Don Turner: Unfunded liabilities are sleeping giant for Vermont

We need to have conversations about substantive reform if we’re serious about paying down our liabilities while making financially responsible decisions for our state’s future.

Chronicle: All passed bills, low-carbon spending, Act 250 pushback and more

In the June 5, 2019, issue of the Chronicle of the Vermont State House, longtime WVMT radio host Charlie Papillo hosts a new video series, every bill approved by the 2019 Legislature is described, and Act 250 reform raises concerns.

Mexico steps up illegal immigration enforcement after Trump’s tariff threat

Around 200 Mexican law enforcement officials blocked a U.S.-bound caravan Wednesday. The caravan, made up of about 1,000 Central American migrants, was heading north on a highway near the town of Metapa.

Video: Students haven’t heard of D-Day on its 75th anniversary

Even though thousands of Americans lost their lives storming the beaches of Normandy, France, college students had absolutely no idea what anniversary is marked June 6.

Keelan: D-Day, 75 years later

In the next few years we will have no living witnesses to what has been described by historians as one of the greatest military achievements of all time – the Normandy Landing in France, on June 6, 1944.

Flemming: Big solar tries to fleece Vermonters (again)

Vermont has reached solar saturation, creating the possibility that parts of our electric grid could malfunction and leave thousands without power for days. But some large renewable energy companies are trying to lobby our government for yet more solar.

Bucknam: A constitutional amendment for Vermont’s kids

Lawmakers should pass in the next legislative session a proposal for a Vermont Constitutional Amendment patterned after the abortion rights amendment giving parents the liberty to choose the appropriate education for their children.

Trump: Unarmed civilians are ‘sitting ducks’

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that unarmed civilians are “sitting ducks” because they obey laws that prevent carrying guns for self-defense.

Liz Warren pitches taking $1.5 trillion from the troops to fund her Green New Deal

Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s climate change plan would divert future spending on military procurement to finance her own version of the Green New Deal.

Roper: Hey Hollywood, put your money where your mouth is

Our Legislature just passed what has been described as the most radical pro-abortion legislation in the nation. If pro-life legislation is a motivating factor in leaving someplace, shouldn’t pro-abortion legislation be a factor in moving to someplace if your goal is to make a political point?