The Scott administration is continuing to back away from COVID-related urgency, saying that for now life can largely turn back to normal — but officials cautioned that the door remains open for future policy changes.
Vermont public schools, in partnership with the largest abortion chain in America, now are required to provide free condoms to students as young as 12 – even if their parents object.
A coalition of New England policymakers held a virtual press conference Thursday morning to discuss how transportation policies in California are tied to 15 other states including Vermont, and will mandate that no gas-combustion engines may be sold after 2035.
A bill stripping police of protections against civil rights lawsuits isn’t needed and would worsen Vermont’s already critical shortage of law-enforcement workers, Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Michael Shirling told the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 9.
Rep. Timothy Briglin told the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday that the proposed “clean heat standard” would incentivize carbon-free heating systems and force fuel sellers to pay into a carbon-emissions-based credit system that proponents continue not to call a carbon tax.
According to the requirements of Vermont state law, Vermont must ban the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035 — because that’s what California is doing.
The state’s Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets announced the grant, which will be paid for with American Rescue Plan Act dollars, that will augment the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center in addition to milk producers in the state.
More than 50,000 pages of vaccine safety data previously withheld from public review were ordered to be released last week by the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. At least one document refers to the Pfizer COVID vaccine as “investigational.”
On Feb. 7, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a startling bulletin declaring a crackdown on online speech in an apparent effort to prevent domestic terrorism. Vermont officialdom’s response has been, to say the least, muted.
The Scott administration is formally advising that Vermonters — in schools and elsewhere — resort to personal choice when it comes to wearing a face mask or not, be it indoors or outdoors.
On Town Meeting Day, the Rutland City School Board shifted left again, meaning the high school’s mascot debate is likely to continue. Also, Burlington residents voted in favor or legalizing prostitution and keeping Progressives in control of City Council.
The Vermont Senate Education Committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would restrict the types of mascots and names to be used for Vermont school sports teams, even if the community voted for the mascot.