Vermont AG asks Supreme Court to uphold magazine ban
The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has filed a brief asking the state’s highest court to determine that a high-capacity magazine ban enacted last year comports with the Vermont Constitution.
Coventry landfill leaders respond to environmentalist critics
The 51-acre Coventry landfill has long been a focus of environmental activists for alleged leakage of dangerous materials, but now the landfill’s management is responding to those criticisms, and reminding the public that the company plays a critical role in maintaining a clean environment in Vermont.
State Headliners: State panel ‘toying’ with elimination of State Board of Education
In the justification of its existence, the State Board of Education isn’t getting much support from the Agency of Education. On Wednesday an AOE spokesperson told the Commission in effect that AOE could manage SBE’s workload.
Statehouse Headliners: Is VPIRG ‘public interest’ or ‘special interest’?
Is it true the membership of the VPIRG board of directors shows a close affiliation with renewable energy industry and environmental special interests?
State Headliners: Vermont gasoline and diesel consumption 2.5X higher than estimated; haircut regs meant to protect barbers
If the multi-state, regional Transportation & Climate Initiative takes effect, and if Vermonters pay the 36 cents per gallon that Californians will pay under their similar “cap and trade” program, Vermont drivers could pay an extra $137 million per year.
Alarmist Michael Mann goes on defense at UVM as ‘climate denialism’ grows
For Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University, there is no legitimate debate to be had that the earth is facing imminent peril from man-made global warming. Anyone who dares question that orthodoxy is a climate science “denier.”
State Headliners: ACLU says decriminalization will reduce racial disparity in VT prisons
The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont said Tuesday the Legislature could cut Vermont’s prison population in half if it will decriminalize the sex trade, drug possession, writing bad checks and trespassing.
Despite savings, loggers still pay third of income into workers’ compensation
Gov. Phil Scott and other state leaders made a stop at Anderson Equipment on Wednesday to discuss a program aimed at increasing safety and lowering workers’ compensation rates for the logging industry.
State Headliners: TJ Donovan guest of honor at Planned Parenthood candidate fundraiser
Vermont Right to Life is calling out Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan for being the guest of honor at a Planned Parenthood Political Action Committee fundraiser in Burlington on Thursday night.
State Headliners: Proposed regs would outlaw men’s haircut discounts, and ‘stealth’ carbon tax would nick other budgets
The common practice of advertising and providing “men’s haircuts” at a different price than “women’s haircuts” will violate state regulations, if a rule proposed by the Vermont Secretary of State Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) is approved.
Dartmouth study says climate change will impact maple syrup season
A new study by Dartmouth College predicts that the region’s sugar maple tapping season is going to shift for the rest of the century due to the effects of climate change.
Vermont GOP will stay on sidelines if Scott gets primary challenger
The chair of the Vermont Republican Party says party leadership will stand by and let Vermonters choose whether to support a primary challenger against Gov. Phil Scott for the 2020 gubernatorial election.