Controversial ‘Gender Queer’ book in circulation at Essex High School library
“Gender Queer” essentially is a primer for youth on sexual identity, masturbation, gay pornography, sexting and performing gay sexual acts.
Billado won’t seek reelection as GOP chair
Citing the responsibilities of a new job, Deb Billado of Essex Junction announced Wednesday she will not seek reelection as chair of the Vermont Republican Party.
Burlington mayor warns inflation inhibiting street paving, says reduction in officers could take years to reverse
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger says city paving projects may be impacted by rising material costs, and also that it will take years to hire more police officers even after City Council recently raised the staffing cap to 87.
Only 30 Vermonters re-infected with symptomatic Covid
About 30 Vermonters who contracted symptomatic Covid-19 symptoms have recovered and then suffered a second bout of symptomatic Covid-19, Health Commissioner Mark Levine said Tuesday. There have been 134 hospitalizations and 59 deaths among the 4,881 cases of vaccine breakthrough this year.
Vax-only strategy not working, time for mask mandate, lawmakers say
Vermont’s vaccination program isn’t enough to stop the pandemic, lawmakers and health care providers said at a press conference Monday evening. Their demand for a new state of emergency and universal mask mandate got the cold shoulder from Gov. Phil Scott on Tuesday.
Vermont schools must stay masked until January 18
Masks will be required in Vermont public schools until Jan. 18 regardless of whether the school has reached 80% vaccination, Agency of Education Secretary Dan French said Tuesday. When school opened in August, mandatory masking was expected to last just a few weeks.
Putney school grad joins with Soros to bankroll U.S. media
Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn, is a 1985 graduate of the Windham County-based Putney School. According to an Axios news report he and fellow leftist billionaire investor George Soros have created a new company to bankroll local news outlets across the country.
Parents share how to overcome school mask mandates, public school indoctrination
About 60 free-speech and Constitution advocates gathered at the Statehouse lawn Saturday morning to hear speeches on topics ranging from sex education to taking a stand against local school mask mandates.
Vermont Law School can hide anti-slavery mural, judge rules
The school at first threatened to paint over the murals, but instead covered up the murals with tarps and asked artist Sam Kerson to remove them. He refused and filed suit last December. Kerson reportedly has promised to appeal the Oct. 20 U.S. District Court decision against him.
Vermont sex education policy erases biological differences, says all genders can be pregnant
The sex education policy from the Vermont Agency of Education now strongly discourages the use of any language that identifies or recognizes biological differences between males and females.
Amid labor shortages, nursing sector calls for incentives to hire new nurses
With labor shortages taking place throughout the nation in most industries, Vermont’s nursing sector will look to incentivize the hiring of new nurses in an effort to fill the gap in services.
Biden banking nominee’s radical views ‘might make even Bernie Sanders blush’
President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is a graduate of Moscow State University, “whose radical ideas might make even Bernie Sanders blush,” the Wall Street Journal opined earlier this month.