Vermont’s one-year rise in unsheltered living is reason for concern. Apart from the difficulty posed to the inhabitants, a growth in temporary shelters burdens tax-payer funded social services.
Last week Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan hosted a public forum for the Rutland community on issues of “hate” and racism in the Green Mountain State. It was part of Donovan’s new statewide series that included more than 70 city officials, police officers and residents.
Several hundred protesters took to the streets of Williston on Sunday afternoon to express their opposition to immigration detentions and any cooperation between Vermont and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
While media commentators across the political spectrum have tended to agree that this week’s congressional hearings with former special counselor Robert Mueller were a disaster for the Russian-interference-in-the-2016-election narrative, two top Vermont politicians are doubling down in support of Mueller’s testimony.
Thanks in part to the 2017 Trump federal tax reform, Vermont state corporate income tax receipts are up $38 million over last year.
A Brooklyn, New York, man accused of having submitted more than 1,800 false immigration applications has been indicted for 12 counts of making false statements on official immigration documents.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Vermont and MVP Health Care, who together share a monopoly on the health insurance industry in Vermont, are once again asking to raise health insurance rates on Vermonters.
“This is probably going to make some people in Montpelier and surrounding areas very upset with us,” she said as commuters detoured around the blocked intersection. “But the idea is that they should be upset. The Earth is dying. People are still building fossil fuel infrastructure. And nobody is talking about it.”
The program provides a forum for community discussion on future economic vitality and affordability in a time when climate change is already impacting businesses and individuals in Vermont. Energy efficiency, transportation, renewable energy and sustainable development will be on the list of discussion topics.
For the Republican Party faithful living in the Democratic-stronghold of Addison County, an ice-cream social gathering held at the River’s Edge Campground in Vergennes provided a pep rally of sorts for rebuilding the local GOP in advance of the 2020 campaign.
A small group of “Extinction Rebellion” climate change protesters stopped traffic at the intersection of Taylor Street and State Street in Montpelier all morning long on Tuesday. The protest effectively stopped traffic all along State Street.
While the Scott administration has announced $1.5 million in security boosts for Vermont’s schoolchildren, none of the funds are for armed guards or staff who could shoot back at an attacker.