McKibben is urging that Biden advance every liberal cause using executive authority to decree things that Congress won’t pass. This advice is from a liberal member of the party that’s always worrying about threats to democracy.
“While most of the nation has moved on, the antidemocratic efforts to overturn the 2020 election have left scars in the people’s trust of our public institutions,” said Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters.
Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen announced the creation of the new unit in his opening remarks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday. Many lawmakers and national security officials are calling the Trump rally on Jan. 6 “domestic terrorism.”
It should be troubling to every Vermonter that the first step is to subvert the majority in favor of the Democratic Party’s map. Why aren’t we using the approved tri-partisan map as a starting point, since it already has the most support?
The governor announced the “Tests for Tots” program in a news release that will provide the rapid COVID-19 tests to regulated childcare providers in the state. Enrollment for the program is now open.
If a state spends its federal windfall money on ongoing programs including supposed remedies for climate change, sooner or later it will have to cut back those programs it unwisely expanded, or start paying the increased costs from its own resources — most likely by jacking up taxes.
A Democrat lawmaker has proposed a bill that would make it almost impossible to avoid taking most mainline vaccines for a child to attend schools in Vermont.
On Jan. 14-15, 2022, Vermont will welcome a team of doctors speaking on COVID issues — mandates, vaccines for children, early treatment and prevention. Tickets on sale now.
Last summer, Secretary of State Jim Condos wrote an article on our elections that he circulated around the state. Unfortunately, for readers sincerely concerned with the integrity of our elections, Condos’ letter was long on obfuscation and incendiary rhetoric and short on fact and reason.
The House Transportation Committee is about to take up H.552 which would, among other things, impose new taxes (or fines, depending upon how you look at it) on vehicles that get less than 24 miles per gallon of gasoline or diesel.
Hinesburg’s recent vote to eliminate it’s town meeting and move all town votes to a ballot instead of a traditional town meeting has caught the attention of state lawmakers and Town Meeting Day advocates, who say the town improperly applied a pandemic-era safety measure.
Sen. Brian Campion said a majority of Senate members wish to ensure public dollars do not go to schools that discriminate. Also, kindergartners are demonstrating explosive behavior, and eighth graders are taking their social cues from Tik Tok. Ninth and tenth graders are showing increased substance use.