The Burlington Police Department’s new monthly police chief report is out, along with multiple press releases on recent incidents, which show the force is making progress despite opposition from the “defund the police” movement.
On Friday, the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency and Forestry voted 9-2 in favor of advancing a bill that would create a universal school meal program paid for by Vermonters.
The House Transportation Committee on Friday discussed how travel around Vermont is going to change so the state can meet its ambitious mandates regarding carbon emission reduction.
Last Friday, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy met with Xusana Davis, Vermont’s executive director of racial equity, on how racial equity themes play into energy policy as they work through the Affordable Heat Act.
Earlier this month, John Lott, an economist, political commentator and gun rights advocate, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the history of past assault weapons bans in the United States.
The public health-freedom advocacy group Health Choice Vermont has highlighted five bills introduced at the Statehouse which all concern various aspects of healthcare rights.
The Cavendish Selectboard on Monday voted unanimously to reelect the town’s health officer over the objections of an unhappy local resident who complained the officer supported a 2022 Vermont House candidate who spoke out against mandatory Covid vaccines.
The ACT 1 Ethnic and Social Equity Standards working group met online on Monday to discuss social justice issues in education policy, including a lengthy debate over what terms to use to describe non-European Americans.
Last Thursday, lawmakers in the House Committee on Environment and Energy heard testimony on a bill that would restrict about a third of the state’s lands from development.
As crime continues to rise in many areas of the state, one store manager from Rutland told True North Reports how things are going on the outskirts of the state’s third-largest city.
On Wednesday, representatives from the Joint Fiscal Office briefed House lawmakers in the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry about costs associated with the proposed universal school meals program.
Senate lawmakers last week heard from legislative counsel about a bill that would force managers of public retirement programs to de-invest from carbon-related energy investments such as oil and gas energy production.