As winter approaches, heating fuel denied hundreds of ‘red tagged’ homeowners
As late-October cold weather moves in, hundreds of Vermont home and property owners are forbidden to fill up their heating fuel tanks.
Dem nominee for high bailiff says police need more civilian oversight
Will Addison County choose a deputy sheriff, a former high bailiff, or a pro-legal marijuana lawyer to hold the office empowered to remove and then serve as the county sheriff?
Questioning Barrett, Leahy repeats false claims, religious broadcasters say
During the second day of hearings to examine the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, Sen. Patrick Leahy repeated false information in his criticism of the judge.
More than 14,200 charged with firearms-related crimes during fiscal year 2020
The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced that more than 14,200 defendants have been charged with firearms-related crimes during fiscal year 2020.
Report ranks Scott as 7th most fiscally responsible governor in U.S.
The Cato Institute published the “Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2020,” which uses publicly available data to assess the fiscal performance of the governors and how they restrained or grew the size of their state’s government.
Milne reels in four more Dem endorsements
Former St. Albans Mayor Marty Manahan, former Rep. Dick Allard (D-St. Albans), former Rep. Stephen Allard (D-St. Albans), and former St. Albans City Alderman Dan Luneau join seven other prominent Democrats and independents.
Vermont death certificate data: Average COVID death age 77 with multiple underlying conditions
Data from the death certificates of 58 Vermonters who died from COVID-19 reveal that victims had an average age of 77 and were burdened by multiple medical conditions ranging from diabetes and heart disease to obesity.
Japanese-American calls members of Mill River School District Board racists for rejecting pro-Asian flag
In June the Mill River Unified Union School District Board voted in favor of flying the Black Lives Matter flag over its campuses, but now an Asian-American parent wants schools to fly a flag to celebrate Asian lives, and the board is saying no way.
New law requires energy goal ed for licensed building professionals
The state of Vermont has two separate “90% by 2050” energy goals. A new law makes learning those goals a condition of licensing for many of Vermont’s building construction and service professionals.
Legislature yet to apologize for eugenics law
Today, Vermont observes its second annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which replaced Columbus Day as an official state holiday in 2019. This year the Vermont Legislature failed to pass a resolution apologizing for a 1931 law allowing the State of Vermont to sterilize Abenaki Indians, mentally ill Vermonters, and other minority groups.
Inmates’ move from Mississippi to New Hampshire nixed
Negotiations to move Vermont inmates from a Mississippi prison to to just across the Connecticut River from Bradford failed because the Haverhill, N.H., facility lacks necessary drug treatment programs.
To study Earth’s critical zone, UVM team wins $3.2 million
Vermont-based researchers received a generous $3.2 million National Science Foundation grant to study what is being termed Earth’s critical zone, a region where water, air, soil, rock, and life converge.