Florida church warns ‘this is not a gun-free zone’
Florida pastors sent a clear warning to potential shooters, advertising a sign outside their church that says “this is not a gun free zone.”
McClaughry: A global renewable energy power play
Nuclear stations deliver steady, safe, reliable dispatchable baseload power to the grid, accompanied by almost no greenhouse gas emissions.
To fight global warming, the UN wants countries to literally suck CO2 out of the air
The Paris agreement assumes, in effect, that the world will find ways to suck CO2 out of the air since emissions cannot be cut fast enough to keep the total stock of greenhouse gases sufficiently small to limit the rise in temperature successfully.
NAACP expresses racial profiling concerns as police hunt for serial killer
Members of the Hillsborough County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People met with the Tampa police chief Thursday to discuss concerns of racial profiling and the arrests of black people as police hunt for a potential serial killer.
UN Green Climate Fund’s financials take huge hit during Trump era
President Donald Trump’s decision to stop shoveling money into the U.N.’s Green Climate Fund has dramatically hurt the financial instruments the organization uses to tackle climate change.
In 1 chart, the differences between the House and Senate tax reform bills
The House has now passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senate is still working on the final details of its reform package. Here are the differences you need to know.
Bob Orleck: On expected increase in pot-related roadway fatalities in Vermont
Government has an obligation to protect the people and not to enable their death.
It’s the Senate’s turn after House OKs GOP Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Following the House’s 227-205 vote Thursday to pass its version of the Republicans’ tax reform bill, all eyes now move to the Senate, where a committee vote is expected Friday.
Massachusetts transgender inmate sues because prison won’t let him get a mammogram
The anonymous inmate at Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Norfolk filed his complaint in a Boston federal court Wednesday against the prison, requesting that he be transferred to a nearby women’s prison.
Roper: Second-home owners testify Condos’ office OK’d voting in Vermont
How many other out-of-state part-time property owners, how many town clerks, how many Boards of Civil Authority have received this misguided, illegal advice from our secretary of state?
Truth in education finance advertising — a debate for Vermont
With regard to the recent threat of litigation against the Agency of Education for non-compliance, several points come to mind indicating less than sufficient business management practices in the AOE.
U.S. House passes sweeping tax reform bill
The House passed a comprehensive tax reform bill Thursday in a significant step toward fulfilling the GOP leadership’s goal of placing a bill on President Donald Trump’s desk by the end of the year.