Matt Krauss: Frankenstein’s creation
Does the tale “Frankenstein” offer any lessons for Vermonters and the present legislative situation?
Gov. Phil Scott’s veto letter of S.5, the Affordable Heat Act
“The risk to Vermonters and our economy throughout the state is too great; the confusion around the language and the unknowns are too numerous; and we are making real and measurable progress reducing emissions with a more thoughtful, strategic approach that is already in motion.”
Scott: $1M being directed to seven municipalities for improvement projects
The Department of Housing and Community Development will distribute the funding through the Downtown Transportation Fund. The funding will go to seven municipalities, Gov. Phil Scott said, in Designated Downtowns and Designated Village Centers.
Forum in Burlington to assess the respiratory hazards of masks
The Vermont Emergency Forum to Assess the Respiratory Hazards of Masks is being held on Friday, May 12th in Burlington City Hall. The Forum will begin evaluating the effects face masks are having on respiratory health in our state.
Roper: Vermont’s Legislature is blowing big bucks on failed experiments
Several publications, including the Wall Street Journal, analyzed the spreadsheets and came to the same conclusions: high tax, heavily regulated blue states are losing people and tax revenue to low-tax, free-enterprise oriented red states.
Steve Thurston: Rep. Sibilia sounds like Saul Alinsky in defense of S.5
Sibilia thereby insidiously diverted attention away from the revelation that S.5 is not about solving global warming, while simultaneously invoking another cause.
Northern border will face crisis after Trump policy ends, Border Patrol union warns
The end of Title 42, the Trump-era migrant expulsion policy, will bring overwhelming conditions for Border Patrol agents trying to secure the U.S. border with Canada, National Border Patrol Council President for the Swanton sector Sean Walsh exclusively told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Truth and reconciliation commissioners talk plans and new hires
The commission also plans to bring on interns from Vermont’s universities to support its work looking at instances where the state allowed or caused discrimination against Black and Indigenous people, people of French-Canadian descent, people with disabilities and others.
Bill would make blind admissions a priority for independent schools
H.483 would prevent approved independent schools from having mandatory interviews, campus visits or academic entrance exams, and it would bar those schools from reviewing students’ academic histories or considering their ability to pay as part of the admissions process.
Sununu backs Twin States Clean Energy Link
The Twin States Clean Energy Link plans to bring 1,200 megawatts of clean Canadian hydropower to New England, New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday. The link would also run through Vermont, according to a release.
VRLC: Governor Scott undermines parental rights
Governor Scott is now poised to encourage minors from other states to access the full range of reproductive health care services from Vermont providers by openly agreeing to sign H. 89 and S.37. Neither bill provides for parental involvement or consent.
Bill proposes Vermonters pay reparations for slavery
A bill being considered in the House would create a task force to examine how Vermont might apologize and compensate for slavery — even though the state Constitution prohibited the practice.