Criminal threatening bill makes legislators ‘more equal’ than fellow citizens, lawmaker warns
S.265, the criminal threatening bill, passed the Vermont House on Tuesday, but not without verbal pushback from two Republican lawmakers.
Hansen: Questioning blind EV advocacy
Assigning values to engines — “electric good, internal combustion bad” — shields the complex, real world system of electric vehicle technology from much needed scrutiny.
Who suffers the most from the crime wave?
According to the FBI’s crime data from 2011 to 2020 (the most recent data available), African Americans bear an increasingly large share of the harm from crime. African American offenders, meanwhile, are committing an increasingly large share of violent crimes.
New Jersey kids could be taught puberty blockers and frequent masturbation are good
Elementary aged children in the state’s public schools could be taught that puberty blockers are a good way to “manage” adolescence and masturbation “a few times a day” can help “relieve stress,” according to state sample lesson plans.
Political deck stacked against parents running for school boards
The deep chasm between school board members and the interests of parents and their children has been exposed, and many parents are beginning to feel they must join the school boards to make any real change in their children’s education.
Jim Condos to EAI: It’s up to the BCA in Middlebury to determine if votes were legit
Ultimately, by law, it will be up to the BCA in Middlebury to determine whether or not to send a notice letter to the individuals you have identified and initiate the process of removing their name, or receiving confirmation they are still eligible to vote in Middlebury.
Ethan Allen Institute uncovers new voting irregularities in Vermont
According to research conducted by the Vermont-based think tank, 10 graduates of Middlebury College who left the state years ago are recorded as having voted by absentee ballot in the 2020 election.
Paul Dame: No parent is safe while Democratic-controlled legislature is in session
Vermont House Bill H.659 would allow children as young as 6 or 8 years old to take hormone blockers or participate in “other treatment” against the consent of their parents. No Age restrictions. No qualifications. No appeal for parents. No parent is safe while the Democratic-controlled legislature is in session.
Biden announces nominee to lead ATF, pushes crackdown on gun dealers
The president “wants the government to have a list of every law abiding American who owns a gun. He also wants to keep a list of names of people who buy replacement parts. And he announced he wants to ban many of these guns.”
Inflation under Biden reaches staggering new heights
A key consumer price metric used by the government to measure inflation soared 8.5% over the last 12 months — the fastest pace of inflation since December 1981 — the Department of Labor (DOL) announced Tuesday.
McClaughry: The attack on tuition choice
The bill limits out-of-state tuitioning only to independent schools in Vermont’s neighboring states and in Quebec. This has been a long time goal of the teachers union, which wants no public tuition money to leave the state, no matter what.
New Hampshire home prices continue to skyrocket
The latest monthly report from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors found the median price for a home in the state increased by 20.5% from the same period last year when it was $365,000. That’s a more than 41% increase from March 2020, when the median price was $311,545.