Fuel industry leader Matt Cota seeking South Burlington Council seat
Matt Cota, executive director of the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association, is running for a two-year seat on the South Burlington City Council.
House declines Town Meeting delay, OKs new Act 250
Deciding to not wait after Town Meeting, the House today approved H.926, the proposed revision of Act 250, the 50-year-old land use and development law.
Frenier: Government abuse of power
What liberals fail to grasp is that governments are greedy, too, but their greed is more about power than money. And governments’ greed for power makes them no less inherently corrupt than corporations.
Roper: Even Massachusetts is giving up on TCI
This realization that drivers throughout the 11 remaining states still at the TCI table have no interest in paying and extra 17 cents a gallon for gasoline and diesel shouldn’t be a shocker.
New Hampshire named one of best states for retirees
New Hampshire was named the third best state for retirement in a report released by WalletHub. To identify the most retirement-friendly states, WalletHub did comparisons across three key dimensions: affordability, quality of life, and health care.
Opinion: Time to end the tyranny of district court judges’ nationwide injunctions
The judiciary has grown more powerful than America’s Founders intended, and this has included issuing universal injunctions. This type of injunction has become increasingly common as political activists try to enlist judges to make widespread policy changes.
Pownal Selectman Bob Jarvis sounds off on hostile town emails
A Selectboard member in Pownal has gone on Facebook to speak his mind about the thousands of town government emails that were leaked to the public in December.
House Democrats block resolution condemning Bernie Sanders’ praise of Fidel Castro
Democratic lawmakers Thursday successfully blocked a GOP resolution condemning Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s laudatory comments about the Castro regime.
Video: Vermont forests consume more than half of VT human carbon emissions, are source of 18,000 jobs
More than half of all manmade carbon emissions are consumed by Vermont trees — a fact that climate legislators are hesitant to consider as part of Vermont’s emissions reduction strategy.
Democratic superdelegates say they’re willing to prevent Sanders from becoming the nominee
The New York Times interviewed 93 Democratic superdelegates, 84 of which said Sen. Bernie Sanders shouldn’t become the nominee based solely on winning most, but not over 50%, of primary and caucus delegates.
The enduring influence of William F. Buckley
Conservatives owe a huge debt to Bill Buckley. He didn’t just start a magazine when he founded National Review in 1955. He planted a flag for many of us who bristled at the liberal orthodoxy then prevalent in American society.
Todd Smith: A vote to abdicate responsibility on Global Warming Solutions Act
Rep. Anne Donahue offered an amendment to require legislators to actually vote to impose those rules and thus be accountable to their constituents. The amendment failed 44-99. Here’s how our Northeast Kingdom legislators voted.