Statehouse Headliners: Tuesday climate protest creates lines of idling cars, longer-than-expected car rides

A small group of “Extinction Rebellion” climate change protesters stopped traffic at the intersection of Taylor Street and State Street in Montpelier all morning long on Tuesday. The protest effectively stopped traffic all along State Street.

July 23, 2019 in TNR News.
Wikimedia Commons/Fibonacci Blue

Sanders employees demand $15 hourly. Here’s why this strategist calls that ‘ridiculous’

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s campaign staffers are demanding wages of at least $15 hourly, but a campaign strategist is calling that prospect “ridiculous,” saying productivity would have to be cut to stay within budget.

July 23, 2019 in U.S..
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib calls for $20 an hour minimum wage

Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib called for a federal minimum wage of up to $20 an hour at a “One Fair Wage” event in Detroit on Sunday.

July 23, 2019 in U.S..
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Maine and Nevada show why the Electoral College helps small states, not red states

Last month, both Maine and Nevada did what was in the best interests of their states: They rejected bills that would have enrolled their states in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an unwise effort to override the Electoral College. 

July 22, 2019 in Commentary.
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The high cost of ‘free’ college tuition

There’s an inherent unfairness to forcing many working-class Americans who couldn’t afford to go to college themselves to pay off the loans of those who could.

July 22, 2019 in Commentary.
Wikimedia Commons/Matthew G. Bisanz

Nonprofit election integrity group finally gets victory over IRS targeting

Last month, Judge Reggie Walton ruled in favor of True the Vote, a conservative voting rights group that first sued the IRS in 2013. We spoke to Catherine Engelbrecht, the group’s founder.

July 22, 2019 in U.S..
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Roper: Holcombe’s inane reason for leaving the Scott administration

Vouchers and school choice bring more equity to publicly funded education. They give the poor an opportunity much more equal to their wealthier counterparts in terms of the ability to find and benefit from an educational environment that is right for them.

July 21, 2019 in Commentary.
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Opinion: What’s wrong with being a Vermont Republican?

Republicans believe in personal responsibility for themselves and others. I really like that. Fiscal responsibility is another Republican trait. Private enterprise is another plus for Republicans.

July 21, 2019 in Commentary.
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Bernie Sanders’ speechwriter shares study attacking Bidencare by comparing its estimated ‘death toll’ to 9/11

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s speechwriter shared a study on Twitter that criticized the newly unveiled “Bidencare” by comparing its uninsured “death toll” to “forty-two 9/11 style attacks” and highlights a growing rift in the Democratic Party.

July 21, 2019 in U.S..
Mary Margaret Olohan

Former Planned Parenthood prez said crisis pregnancy centers misinform. Here’s what they actually do

Former Planned Parenthood President Leana Wen said Sunday that crisis pregnancy centers misinform, shame and deter women from getting abortions, but employees at the Capitol Hill Crisis Pregnancy Center disagree.

July 21, 2019 in U.S..
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California public schools promote polyamory for preteens

Leftists who run our nation’s public schools love to hide behind the American Psychological Association when it comes to crazy sex ed. So in a recent column I wondered how long it would take for them to push polyamory on the pubertal. Then I learned they already do.

July 21, 2019 in Commentary.

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