Thursday night Vermont Republicans from all across the state gathered together, in-person and un-masked, to celebrate the 70th birthday of Governor Jim Douglas. Over 200 people gathered, mingled, sat down to eat together or stood around sharing a drink.
Bailey’s Beach Club in Rhode Island is in the news regarding its disputed minority membership numbers. The preeminent attendee, and past member, is Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. He is the scion of a famous Rhode Island family and graduate of private preparatory schools and Yale.
In the June 23 episode of “It’s News to Us,” host Steve Merrill brings you news stories that other local publications don’t. He gives his views and opinions on the political and social issues of the day.
The number of homicides in six major cities across the country has increased compared to last year, disproportionately affecting black people, according to crime data.
New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled Legislature pushed through a two-year $13.5 billion budget on Thursday that includes sweeping tax cuts and controversial measures limiting abortions and diverting more taxpayer dollars to school choice programs.
The race-based assault against Vermonters began in earnest well before the spark of George Floyd. The toxic ideology of “critical race theory” (CRT) has been embraced for years by Vermont progressives, joined enthusiastically by RINO Gov. Phil Scott. Race is weaponized to promote every conceivable progressive policy.
“There has been speculation as to why I am leaving Rutland High, speculation that ranges from inanity to slander. I have been accused, in public, of indoctrination of students.”
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.
Orleans Superior Court Judge Mary Miles Teachout today ordered former UPS Store owner Michael Desautels to pay $850 in penalties, as the Attorney General’s Office had requested.
Property tax revenues collected per capita in New Hampshire amounted to $3,362 in fiscal year 2018, the second highest level among the 50 states, according to a new Tax Foundation analysis. Vermont property taxes amounted to $2,738.
Rather than uphold the hard-won protections for women under the almost-half-century-old Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Biden administration continues to steamroll women’s equality and opportunity.
The Vermont Senate approved a bill Thursday during the veto session that would create a new bureaucracy funded by landlords to track and regulate the safety standards for rental units statewide. The upper chamber also voted to override Gov. Phil Scott’s vetoes of noncitizen voting in Winooski and Montpelier.