McClaughry: Community rating
If there’s anything that is dear to the modern liberal, it’s the principle of progressive taxation – increasingly high tax rates on people as they rise up the income scale.
Here’s how President Trump wants to streamline government
The Trump administration proposes to reform and reorganize government by streamlining food regulation, merging two Cabinet departments, and consolidating housing programs.
SCOTUS usurps power of Congress, regulates interstate commerce in online business ruling
Thursday’s Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. threatens to upend online commerce, drive thousands of small entrepreneurs out of business, and hike prices for hundreds of millions of consumers.
Sen. Randy Brock: Senate budget compromise worth being adopted
It’s too early to know if the Senate’s budget compromise will survive. But it’s a good faith effort that deserves consideration. Most important, it keeps the homestead rate flat. It’s worth being adopted by the House and signed into law by the governor. It’s time to move on.
Statehouse Headliners: UVM Med Center doing 5 abortions a day, pagans cast spells on NRA and Trump
In this Statehouse Headliners, UVM Medical Center is performing five abortions a day under the new elective abortions policy, VT pagans are casting spells against NRA and Trump, and the U.S. Attorney General’s Office supports “bothersome” free speech on college campuses.
Roper: A modest proposal for the budget impasse
The Democrats would get the needed pay-down of pensions liabilities they want and successfully avoid the use of one-time funds for ongoing education expenses. Scott and the Republicans could legitimately claim that, when you balance the tax increase with the tax rebate check, they did not raise taxes.
Opinion: Small town Vermont is what summer is all about
Vermont in the summer is unique. I know because I’ve spent many of my summers elsewhere. Vermont summers are prime examples of the community-building that makes our state strong, and I believe small businesses are at the heart of this.
New Hampshire’s governor saved residents millions by vetoing solar subsidies
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu officially vetoed SB 446 on Tuesday. If signed into law, the bill would have raised the state’s net metering caps from its current 1-megawatt limit to 5 megawatts per customer.
Supreme Court botches Wayfair ruling, sets small online businesses on course for new taxes
The court essentially ruled that all 50 states and the tens of thousands of local tax jurisdictions are now permitted to reach outside their borders and require out-of-state internet retailers to collect and remit local sales taxes.
Statehouse Headliners: New Senate budget in works, VT emissions going up, and candidates file for election
In this Statehouse Headliners, a new Senate budget in the works would insure teachers with state employees, Vermont is not meeting emissions goals, and state candidates have filed for the August primary.
Ted Cruz introduces legislation expanding school choice
The Student Empowerment Act further broadens 529 accounts, also known as college savings plans, to include “K-12 elementary and secondary school expenses for public, private, and religious schools, including homeschool students.”
Opioid addiction is sending scores of children into foster care
Over the past four years states particularly swamped with opioid addiction have seen increases as large as 40 percent in their foster care populations.