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Author Archives: TNR

Office of the Vice President

Trump administration takes on unions over ‘skimming’ Medicaid funds

The rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would eliminate states’ ability to divert part of Medicaid payments from providers to a third party. Home caregivers are often relatives or close friends of a family, and they receive the Medicaid stipends for in-home care that varies based on hours required.

July 24, 2018 in U.S..
FreedomFest

Conservative historian attends libertarian FreedomFest, gives mixed reviews

Steve Forbes’ speech was a fitting way to end FreedomFest 2018 — reaching out to both libertarians and conservatives, who despite their differences, have more in common than the purists on each side claim.

July 24, 2018 in Commentary.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Moore: Vermont attractions are not a ‘weakness’

I welcome the No. 1 ranking that CNBC gave Vermont, but am disappointed that they missed out on so many attractions that visitors from around the world come to see.

July 23, 2018 in Commentary.
Wikimedia Commons/Tom Hilton

Frenier: Beyond sexual liberation

It is time for women to reject both sex-as-repression and sex-as-freedom models and come up with a model of our own that includes our commitment to relationships and to our young.

July 23, 2018 in Commentary.
Executive Office of the President of the United States

Trump and senators offer plans to reorganize bureaucracy, drain the swamp

Trump’s plan would begin the long process of rearranging the overgrown federal bureaucracy by grafting together agencies that do similar work and pruning away offices that have outlived their usefulness.

July 23, 2018 in Commentary.
Michael Bielawski/TNR

State Headliners: Vermont AG to advise on Act 86 pot ‘gifting’ scam

In this Headliners, the Vermont attorney general is set to advise on prosecuting marijuana “gifting,” youth pot consumption is increasing, cops have few options for stoned drivers, and Newport House candidate quits Republican primary.

July 22, 2018 in TNR News.
Wikimedia Commons/Adam Jones

Drawing straws: VPIRG is gambling away disabled Vermonters’ independence

VPIRG is telling our legislators that they should pass a proposal to ban plastic straws to keep them out of landfills. For some Vermonters who already have difficulty caring for themselves, this ban would force them to decide between eating and drinking at home or going without a drink at restaurants.

July 22, 2018 in Commentary.
Public domain

Apartment residents heat up over AC removal by Brattleboro Housing Partnership

Recently, the Brattleboro Housing Partnership, which owns and manages the 62-unit apartment building on Elliot Street, removed the in-window units. “They want us to get floor models,” said Ressler.

July 22, 2018 in TNR News.
Flickr/401kcalculator.org

‘Pig book’ spotlights 232 earmarks amid pork that wastes taxpayers’ money

The 2018 edition of the Congressional Pig Book exposes 232 earmarks of taxpayers’ money totaling $14.7 billion, doubling the 2017 tally, Thomas A. Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, told reporters. At this rate, within two years, lawmakers will pass their $29 billion record in earmark spending set in 2006.

July 22, 2018 in Commentary.
U.S. Department of Defense

The RNC has over five times as much cash as the DNC did in May

The RNC had $50.7 million in cash as of June, according to the RNC official. The DNC had $8.7 million in cash as of May, according to Federal Election Commission data. The RNC also raised $13.9 million in June, the most raised during any non-presidential election year in June.

July 22, 2018 in U.S..
Wikimedia Commons/JD Lasica

Is Elon Musk a closet conservative? Donations to GOP leaders offer clue

Musk plowed $38,900 last quarter into a PAC aimed at maintaining Republican control of the House, according to federal election commission data. Some in the media believe the $38,900 donation to the PAC Protect the House is evidence Musk is a closeted conservative.

July 20, 2018 in U.S..
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Kavanaugh went against net neutrality rules as a DC judge

“That Act does not supply clear congressional authorization for the FCC to impose common carrier regulation on Internet service providers. Therefore, under the Supreme Court’s precedents applying the major rules doctrine, the net neutrality rule is unlawful.”

July 20, 2018 in U.S..

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