“Our work just quadrupled overnight,” said Sue Minter, executive director of Capstone Community Action in Barre. “We had no anticipation or understanding of this. … People were calling enraged and in crisis. We didn’t have answers because we didn’t know.”
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will hold public hearings in October and November on a proposed rule to adopt edits to the state’s wetland maps.
“By signing this bill today we are taking the first step to protect children from permanent gender transition surgeries and therapies,” Gov. Kevin Stitt said. “It is wildly inappropriate for taxpayer dollars to be used for condoning, promoting or performing these types of controversial procedures.”
Parents do not have a right to any school information about their child’s sexual identity or gender expression, a Vermont Agency of Education directive says.
US oil production was 12,289,000 barrels/day in pre-pandemic year 2019. In 2021 our production was down to 11,188,000 barrels/day. It is no secret that Biden’s policy has been to discourage US production.
Gov. Chris Sununu said more than 160 National Guard soldiers from the 941st Military Police Battalion and 237th Military Police Company will be dispatched for a one-year mission to conduct surveillance and support other U.S. troops on the ground along a 250-mile section of the southern border.
On his show this week, “Next Revolution” show host Steve Hilton criticized U.S. Rep. Peter Welch for his investments and said military veteran Gerald Malloy could upset the incumbent congressman and help the GOP secure the U.S. Senate in November.
A coalition of environmental advocacy groups has requested that the CEO’s of major social media platforms stop the spread of “climate disinformation” by censoring user posts, according to a Tuesday letter.
Governor Phil Scott today issued an executive order reconstituting the Violence Prevention Task Force, which will work to bring focus and clarity to a longer-term prevention strategy that prioritizes early interventions for children and families.
Why, aside from inflation and Covid, do we have such a vast number of Vermonters with food insecurity when the employment rate is so low, businesses beg for employees and the governor noted there are over 20,000 jobs in the state waiting to be filled?
Providing a safe environment for Vermonters to live work and play is the most basic and most essential responsibility of governing, and right now Democrats have been failing miserably. That’s why Republicans stand ready to prioritize and address this issue of public safety.
Prop 5 is not about securing the rights of any citizen. It is about giving your rights to the state. Take it for what it says, not for what the proponents say it says.