Churches and synagogues in New Hampshire were shut down during the pandemic, as the state limited public gatherings due to COVID-19. But a new law signed by Gov. Chris Sununu on Wednesday will prevent the state or local governments from shutting them down during future public health emergencies.
I’m willing to bet a large majority of voting taxpayers’ priority amongst this smorgasbord of spending choices is to keep their money for themselves with no interest in seeing it “redirected” away from their pay checks, savings accounts, wallets, and household budgets, especially for the purposes of putting their unemployed neighbor in a Prius.
If you keep hearing from your neighbors about how they were so excited to have solar panels installed on their roofs because they are getting “free electricity,” you may want to think twice before committing to solar.
Dr. Anthony Fauci recently made a bold declaration against “the sea of lies we are living in” — and then lied about the science of COVID-19 and vaccine protection. Not just a little lie: a massive misstatement of well-established scientific fact.
By the end of this week, roughly half of the nation’s more than 50 million public school students will be back in class. But as parents stock up on notebooks and pencils, it’s still unclear in much of the country whether they’ll be sending their kids to school with masks.
We don’t get to nod understandingly anymore and say something like, “Well, I don’t really agree with abortion, but everyone should be free to make their own decision.” That was me just a few years ago, and I’m deeply ashamed of that fact.
The Burlington City Council on Monday voted again not to hire new officers, even as the city sees consistent serious crimes committed, including at least one shootout in late July.
Vermont is not a white supremacist state, and its children should not be taught that their skin color means they must feel guilt for crimes of the past in order to be decent human beings.
After midnight, 95 senators again signed on to an amendment that provided federal funds to hire 100,000 new police officers nationwide. Just Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania voted against.
At the Whetstone Church Hall earlier this month, Vermonters for Vermont Initiative hosted a town hall forum on critical race theory and equity teaching in schools.
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin raised concerns over the $3.5 trillion budget plan the Senate passed Wednesday, warning that the level of spending would have a negative impact on future generations.
Inflation increased at a rapid 5.4% clip compared to August 2020, the Department of Labor said Wednesday. Used car prices have surged 41.7% over the last year.