The vote, which was to invoke cloture on the bill as a substitute amendment, was approved 68-29, with 18 Republicans joining every Democrat in voting in favor. It followed an earlier procedural vote, which passed 64-33, and a motion to adopt the amendment, which passed 69-29. The vote sets the package up to officially pass the Senate Tuesday.
Just a few short years ago, Vermont led the nation in enacting legislation requiring labeling of food produced with genetic engineering (GMOs). Vermonters may have inadvertently turned themselves into GMOs when they got the COVID-19 vaccine.
Rather than doubling down on a vaccine-only strategy — with incentives of ice cream cones, million-dollar lotteries, or increased restrictions on those who choose not to vaccinate — health authorities should promote health and invest in outpatient treatment protocols.
Once the focus of health care shifts from healing the patient to chasing the next blockbuster medicinal product, it follows that financial gain should supersede efforts to eliminate this virus. Not surprisingly, it has been 20 months since COVID first surfaced in China, and health authorities still cannot recommend any treatment.
Yes, folks, the hubris in doctors who claim they are going to eliminate racism in the “system” echoes the painfully idiotic precedents of the eugenics and lobotomy movements in academia.
If Vermont communities really wanted to add residential housing units to their existing stock, why haven’t such communities changed their zoning laws, approved timetables, and developed a welcoming attitude to provide for new housing opportunities?
Vermont faces the possibility that thousands of COVID vaccine doses may go to waste as demand dwindles, the state’s congressional delegation supports an infrastructure bill that includes huge social service expansions, and old tweets resurfaced again in the Burlington City Council race.
The Montpelier majority is not content with that. You see, they want to make it as difficult as possible for you to find someone on the free market to fix a door or repair your shed.
As the Burlington City Council Ward 3 special election contest heats up, one issue that is dominating all others is policing — or the lack of it on city streets.
The state’s largest union for public workers, the Vermont-NEA, is asking that the state use as much federal money as possible from its massive $5 billion influx over the past year to pay down an ever-increasing liability in its pension program.
Drew Cline pointedly raises the question of which state is better off: low tax New Hampshire or high tax Vermont. That’s a pretty easy call.
With a federal moratorium on evictions set to expire, New Hampshire renters at risk of being kicked out of their homes will have access to assistance under a new law.