Noncitizens are slowly gaining voting rights
Two Vermont cities have joined the short but growing list of jurisdictions that allow residents who are not U.S. citizens to vote in local elections.
Report: Vermont among the top 15 most energy expensive states
The personal finance website’s report, titled “2021’s Most and Least Energy-Expensive States,” places Vermont as the 14th most expensive energy state among the 50 states and District of Columbia.
Keelan: When tax reporting can be misleading
Two aspects of the headline piqued my interest: just how did IRS personal income tax files get into the hands of the press, and second, how do the rich avoid income taxes?
Telling the heroic story of Mount Independence
Now a National Historic Landmark, Vermont’s Mount Independence is the largest military fortification in the northern U.S. In scale, it even eclipses the more famous Fort Ticonderoga across the narrows of Lake Champlain from the Orwell site.
Tom Licata: Storm clouds over Vermont this 4th of July
Montpelier’s decision to cancel any meaningful Fourth of July recognition — along with our schools and our very own government promoting critical race theory and Black Lives Matter — tells us all we need to know about these ominous clouds. Both these movements are Marxist in origin.
Julia Purdy: How environmental activists use ill-defined goals to bilk taxpayers of millions
The following is extracted from a little-known source that helps to explain why Vermont landowners and farmers are over a barrel when it comes to the draconian and costly measures called for by Vermont’s Clean Water Act of 2015 (Act 64).
Roll Call: How your senator voted on veto override of Winooski noncitizen voting
The purpose of the vote was to override Governor Scott’s veto of H.227, which amended the charter of the City of Winooski to allow non-citizens who are legally in the United States and full-time residents of the city to vote in city elections.
Keelan: Get that home mortgage now, before climate change mandates kick in
Inevitably, the banking and mortgage finance industry will pass down to the homeowner its requirements for meeting new loan standards intended to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Biden’s DOJ promoting transgender transitions for kids, attacks states that ban them
The Department of Justice argued in court filings Thursday that transgender legislation passed in West Virginia and Arkansas is unconstitutional.
Deb Billado: Constitutional voting
As much as Republicans support the concept of local control, we cannot allow local municipalities to violate the constitution. We take our oaths of office seriously.
Tom Evslin: Another free way to tell if Starlink broadband will work at your location in Vermont
If you don’t have cable or fiber to your home and you don’t think you’ll be getting either one of them soon, Starlink from SpaceX may be your next best option.
Teacher shares behind-scenes look at how unions further woke agenda
“Basically,” Brenda Lebsack adds, “whoever does not agree with the union’s ideology, including students, was compared to the KKK. This intolerant, extremist, union-promoted viewpoint will create hostile school environments for many students and school employees. It’s dangerous, it’s hateful, and it’s exclusive.”