Majority rams unrestricted abortion through House in preliminary vote
The Vermont House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favor of an unrestricted right to exterminate pregnancies through all nine months of a baby’s development.
Gun-rights groups under fire as lawmakers push more gun laws in Vermont
Vermont can expect to see gun control bills become law for the second straight year unless pro-gun groups can sway the new liberal supermajority in the Statehouse.
House Judiciary Committee votes to move abortion bill forward
The House Judiciary Committee on Friday approved Vermont’s controversial abortion bill, H.57, after a week of review.
Boston residents operating in Swanton indicted on drugs and guns trading charges
Two Boston residents who temporarily had been living in Swanton were indicted Monday by a federal grand jury on charges related to drug and firearm conspiracy.
Rep. Peter Welch still likes Green New Deal despite controversies, unrealistic goals
Welch called the Green New Deal “a broad outline of ambitious goals” and said Congress over the next two years would be drafting legislation and conducting hearings to make progress toward those goals.
New bills would ban natural gas pipelines and above-ground fuel tanks
“This is a problem for more than 65 percent of Vermont homes and businesses that have an above-ground storage tank, and presumably would want to replace it so they can continue to use oil, kerosene and propane to stay warm,” Cota said.
Vermont House committee approves unlimited abortion despite massive public outcry
The House Human Services Committee on Thursday approved unrestricted abortion following a packed public hearing Wednesday at which many Vermonters decried late-term abortions as barbaric and inhumane.
House passes one-year extension for some forced school district mergers, not all
After narrowly voting down the “Scheuermann Amendment” that would have given all schools facing mergers a one-year extension to comply with Act 46, House lawmakers on Thursday voted to allow some schools to get the extension.
Amendment to delay Act 46 forced mergers a year defeated in House
The Vermont House of Representatives on Wednesday voted down a proposed amendment that would have allowed a one-year extension for forced school district mergers under Act 46.
Social justice education reform making its way through House
A bill to introduce social justice education to Vermont preK-12 students was approved unanimously on the House floor Thursday without controversy.
Social justice warriors hit First Amendment brick wall in Vermont
“The same First Amendment that allowed the civil rights movement to survive when it was in its infancy, that is the same First Amendment that protects the rights of even these people who express what we might consider to be culturally abhorrent terms.”
House Human Services Committee hears opinions on extreme abortion bill
The House Human Services Committee on Wednesday heard from speakers about H.57, an extreme abortion bill that would guarantee a “fundamental right” to abortion up to the moment of a child’s birth.