If one were to ask Vermonters what was the significance of America’s invasion of the island of Guadalcanal, on August 7, 1942, from most, a blank stare would be the reaction. Not so if you put the question to Gedeon Lacroix.
An article in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal shows evidence that the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act is driving, at least in part, the opioid epidemic that is ravaging the nation.
If some legislators get their way, Vermont will adopt a $15 minimum wage as soon as Jan. 1, 2019.
A veteran is using his personal experiences to battle both physician-assisted suicide and terminal brain cancer to protect other patients.
Students will examine the “possibilities” of “abolishing whiteness” in a fall 2017 course at Stanford University.
A professor at the University of Georgia created a “Stress Reduction Policy” that allows students who feel “unduly stressed” to choose their own grades.
Some of the largest non-polar glaciers in the world are either stable or growing due to a “vortex” of cold air over a 1,200-mile section of the greater Himalayan mountain range in central Asia, according to a new study.
Are Vermonters dumb enough to fall for this costly foolishness all over again?
Immigrants fearing a U.S. immigration crackdown are seeking a new life in Canada, regional lumber mills are closing, and the next hearing on the Vermont Yankee decommissioning plan has been delayed until January.
If Sanders thinks “Medicare For All” is the solution to the nation’s health care problems, what makes him think he’s doing anything other than setting us on a path that reduces access to care and increases the rate at which the federal budget implodes?
The market equilibrium minimum wage — which allows employers to attract workers — is about $11 per hour. The proposed $15 minimum marks a 30 percent increase in what is many employers’ biggest expense.
After facing a lawsuit over its treatment of a kindergartener who identifies as transgender, a nationally recognized public charter school has agreed to adopt a far-reaching inclusionary policy.