Majority of Americans support spending cuts if debt ceiling is raised, poll finds
A significant majority of Americans believe that the U.S. debt ceiling should only be raised if it’s paired with spending cuts, a CNN poll released on Tuesday found.
U.S. Supreme Court erodes WOTUS rule
The decision issued Thursday erodes the rule, also known as the “WOTUS” rule, that would have brought all of the nation’s streams and wetlands under the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency, a rule that U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., compared to “regulating puddles.”
Roper: Analyzing the media bias in clean heat standard coverage
Nowadays it seems more and more that reporters see themselves as the Praetorian Guards protecting their personal political agendas and the politicians who support said agendas regardless of the facts.
Federal money ‘drying up’ that was used to house homeless in hotels
On Tuesday, the Goddard College radio show “Gathering Peace” interviewed a city mayor and homeless shelter co-director to discuss Vermont’s imminent homeless crisis.
NH state Rep. John Sellers: Get your kids out of government schools
I strongly suggest that parents get their children out of the public government schools. These schools have become a black box of the unknown and allow staff to keep secrets and openly lie to parents.
Justice Gorsuch: COVID policies ‘the greatest intrusions on civil liberties’ in peacetime
Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country. Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale.
John Klar: Free lunch programs plagued by waste, confusion about nutrition
One problem with school lunches has been waste. About 30 million out of 49.2 million U.S. students receive school lunches. But kids throw away a lot of food, especially if it is unsavory. One study reports that K-12 children throw away about half of school cafeteria food.
‘Nightmarish’: Dennis Prager compares America’s ‘drift to totalitarian speech’ to Soviet communism
The American left’s tendency to enforce its ideological speech codes reminds commentator and radio host Dennis Prager of the Soviet oppression of Jews, which he studied in his youth. He calls this phenomenon totalitarian and “nightmarish.”
Following Bud Light, Target loses $9 billion in market value in a week following boycott over LGBT merchandise
Target’s market value plunged $9 billion in one week after anger erupted over the store’s new “PRIDE” collection, which features clothing for children and babies as well as a chest-binding swim top and a “tuck-friendly” women’s bathing suit.
U.S. Supreme Court rolls back Biden EPA’s expansive water regulation
“By narrowing the Act’s coverage of wetlands to only adjoining wetlands, the Court’s new test will leave some long-regulated adjacent wetlands no longer covered by the Clean Water Act, with significant repercussions for water quality and flood control throughout the United States,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote.
George Will to highlight Ethan Allen Institute’s 30th anniversary celebration
Nationally renowned scholar and political columnist George F. Will is the featured speaker at the Ethan Allen Institute’s Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration at the Doubletree by Hilton in South Burlington on Wednesday, May 31.
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.