I don’t know why the taxpayers should be hit up for the $9 million, but overall this is a very responsible program. With the help of the utility, it uses savings from lower energy bills to finance the efficiency improvements that produced the savings.
The study says prisons in the state are understaffed, have low morale, poor mental health, and an overall lack of activities for inmates that promote well-being and build skills that will help them upon release.
The panel, “Setting the Record Straight,” took place at the Restoring Our Faith Summit last October in Vermont. “We are shocked and disappointed that YouTube refused to post our video that featured some of the country’s leading scientists and physicians and high-level government officials,” a spokesperson for Restoring Our Faith Vermont told The Daily Signal.
I was particularly interested in the governor’s comments on addressing climate change, especially because he is facing a Legislature firmly under control of the Vermont Climate Council super-government.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) is far from sold on the federal government’s proposal to ban gas stoves as a way of cutting down on the levels of air pollutants emitted by the appliances.
Plaintiffs in Vitale v. Bellows Falls Union High School argue that allowing some parents to choose the best school for their child under Vermont’s “tuitioning” system, while forcing other families to accept a school based on geography, is a violation of equal access to educational opportunity under Brigham.
Released by CBS News and YouGov, the poll found that 64% of those surveyed said the national economy is doing “fairly bad” or “very bad.” Notably, 49% of those surveyed say they feel “scared” about the fate of the U.S. in the next year.
The bill’s gun control measures prohibit possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, straw purchases of firearms, possession of firearms by fugitives from justice and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons by persons under 21 years of age.
Given that we cannot seem to stop bad guys from getting guns, and we have certainly tried hard at that goal, I suggest that enacting laws that force good guys to be disarmed is simply providing for more easy victims.
Vermont Democrats are slowly establishing the kind of heavy-handed authoritarian approach to governing that should leave Vermonters worried that Montpelier is beginning to look more like Washington than we would like.
The Foundation for Government Accountability has released a new study that illustrates that more than 98 million Americans are enrolled in the program. Vermont, as of June 30, has 210,010 enrolled in the health care program.
Democrats and Progressives are hoping that newly elected supermajorities in both the House and Senate, along with a new name for what is essentially a carbon tax on home heating fuels, will ensure that that the Clean Heat Standard will become law this year.