On July 1, the Southwestern Vermont Health Care Corporation and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, along with its 11 affiliated companies, will come under the direct control of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, a New Hampshire nonprofit corporation.
The Vermont Senate on Tuesday morning voted by the required two-thirds majority to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of S.5, the Affordable Heating Act.
Counties are likely to issue disaster and invasion declarations as the Biden administration facilitates “legal pathways” for people from all over the world to illegally enter the United States. An estimated 13,000 are expected to arrive a day when Title 42 ends, or roughly 4.6 million within a year.
Officials are cutting back how many lake trout are released annually into Lake Champlain after finding, for the first time in decades, sustained successful reproduction in the species — exciting news for biologists and anglers alike.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a 36-page memo that made public a sampling of the thousands of pages of bank records regarding the Biden family and foreign entities.
“Starting soon, we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter. We’ll bring some other things too, which we’ll tell you about, but for now, we’re just grateful to be here.”
About 200 people attended a May 6 fundraising dinner at the Capitol Plaza in Montpelier to support Central Vermont Pregnancy Services. This Barre facility has operated for three decades, providing family planning support to thousands of Vermont women.
A new partnership in Vermont will work to give technical assistance to minority-owned businesses. The Department of Economic Development is joining forces with the Vermont Professionals of Color Network, Gov. Phil Scott said, to enhance the state’s effort to grow the economy.
Vermont is the only state in the country where farmers cannot readily access a program meant to pay them back for restoring habitats around their farms. It’s called the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program — almost always referred to as CREP.
This week a majority of Progressive Democrats will ignore their constituents in order to override the reasonable and considerate veto of the most popular governor in the country so that they can pass the most unpopular piece of legislation in Vermont in nearly 20 years.
The claim that S.5 is just another study is incorrect. This is clearly a major step to implementing a carbon tax on those businesses and households that cannot easily convert to fossil free heat.
Among those who know of it, Vermonters oppose the Affordable Heat Act 40% to 27%. If the Affordable Heat Act causes any increase in fuel prices, Vermonters oppose the Act by 61% to 26%.