The Legislature has created a new board to be known as the Sunset Advisory Board to evaluate the other boards and to make recommendations regarding their continuation. We can always hope that they will do the right thing for Vermonters and will recommend decommissioning the unneeded boards.
A Sanders campaign spokesman told CNN the campaign no longer employed Darius Khalil Gordon following the Thursday Free Beacon report that examined a variety of Gordon’s tweets.
The report is expected to detail the FBI’s decision to open the Trump-Russia investigation, as well as the bureau’s efforts to obtain surveillance against a Trump campaign adviser. Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, will testify about the report Wednesday.
As policymakers from Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont gathered Thursday night to discuss plans for a commercial marijuana market in Vermont, critics of legalization showed up to say Vermont farmers can expect to be overrun by large corporate marketers.
Is it at all possible to just step back and see the climate crisis with some perspective? Yes, there are serious climate issues impacting the world’s geography — in cities, oceans and air. Here in Vermont we are not in a crisis situation — far from it.
Public schools in New Hampshire spent $17,133 per student based on average daily attendance (ADA) figures, the 11th highest expenditure level among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a National Education Association report.
The acting deputy secretary took particular umbrage with cities and localities that refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), making it more difficult to arrest and deport illegal aliens accused of heinous crimes.
Environmental lawyers are hammering BP for engaging in an ad campaign that promotes green energy policies designed to lessen climate change.
Vermont is going to get $55 million more in transportation funds than it may have gotten if federal money wasn’t restored for the nation’s transportation restoration and maintenance efforts.
Vermont’s faith-based communities can help the VA help suicide-prone veterans, Dr. Brett Rusch of the VA Medical Center said today.
Vermont’s carbon dioxide emissions from all sources are about 10 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. Just one 1600 Mw Chinese coal plant would produce about as much CO2 in a year as all CO2 emissions in Vermont.
It’s that time of year again when Congress provokes the issue of expired or soon-to-expire energy tax credits. Tax credits and other such subsidies distort markets and grossly misinform renewable energy companies about actual customer demand.