Vermont stepping up efforts to close digital divide in rural areas
“Our mission is to improve the lives of every Vermonter,” Christine Hallquist, executive director of the board, said in a statement.
“Our mission is to improve the lives of every Vermonter,” Christine Hallquist, executive director of the board, said in a statement.
The “Medicare For All Act of 2023” was announced last Wednesday by Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, along with Democratic Reps. Debbie Dingell of Michigan and Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
A recently formed House committee on Tuesday began what could be a months-long review of possible impeachment proceedings against two officials within one of Vermont’s counties.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday released a report detailing the number of illegal crossings at the northern border, which has about doubled since last year.
Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark’s office has directed the Vermont State Police to cite two of their own for simple assault and reckless endangerment following a 2022 non-lethal beanbag shooting of a disturbed man, the VSP said Monday.
The Vermont fiscal year 2024 budget is now in the hands of the governor. Scott now has 10 days to sign the budget, veto it, or allow it to become law without a signature or veto. If the governor issues a veto, then the Legislature will start over with the budget.
In the first seven months of fiscal 2023, Border Patrol agents apprehended and encountered more illegal foreign nationals crossing a 295-mile stretch of the Canada-U.S. border than the previous four fiscal years combined.
The proposed charter change explicitly gives teenagers the right to do on behalf of the town something state law otherwise prohibits them: the right to enter into contracts.
Susan Greenhalgh, senior advisor of election security for the nonprofit Free Speech for People, said asking officials to find a way to make online voting secure is like “asking a child to go out and play safely in traffic.”
In an appearance on the “Morning Drive Radio Show” on Thursday, Gov. Phil Scott criticized the newly passed Affordable Heat Act legislation that aims to convert most heating to electricity based on renewable energy sources, with fuel dealers and Vermonters footing the bill.
Picture the forests of wind turbines — giant metal and polymer structures breaking the horizon at every turn — secured with tons of concrete planted in giant holes dug into the “rural natural scenery.” And just below that, scenic mountainside, farm, or field will need to be cleared for solar panel farms.
A warm winter in Chittenden County jumpstarted the season for Shelburne Sugarworks and other maple producers in Vermont. The abnormal weather, though, hasn’t put a damper on productivity.