This week the House will accept the minor Senate amendments and vote to send the bill to the governor. He can sign it, let it become law without his signature, or veto it. Gov. Scott has powerful grounds for a veto.
A newly appointed panel of unelected “stakeholders” will design a plan to meet the GHG reduction mandates and give it to the unelected bureaucrats at Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), who will then create, implement, and enforce rules impacting the lives and livelihoods of Vermonters based on that plan.
Twice as many people have died in car crashes so far this year compared to 2019. Opioid overdoses are up 50%. In both cases state officials say the pandemic is at least partly to blame.
More than 60 organizations in the U.S. have created a movement — “Yes. Every kid” — that argues that tax and other dollars should be sent directly to families to determine which educational opportunities are best for them.
The nation’s monuments are under fire from the progressive left. A new report commissioned by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recommends that the federal government “remove, relocate, or contextualize” the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and six other statues and monuments.
Gov. Phil Scott said Friday at his regularly scheduled press conference that he will do whatever it takes to keep Burlington safe if the ongoing protests over police use-of-force turn violent.
In the 28th episode of “Travels With Charlie — Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo discusses the food scrap ban in Vermont’s landfills, composting, and options for waste with state Sen. John Rodgers and Kim Crosby from Casella.
Gov. Phil Scott has signed an executive order to accelerate a series of reforms and modernizations of public safety services in Vermont, and to initiate a comprehensive, ongoing discussion with state residents — especially historically marginalized communities — about how law enforcement can best serve communities’ needs.
Vermont landowners of three or more acres of impervious surfaces must plan and pay for phosphorus runoff reduction, the state of Vermont announced Sept. 1.
More than half a million absentee ballots were ultimately rejected in recent primaries, including over 80,000 – one out of every five ballots — in New York City alone — an enormous and unacceptable disenfranchisement rate.
Antifa supporter Michael Forest Reinoehl was killed Thursday night when federal authorities attempted to arrest him in connection with the fatal shooting of a conservative activist in Portland over the weekend, according to multiple media reports.
These women are not hunters, sharpshooting enthusiasts, or gun nut Dirty Harriet wannabes. Their stories are as different as the women themselves. But their purpose is the same: to defend themselves and their loved ones from some bigger, stronger threat just yards away and moving towards them with violent intent.