S.117 is simply unnecessary for anything other than nefarious purposes. Since there is no scientific evidence suggesting the vaccine prevents those who receive it from carrying COVID to others, there is no rational basis upon which to differentiate between citizens due to immunization status.
For every dollar spent on actual fiber buildout, taxpayers would need to spend $1.20. This is a problem. Don’t get us wrong, broadband is critically important to the future of our state. But this approach doesn’t make sense.
The average daily number of new cases has decreased by 78% in just two months’ time. Since Jan. 12, the seven-day average of hospitalizations has declined by almost 64%. Deaths have been on a sustained decline since then, decreasing by 59%.
Biden’s first executive order directs the entire federal government to adopt an “equity agenda” and to “embed equity principles, policies, and approaches across the Federal Government.” Equity is a nice-sounding word, but it’s actually a masquerade for government-mandated inequality.
Eighteen states filed a brief with the Supreme Court, asking the court to overtime an appeals court decision that allows a lawsuit filed by San Francisco and Oakland to remain in state court. The cities sued to hold several major fossil fuel companies liable for the costs of global climate change.
What happens when authority is misplaced? This question recently arose with the resignation of George Ambrose, one of four Clarendon school board members.
Vermont continues to shift leftward as progressive lawmakers seek to create a new Youth Council for social justice, advance gun control for hospitals, and push school lunches for all, regardless of family income. Also, a judge has ruled against a business for defying mask-wearing.
If the Capitol Police are going to continue to rely on National Guardsmen (there are still over 2,000 in the capital), if they’re going to shoot unarmed people, if they’re going to fail us despite their large numbers and huge budgets, perhaps it’s time to defund them.
When voter fraud occurs, the result is voter suppression — ballots cast fraudulently have the effect of diluting the pool of legitimate votes, while ballots that are illegitimately disqualified, destroyed, or “lost” are suppressed in the most literal sense.
A new report from the University of Vermont shows that town police spending decreased slightly this year, marking a reversal from previous years when spending on local police increased. Several Franklin County towns saw large changes in the amounts spent on police services.
The bill calls for adopting the same enormous goals of home weatherization, but the tax to pay for achieving them has vanished from sight. Instead, the bill asks for $35 million dollars of the money floating around the State House from federal deficit spending.
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law Thursday barring transgender athletes in public schools and colleges from competing in women’s sports. South Dakota’s Senate sent a similar bill to the desk of Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday.