Gov. Phil Scott is on the verge of capitulating to the gun control lobby and changing Vermont’s longstanding tradition of safe gun freedom. But leaders in other states are standing up for America’s constitutional rights and rejecting solutions that punish law abiding citizens and do little to protect kids from active shooters.
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, towns can’t “just say no” to pot dispensaries, the Scott administration opposes carbon tax money in the budget, a Mormon-founded super-community gets vote of no confidence, and other states say no to physician-prescribed death.
Protesters at the March for Our Lives wanted to ban assault weapons but did not know what they are, according to a video published Sunday.
How important is international trade to Vermont’s economy? According to a report from the Business Roundtable, international trade, including exports and imports, supports 92,502 Vermont jobs – more than 1 in 5.
Windham Regional Commission and the Town of Vernon now have the ability to plan for a future in which redevelopment may begin in as early as 10 years.
So why aren’t we moving rapidly toward direct primary care coupled with independent specialist centers, paid for by health savings accounts and backed up by high deductible health plans?
The leader of Republican groups at Massachusetts colleges says the position is rewarding because it allows him to support fellow students, such as the one who felt attacked by a professor who openly derided President Donald Trump.
“How do we know what the ideal surface temperature should be in the year 2100, looking out 82 plus years, right? It’s a fair question, right? Particularly if you’re basing policy on it now,” Pruitt noted.
Why lawmakers would consider — let alone pass — a law that they know will both drag on the overall economy and have significant negative impacts on the state’s most vulnerable businesses and citizens is mind-boggling.
House leadership released the text of a 2,232 page must-pass spending bill that includes a number of provisions that are likely to make conservatives angry.
Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion program and subsidies have made major health insurance companies extremely profitable, according to a White House economic report released this week.
Attorney General Maura Healey has opposed building new pipeline capacity to bring more gas to energy-starved New England, and says importing liquefied natural gas during cold snaps is better for the environment than building new pipelines.