School sports resume without spectators and with masks during action
While youth winter sports have resumed in Vermont as of Friday, some things have changed if you’re a player or parent.
House committees tackle three R’s: Race, Relinquishing guns, Reduction of carbon
Committees in the Vermont House this week will review bills regarding three of the Legislature’s favorite R’s: race, relinquishing firearms, and reduction of carbon. They also will review three-acre runoff, redemption of beverage containers, reorganizing police under one state agency, and more.
Rutland boy became Civil War general, hero
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Edward Hastings Ripley’s 400 detailed letters about daily life during the war-torn 1860s were sent from the Southern front to his family safe and snug in Rutland; the letters are rare gems among the annals of the Civil War.
As the screw turns: ‘Break their will’ climate czar resigns
A high-ranking Massachusetts climate change official has resigned after he was caught on a Jan. 25 video advising the Vermont Climate Council to “turn the screws” on elderly fixed-income citizens and “break their will” in order to meet climate change mandates.
BIPOC home ownership, ranked-choice voting, Act 46 review bills intro’d into House
Legislation that would tweak state law about elections (non-citizen and ranked choice voting), climate change, home ownership, school mergers and child welfare are among the bills introduced into the Vermont House this week.
GOP-led Senate bill would fund school cops
Seven Republican senators have introduced a bill to expand funding for school resource officers, armed police officers assigned to local schools. S.76 was introduced Thursday, a week after four Democratic and Progressive senators introduced S.63 to ban school resource officers.
Petition seeks for Vernon School District to allow school choice vouchers for religious schools
An online petition has been launched asking that the school board in Vernon allow residents to use their school choice tuition money to attend religious schools.
Leahy says impeachment trial will be done ‘with fairness to all’ as pundits predict early acquittal
After indicating that he already considers former President Donald Trump guilty, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt, is now attempting to walk back any notion that he is biased.
Senate bill would weaken patient safeguards for ‘aid in dying’
Senate bill S.74 would eliminate several requirements included in Act 39, Vermont’s ‘aid-in-dying’ law, to protect patients against potential mistakes or abuses.
Vermont Senate delays Taiwan friendship resolution
A Vermont Senate resolution affirming the friendship between Vermont and Taiwan Tuesday, Feb. 9 was denied a floor vote, and instead was diverted into committee.
NEK-TV host says banning by governor’s office has a ‘chilling effect’ for journalists
NEK-TV host Steve Merrill says his being banned from the governor’s biweekly press briefings will have a “chilling effect” on media in Vermont.
Guv won’t ‘turn the screws’ on carbon-emitting citizens; prefers carrot to stick
Gov. Phil Scott doesn’t want the state of Vermont to “turn the screws” on Vermonters or “break their wills” when it comes to climate-change reduction policies. His position runs contrary to advice given to the Vermont Climate Council by a Massachusetts climate official.