If the school safety measures discussed Wednesday in the House Education Committee are any indication, there will likely be no immediate armed resistance to protect children if an active shooter steps onto a school campus in Vermont.
As Vermont looks to advance its own net neutrality rules in the wake of last year’s FCC ruling that rescinded the policy at the federal level, one expert is warning that such efforts will fail, and a trade group is already threatening to sue.
The Vermont Senate on Friday afternoon passed sweeping gun control regulations, setting the stage for quick approval from Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who praised lawmakers and said he supports the measure.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has joined with Democratic senators from around the country to address bullying in the nation’s schools, and to build upon anti-bullying approaches in Vermont.
With accusations of racism flying everywhere in the Green Mountain State, two questions seem to be on everyone’s mind: Are you a racist? Is Vermont racist? Ten Vermonters who spoke with True North Reports were more than willing to answer directly.
All Earth Renewables CEO David Blittersdorf has been the biggest name in industrial wind in Vermont for decades, but changes in the state’s regulatory and political environment have led the green-energy mogul to look for greener pastures elsewhere.
The little bill that began as a measure for confiscated firearms storage has morphed into an all-encompassing gun control regulation, with the latest changes coming Tuesday as House members voted 89-54 to approve S.55 and send it back to the Senate.
In this Statehouse Headliners, David Blittersdorf says he’s done with wind energy in Vermont, a video games and school shootings connection study has been recommended, and a bill would require Medicaid to fully reimburse long-acting contraception.
U.S. Forest Service environmental regulations may see reform after a member of the Capitol Christmas Tree team in Vermont complained that burdensome rules hampered the ability to select trees from the Green Mountain National Forest.
A new report indicates that Vermont is over-spending and underachieving on its trajectory towards 90 percent renewable energy by 2050, a policy goal laid out in the state’s current renewable energy standard.
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, towns can’t “just say no” to pot dispensaries, the Scott administration opposes carbon tax money in the budget, a Mormon-founded super-community gets vote of no confidence, and other states say no to physician-prescribed death.
A day after the Vermont House preliminarily passed legislation for universal background checks, gun magazine limits and increasing the gun purchase age to 21, about 2,000 students and activists gathered at the Statehouse to participate in a nationwide rally for gun control.