Lawmakers approve town-by-town masking policies
Vermont state lawmakers came to Montpelier for a special session on Monday and passed a bill allowing towns to impose their own local mask mandates.
John Klar: Lawsuit alleges Rep. Partridge encouraged voter fraud, lawmaker says ‘false’
Vermont’s courts will unearth the truth. Perhaps Carolyn Partridge did nothing inappropriate. But it should not take years to unveil the real story as with EB-5.
Bernie Sanders endorses Peter Welch, Vermont’s lone representative, for Senate
Vermont Democratic Rep. Peter Welch announced that he would forgo reelection and instead launch a bid to succeed Sen. Patrick Leahy on Monday.
John Klar: Faced with vaccine failures, Vermont’s governor has a silly proposal
Rather than questioning the efficacy of useless vaccines or why cases skyrocketed despite mask use, Vermont’s leftists, who regard government as a divine protector, demand instead that Phil Scott doubles down and make everyone else join them in the useless ritual of masking.
McClaughry: A socialist faces reality
This can’t be good news for Bernie Sanders, who hasn’t got decades to keep struggling on. Well, I hope it takes decades — at least. Centuries would be even better.
Massive Democratic multi-state TCI climate change initiative crumbles
Massachusetts and Connecticut abandoned the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) last week, citing high gas prices and irreconcilable differences. Rhode Island and Washington, D.C., also joined the agreement which promised to cut transportation emissions 25% and raise $3 billion for clean energy projects.
Pat McDonald: Legislative Pension Task Force should ask tough questions about public compensation
CFV hopes that having this information will help the Legislative Pension Task Force to ask the tough questions about the total compensation of public employees that are necessary as they set about making the changes to address the $4.5 Billion pension liability situation.
Vermont Republican Party message on Welch’s run for U.S. Senate
Democrats control the US House, the US Senate and the Presidency. And Peter Welch is concerned about our “imperiled Democracy.” If our Democracy is imperiled, I think it begs the questions whose leadership brought us there?
Vermont Adult & Teen Challenge launches addiction recovery holiday matching fund drive
Vermont Adult & Teen Challenge will launch a holiday matching fund drive to raise money for its addiction recovery and rehabilitation centers for men and women in the state.
McClaughry: Hottest July ever recorded?
There’s an awful lot of reconstruction, adjustment and averaging done by somebody to produce this “hottest ever” report. The data adjusters at NOAA went for the most frightening headline and literally hundreds of news outlets trumpeted that statement.
Ericka Redic: Sarah George to blame for rising crime
“The real reason crime has been going up in Chittenden County is because Sarah George, the state’s attorney, and all her minions, refuse to lock up violent, recidivist criminals.”
Energy companies to Biden: Poor policy decisions are responsible for spike in energy costs
The American Automobile Association’s gas prices tracker shows the national average of a gallon of regular gasoline is about $3.41, which is $1.20 more expensive than the same time last year.