The Ericka Redic Show: Will retail marijuana be coming to your town?
On this week’s episode of the “Ericka Redic Show,” host Ericka Redic tells which towns will and won’t have the Retail Marijuana question on their March Town Meeting ballots.
CBO: $15 minimum wage would lead to 1.4 million lost jobs, impacting young, less educated the most
A $15 minimum wage would result in 1.4 million jobs lost and disproportionately hurt younger workers and those with less education, a new Congressional Budget Office report says.
Leahy says impeachment trial will be done ‘with fairness to all’ as pundits predict early acquittal
After indicating that he already considers former President Donald Trump guilty, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt, is now attempting to walk back any notion that he is biased.
McClaughry: Flint water crisis revisited — different verdicts for GOP and Dems
Here’s something curious: No charges were filed against Democrats. No one at either the Environmental Protection Agency or the Genesee County Health Department was charged.
Senate bill would weaken patient safeguards for ‘aid in dying’
Senate bill S.74 would eliminate several requirements included in Act 39, Vermont’s ‘aid-in-dying’ law, to protect patients against potential mistakes or abuses.
Fourteen attorneys general reviewing legal options over Biden Keystone Pipeline action
Fourteen state attorneys general wrote a letter to the White House, informing the president they were reviewing all legal options over his decision to nix the Keystone XL Pipeline permit.
Vermont Senate delays Taiwan friendship resolution
A Vermont Senate resolution affirming the friendship between Vermont and Taiwan Tuesday, Feb. 9 was denied a floor vote, and instead was diverted into committee.
Cyber-insurance covers est. $7 mil loss from state’s 1099 goof
A cyber-insurance policy taken out by the State of Vermont in 2019 will save almost $7 million in projected losses from the inadvertent disclosure of many 1099-G forms last month, the Scott administration announced Wednesday.
NEK-TV host says banning by governor’s office has a ‘chilling effect’ for journalists
NEK-TV host Steve Merrill says his being banned from the governor’s biweekly press briefings will have a “chilling effect” on media in Vermont.
Guv won’t ‘turn the screws’ on carbon-emitting citizens; prefers carrot to stick
Gov. Phil Scott doesn’t want the state of Vermont to “turn the screws” on Vermonters or “break their wills” when it comes to climate-change reduction policies. His position runs contrary to advice given to the Vermont Climate Council by a Massachusetts climate official.
Roper: Steve Merrill’s question sadly needs an answer
Though the quip about Elizabeth Warren’s cheekbones may have been a little gratuitous given the setting, Merrill’s question is more than valid. In fact, it is essential that it be answered.
Weiland Ross: An adult reading list for spotting disinformation and gaslighting
To create order from this confusion, to determine what is nonsense, to detect gaslighting and decide what is valid, we need to revisit three classic sources.