“The science behind vaccines is sound, I think vaccines do good for our communities, my daughter is vaccinated. But it’s a question of whether government should be forcing that onto individuals, which is different than a scientific question,” he said.
Vermont’s speaker of the House, an eight-time incumbent Democrat, may be in danger of losing her seat to a Republican uncle-and-nephew political duo on Tuesday.
Vermont seems likely to keep losing these annual grants unless one side or the other gives way, or a federal judge requires immediate action.
Democrats and Republicans generally stick to their road map. Nonetheless, several politically passionate Vermonters chose to run as independent or alternative party candidates this year.
When it comes to using state taxpayer dollars to advance his sometimes kooky, left-of-center political agenda, Vermont Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman isn’t shy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., met face-to-face with Republican challenger Lawrence Zupan on Monday in what proved to be one of the most intense debates of the election season.
While the town of Bennington is not seeing a noticeable increase of voter registrations, Town Clerk Cassandra Barbeau has noticed “a record number” of duplicate registrations.
Vermont’s candidates for secretary of state are outspoken, well-known personalities. The similarity between Republican H. Brooke Paige and Democratic incumbent Jim Condos ends there.
The Vermont Medical Society has voted against commercial marijuana, saying it will increase human suffering and state budgetary pressures and do little to hinder the black market.
In a debate forum on Friday, Republican H. Brooke Paige said programs to boost voter registration in Vermont have led the state to sign up 70,000 more people to vote than there are eligible voters. He later retracted his statement.
In this State Headliners, Christine Hallquist says Midwestern wind power is cheaper. Also, GMP keeps promise to return Trump tax cut to ratepayers, and Vermont’s bond downgrade shows the wisdom of saying no to divestment.
A 6 percent increase in insurance premiums on all 615,950 registered vehicles in Vermont would cost about $28.3 million. The average Vermont car insurance premium is $764. A 6 percent increase would add $46 in annual premiums, for a total of $810.