10,000 Vermont households to get an additional one-time fuel benefit
Given high oil and kerosene prices, a one-time $350 benefit will be paid to providers to help offset additional costs for program participants.
McClaughry: Is the electric vehicle for you?
EVs offer stylish looks, jackrabbit starts, comfortable rides, juicy federal and state subsidies, and the motor fuel tax exemption. Their vulnerable point is the thousand-pound battery — which is toxic and developed using child-slave labor.
John Klar: Food, famine, fear — Beware the great agricultural reset
When the COVID-19 hysteria began to wane, Big Brother Biden switched gears to the Ukraine crisis. Intriguingly, both crises have been caused by the government Biden heads.
Paul Dame: The end of crime?
Over the past two years Democrats in Montpelier and Washington have taken the approach that they can reduce crime by making fewer things a crime!
Environmental groups attack hydropower over large emissions profile
But groups such as the National Hydropower Association (NHA) have argued that the power source is essential to ensuring a carbon-free future. The group has described hydropower as a “climate solution.”
Leahy offers opening statement on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
“Judge Jackson’s nomination is historic in more ways than one. Her nomination, pending a confirmation by the Senate, will bring us one step closer to having a Supreme Court that is more reflective of the Nation.”
‘Big tent’ philosophy rules in GOP platform vote Saturday
Vermont GOP State Committee won’t require tighter adherence to the party platform, voters decided 48-24 Saturday at the quarter meeting held Saturday in South Burlington.
John Klar: Vermont leads the way off the climate bureaucracy cliff
A recent Vermont legislative initiative purports to save the planet by “conserving” 50 percent of all Vermont territory for wildlife by 2050. This effort holds up for public display the foolish power-mongering implicit in all these “climate salvation” fantasies.
Tom Evslin: Dear Vermont Legislature
Part of your prescription for reducing Vermont’s carbon footprint is continued subsidies for electric cars. Over that last year, the average price of gasoline here has gone from $2.72 to $4.34/gallon. Isn’t that incentive enough?
Bill restricting half of Vermont’s land use advancing through Senate
A bill that would substantially increase the amount of state-protected lands was advanced through the Senate chamber last week and is now on to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
VISA update: Average tuition rates up 3.3% for elementary schools
Elementary school (grades K-6) tuition will be $16,020, up 3.3 percent over this year’s rate. Secondary school tuition will be $17,278, up 2.6 percent over this year’s rate.
Fed hikes, higher mortgage rates mark consequences of ongoing inflation
Mortgage rates surpassed 4% for the first time since 2019 and the Federal Reserve announced a series of new rate hikes this week, two major shifts that mark the economic response to months of elevated inflation.