Vermont dairy farmers continue to experience a volatile milk market and once again must choose whether to enroll in an insurance program to protect themselves against falling milk prices.
Residents of the Orange County towns of Bradford and Newbury are suffering school tax sticker shock because taxes for the newly-created Oxbow United Union School District are much higher than what they had been led to expect.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear one the most important education cases in decades and the outcome of the court’s decision will affect parents of school-age children, school-choice advocates and school officials every where, including those in Vermont.
While the Trump administration is taking action to reduce food stamp fraud, the president’s critics are crying foul, and Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan is urging citizens to voice their opposition to coming changes in the program.
“There’s a simple swap-out technology that costs the consumer nearly a [minimal] amount and you can get to net-zero,” Cota said. “The technology is here, the product is here, we’ve been using it for the past 15 years.”
Vermont House Transportation Chair Curt McCormack, D-Burlington, plans to bike, walk or ride public transportation to visit the homes of every member of his committee before the Legislature reconvenes in January 2020.
Holding up posters and Earth Day flags, the crowds marched to promote awareness about climate change, which they claim is due to fossil fuels. The demonstrators also pushed issues relating to open borders, “migrant justice,” and gender and racial equality.
To show support for the capital’s version of the Global Climate Strike, at least one major high school let students skip school and won’t count it as an absence.
They didn’t skip school. They didn’t need any professional organizers or media announcements. None of them sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to publicize their cause. They didn’t chant “down with capitalism.” They didn’t block traffic.
Southern Vermont conservatives gathered under a big canvas tent in Danby on Saturday for the state’s first “Liberty Fest,” a day-long event that brought together patriotic-minded activists, interested voters and a variety of special-interest groups.
Climate activists were successful in shutting down 600 megawatts of carbon-free low-price nuclear power with Vermont Yankee several years ago, and now they are targeting 482 megawatts of New Hampshire coal power.
Local environmental activists are gearing up for the so-called Global Climate Strike starting on Friday. The coordinated protests will include civil rights-style sit-ins, street marches, and attempts to close businesses, along with other municipal disruptions.