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What Trump’s decision on Jerusalem means for Israel and the Middle East

President Donald Trump on Wednesday kept his campaign promise to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and ordered the State Department to make plans to eventually move the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv.

December 7, 2017 in Commentary.
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Keelan: A case for improved meetings

How meetings are conducted and what is to be presented can be improved. While I am not a fan of Amazon and Jeff Bezos, I must give him credit for how his successful company runs its meetings.

December 7, 2017 in Commentary.
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Roper: Vermont better start cutting taxes dramatically

Vermont’s personal income tax revenues are down $6.41 million below forecasts. We have to ask how can this be given that the national economy is booming with 3 percent or better growth for three straight quarters, the stock market is at record highs, and Vermont’s unemployment numbers are at record lows.

December 6, 2017 in Commentary.
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House passes concealed carry reciprocity bill

The House passed legislation Wednesday that will allow people with a concealed carry permit to also bring their guns across state lines in states that permit concealed carry. 

December 6, 2017 in U.S..
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Doomsday will not follow repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate

Congressional repeal of Obamacare’s individual insurance mandate penalty is not tantamount to pressing the button on the doomsday machine.

December 6, 2017 in Commentary.
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Supreme Court sympathetic to Christian baker in LGBT rights dispute

A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Tuesday with a Christian baker from Colorado who declined to create a custom wedding cake for an LGBT couple.

December 6, 2017 in U.S..
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Statehouse Headliners: Members of Congress take Alzheimer’s meds, taxes and GMP rates set to rise

In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, members of Congress take Alzheimer’s meds, a Pulitzer Prize winner from Middlebury says no to Big Marijuana, and school taxes and electricity costs are set to rise.

December 5, 2017 in TNR News.
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Moore: Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce opposes $15 minimum wage

It is apparent that one of the priority bills in the new year will be to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce has joined many other pro-business groups to oppose this recommendation.

December 5, 2017 in Commentary.
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Report: China’s anti-coal crusade leaves country’s poorest freezing

China’s anti-coal campaign is causing people in the country’s poorest areas to freeze for lack of adequate energy supply, according to a report Monday from Climate Home News.

December 5, 2017 in Elsewhere.
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If a Christian baker’s rights are violated, we all lose

In the Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the court is considering whether a state can force a Christian cake baker to bake a custom cake for a same-sex wedding in violation of his deeply held religious beliefs.

December 5, 2017 in Commentary.
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Massachusetts Medical Society now cool with assisted suicide

The Massachusetts Medical Society voted to repeal it’s policy regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia on Saturday, moving from it well established opposition to the practice to a “neutral engagement.”

December 4, 2017 in U.S..
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Trump suggests people sue ABC News over Flynn false news reports

President Donald Trump suggested people affected by a false report from ABC News sue the outlet, the president said in a Sunday morning tweet.

December 4, 2017 in U.S..

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