Report claims unions skirted rules to receive PPP loans
The Small Business Administration-administered Paycheck Protection Program paid out millions of dollars to ineligible unions, according to a new report released by the Freedom Foundation.
Teachers unions ‘hold the education of kids hostage,’ worker rights group says
“In several states across the country, union officials, specifically teachers’ union officials, have been granted a really unique privilege called exclusive monopoly bargaining,” Mix said, adding that FDR opposed granting such privileges to public-sector unions while in office.
‘Propane protection laws’ will go away when propane does
As the attorney general reminds Vermonters that they won’t be literally left out in the cold by their propane fuel delivery company, the Legislature is making moves to eradicate those companies and all fossil heating fuels from our landscape.
What’s driving the witch hunt against Joe Rogan?
If you were to conjure an archnemesis for leftists, you probably wouldn’t think of Joe Rogan. After all, Rogan is hardly some Ronald Reagan or Rush Limbaugh clone. He endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in 2020. He openly talks about using marijuana.
McClaughry: Sanders, Sinema and the politics of party
Bernie Sanders is not, nor has he ever been, a member any Democratic Party. Why is he telling Democrats what to do in a party that he resolutely refuses to belong to?
Statement from Gov. Scott following bipartisan military retirement income tax exemption presser
“Vermont is one of a just a handful of states remaining that fully tax military retirement pay. For the last five years, I’ve proposed it be fully eliminated in Vermont. I am encouraged by the growing bipartisan support for this cause,” Gov. Scott said.
Roll Call: How your senator voted on gun ban in hospitals
S.30, an act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings, passed in the state Senate on February 3 2022, by a vote of 21-9.
National debt reaches $30 trillion thanks to ever-expanding government
The Treasury Department announced Tuesday that the total national debt had surpassed $30 trillion for the first time. Just two years ago, the Congressional Budget Office projected that the nation would not reach this mark until the end of 2025.
Report: Corporate media ignores Johns Hopkins study showing lockdowns were futile
Mainstream media outlets have not reported on recent Johns Hopkins University research showing that lockdowns and other government mandates only reduced COVID mortality by 0.2%, according to Fox News.
Senate bill: up to 5 years in prison for threats to public officials
A handful of Vermont state senators want to extend ‘criminal threatening’ statutes to protect state officials, school board members, and other “groups of persons” from threats of injury or death. The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont warns the bill “risks potentially chilling political expression.”
After Democrats have moved on, Sanders attacks moderates for opposing filibuster removal
While early polling suggests the Democratic Party may lose many seats in Washington next year, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is calling for primary challenges to two of the party’s existing centrists — a move that could further weaken the left’s power in the U.S. Senate.
Vermont launches first program in the nation to test for and reduce PCBs exposure in schools
This spring, schools across Vermont will begin testing for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a harmful group of human-made chemicals commonly used in building materials and electrical equipment before 1980.