Gun storage, waiting period bill passes Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate on Tuesday passed H.230, a gun control bill featuring a 72-hour waiting period for firearms transfers and required gun storage.
Senate Ed Committee continues discussing public money for independent schools
Lawmakers in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday discussed a bill that pertains to the requirements independent schools may need to meet to continue receiving taxpayer money.
Chris Bradley: A vote for H.230 is a vote that ignores the Constitution
One the one hand we have Vermont’s attorney general indicating that all is kosher. On the other we have the Defender General’s Office saying that almost nothing in H.230 would pass constitutional muster. Finally we have Legislative Counsel at “we just don’t know.”
S.5 veto session planned for June 20-22, budget and other bills may see veto override challenge
Pitting the nation’s most popular governor supported by an outspoken citizenry vs. an ostensibly veto-proof legislative supermajority, the S.5 battle will be the veto session’s main event.
Proposal would bring a 21-acre solar farm to Charlotte
A proposed solar farm in Charlotte would see about 12,500 panels lined in rows across 21 acres on Lake Road. The project will be run by Encore Renewable Energy, a Burlington solar company. The 5-megawatt solar farm is expected to run for 25 years.
ANR Climate Action Office releases annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory for Vermont
The latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Forecast Report (1990-2020) has been released by the Agency of Natural Resources Climate Action Office. The report provides estimates of greenhouse gas emissions in various sectors of the Vermont economy.
Steve MacDonald: Will Vermont Dems double down on ‘we know better than you’?
Democrats passing off responsibility to unelected commissions runs long and deep. Whenever possible, left-leaning legislators use majorities to create increasing costs through fiscal or regulatory burdens over which they can claim no control.
Vermont sharing $5.6M in ARPA funds for home water projects
The Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday that 193 households will receive a share of $5.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds, Gov. Phil Scott said, to repair or replace failed on-site water or wastewater systems through the Healthy Homes On-Site program.
Roper: Report from the ISO Consumer Liaison Group meeting
If the future capacity estimates are based on unrealistic government policy goals, ISO-NE is contracting for more power than the region will need. But if ISO-NE is not contracting for that amount of future electricity, it is a strong signal that the real world does not take these policy targets seriously.
Vermont ACLU leader calls for rethinking prison prioritization
As an ongoing analysis of prison housing continues, ACLU of Vermont Advocacy Director Falko Schilling asked lawmakers to consider smaller, community-based facilities that, in some instances, would have less security measures in place.
Paul Dame: Erasing kids’ identities as boys and girls has gone to far
To take away from kids their identities as boys and girls, and reduce them to simply sperm and egg producers, has to be one of the most dehumanizing things I have ever heard.
Rep. Charles Wilson: The ruling majority are the ones negatively affecting our lives
I have been told we are to work things out by crossing over party lines. Not in this Vermont Legislature — not one amendment or Republican bill is brought up or gone through because the ruling parties are negative to the core, or against common sense free speech.