Clinton campaign veterans run firm that built the disastrous Iowa caucus phone app
The firm behind the phone app that caused delays in reporting the results of the Iowa Democratic caucus is operated by three Hillary Clinton campaign veterans.
Clarence Thomas warns of bid to ‘silence’ Federalist Society with new ethics rule
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas panned a draft ethics rule that would dissuade judges from formally enrolling in ideological groups like the Federalist Society and its liberal counterpart, the American Constitution Society (ACS).
Rent control bill on House committee agenda
A bill giving cities and towns the power to exercise rent control will be discussed by lawmakers Friday morning. Other bills in committee this week address contraception, a homeless bill of rights, commercial cannabis, “good cause” for firing employees, a eugenics apology, and more.
Coalition releases report on Vermont’s unfunded pension liability crisis
The Ethan Allen Institute has been working with the Business Roundtable’s Pension Reform Task Force to better understand the problem of our state’s $4.5 billion pension liability and to explore some possible paths to a solution. The 31-page report resulting from this study came out in January.
Video: Pownal Selectboard votes to approve Second Amendment sanctuary resolution
The five members of the Pownal Sectboard on Friday voted unanimously to approve a nonbinding resolution to declare the town a sanctuary from unconstitutional gun-control laws.
Sanders once compared the poor in Vermont to ‘blacks in South Africa’
Sanders, who spoke at the meeting about the failure of Vermont’s governor and legislature to focus on tax reform, said that the poor in Vermont “are the equivalent of blacks in South Africa.”
Gov. Scott vetoes paid family leave bill, details progress toward voluntary paid family and medical leave plan
“Our approach is voluntary for employers and employees. It can be accomplished more efficiently, affordably and quickly, without a $29 million payroll tax that Vermont workers simply should not be burdened with, and without putting the risk of underfunding on taxpayers.”
Opinion: Phil Scott a rock against climate absolutism
The only person standing between Vermont businesses and residents and new, aggressive anti-carbon taxation and regulation is Gov. Phil Scott.
Free to succeed: A brief history of school choice
In “The Role of Government in Education,” Milton Friedman argued that basic free-market principles — such as competition and consumer freedom — should be reintroduced into the education marketplace.
New Hampshire lawmakers taking renewed look at marijuana-related bills
As New Hampshire legislators returned to Concord earlier this month, they have been looking at a slate of bills pertaining to marijuana, including legalization and allowing medical patients to grow their own.
Letter: No Vermont tax will cleanse the Earth
Vermont has 0.002% of the U.S. population, about equal to Boston, and we think we’re going to save the world by increasing the tax burden, a tax burden that will give a rebate to those wealthy enough to afford an electric car and solar panels?
U.S. attorney general warns of ‘militant secular effort’ to drive out religion
Attorney General William Barr warned that religious people are not imposing their beliefs on others, but that “militant secularists” are imposing their values on religious people.