Schubart: Town Meeting Day is upon us
Our venerable system of local government — where it’s still practiced — calls townsfolk together to debate and make decisions of local and global import with a mix of comity and comedy.
Americans support Trump plan for arming teachers, poll finds
Trump tweeted that teachers “and trusted people who work within a school” should receive a yearly bonus if they arm themselves.
Campus Watch: No one has a right to cause burdensome disruptions, not even UVM students
While the right to peacefully assemble is fundamental to our country, no one has a right to cause burdensome disruptions. Surely blocking the road during rush hour and occupying a building of offices and classrooms in the middle of the day are significant disruptions.
Condos: Remember to vote on Town Meeting Day
For over 200 years, Town Meeting Day has been an important political event as Vermonters elect local officers, vote on municipal and school budgets, and decide a host of other potential local issues, like bond votes or school district consolidations.
Rubio takes on Obama-era PROMISE program in move to boost school safety
Rubio said federal law currently discourages school systems from reporting dangerous students under the Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act. The PROMISE Act tries to shift the focus on troubled youths away from incarceration.
Keelan: Government regulations snag US Capitol Christmas trees from Vermont
The team had located some possible tree candidates, but another barrier to them getting started arose — studies had to be undertaken by the forest service. The studies had to do with the environmental impact as well as any findings from an archeological review. All the team wished to do was to identify a tree and each winter apply the releasing.
Bob Orleck: Senator Sears is a changed man
Not only is he playing politics with gun rights, he is the prime mover in creating an atmosphere of drug addiction that will lead to the very danger he preaches that he must do what he can to prevent.
Legal group sues for records of up to 100,000 noncitizens on Pennsylvania voter rolls
A conservative legal group is suing Pennsylvania for records that could show thousands of noncitizen residents registered to vote over the last two decades.
School district approves plan to arm teachers in classrooms
A school board in Kentucky approved a preliminary plan that would allow teachers to carry concealed weapons in the classroom Monday.
Why is CNN’s approval rating for Trump 15 points lower than Rasmussen’s?
CNN claims 35 percent of American adults approve of how Trump is performing, but Rasmussen Reports found 49 percent of respondents approve of the president. Some information could call CNN poll’s results into question.
Mandatory union fees divide demonstrators as Supreme Court hears arguments
Government employees who don’t support the political activism of union leaders should not be forced to fund that activism, said demonstrators who turned out Monday at the Supreme Court building to support a free speech challenge of government-imposed union mandates.
Fact Check: Did Broward Sheriff’s Department get 23 calls beforehand about school shooter?
The sheriff’s department “had a total of 23 calls for service involving Nikolas Cruz or his family,” Sheriff Israel said in a letter responding to Florida State Rep. Bill Hager’s call to remove Israel for neglect of duty and incompetence.