Ohio attorney Tom Renz, who has made national headlines for waging legal fights against excessive COVID mandates, visited Vermont on Friday to discuss strategies for responding to heavy-handed government.
About a dozen speakers including doctors, lawyers and pastors shared a stage Saturday at Ignite Church to discuss the populist pushback against COVID-related mandates, such as forced vaccination and continued public masking in some communities.
Vermont saw the largest percentage of inbound moves compared to outbound, with 74% of movers moving in. New Jersey saw the largest percentage of residents leaving the state, at 71%. New Jersey has been the top outbound state for four consecutive years, according to the report.
Beginning next January, carbon-free power produced by dams 200 megawatts or larger will become 10% less “renewable” every year for state energy standard purposes, according to a bill introduced Tuesday in the Vermont House.
Two separate venues in Montpelier and Williston are set to host the Vermont COVID Summit, a collection of expert doctors, lawyers and a clergy member who will speak on the state of COVID-19 and coronavirus-related mandates.
A bill co-sponsored by 61 Vermont House members (but no Republicans) would levy steep fees on vehicles with poor miles-per-gallon performance.
Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine said Tuesday that the Health Department is aware that nearly half of New York’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have been hospital admissions from medical emergencies unrelated to the coronavirus, and that Vermont may have a similar glitch with its hospitalization statistics.
The lack of information seems an odd oversight, given that Vermont’s Covid-19 experience is often described by state officials as “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
The governor announced the “Tests for Tots” program in a news release that will provide the rapid COVID-19 tests to regulated childcare providers in the state. Enrollment for the program is now open.
A Democrat lawmaker has proposed a bill that would make it almost impossible to avoid taking most mainline vaccines for a child to attend schools in Vermont.
Hinesburg’s recent vote to eliminate it’s town meeting and move all town votes to a ballot instead of a traditional town meeting has caught the attention of state lawmakers and Town Meeting Day advocates, who say the town improperly applied a pandemic-era safety measure.
Speaking to members of the state Senate and House of Representatives, Scott said that due to the infusion of federal funding over the past year, Vermont is in a unique position.