Roper: False claims of falsity about Vermont’s business climate
Digger has zero evidence that Vermont’s bad business climate wasn’t the reason Energizer left. It may very well be the reason the company left. Digger doesn’t know.
John Klar: Orwellian fear reigns in Vermont
But most Vermonters can see through the fear and hate to the real threats — economic implosion, deaths from ubiquitous opioids, the irrevocable loss of vital rural schools.
McClaughry: Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Medicare for All
She continues to claim that this will cost “not one penny in middle-class tax increases.” Even Bernie Sanders called her out on that assertion.
Report: Medicaid spending skyrockets, consumes 30 percent of state budgets
In 2015, Medicaid accounted for 20 percent of state budget spending. According to new research by the Foundation for Government Accountability, Medicaid spending now accounts for 30 percent of state budgets, skyrocketing to an estimated $603 billion in 2018.
Vermont hemp farmers are grumbling about fed rules, and the return on their investments
According to published comments made last week by Cary Giguere of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the state could lose 70% of its hemp crop for being out of compliance with federal rules. Some farmers aren’t too happy about it.
Police meeting discusses the lack of personnel, resources to get job done in Vermont
Various police and community leaders gathered in a campus hall at Vermont Law School on Wednesday evening to discuss the general lack of resources and other issues facing law enforcement in the Green Mountain State.
Sanders will spend $30 million on TV ads in early 2020 states in effort to win older voters
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders’s campaign plans to spend more than $30 million on TV ads in early 2020 states, people familiar with the plan told The New York Times.
LGBTQ town hall in Bennington will provide forum for concerns
The LGBTQIA Alliance is pretty much the “direct ear to the legislature,” said Lisa Carton, president of Queer Connect. “Mostly, they’re coming down to hear what our needs are, so they can best represent us to the statehouse, which is spectacular,” she said.
Green New Deal Dems toss their support behind report pushing to fast track population control
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey retweeted links to a report signed by more than 11,000 scientists who argue that the population “must be stabilized — and, ideally, gradually reduced — within a framework that ensures social integrity.”
Gun rights proponents not surprised by Vermont’s low murder rate
Despite the pervasive fear among many Americans that more guns equals more crime, statistics show that gun-freedom states like Vermont are among the safest places to live.
Daily Chronicle: Sustainable housing/bus stop of future in Montpelier costs $256K per unit
A new 30-unit Montpelier rental housing project built with private and government money cost $7.7 million — an average cost of $256,666 per unit. The building also includes a separately-funded, multi-million dollar mass transit center on the ground floor.
Video: Ilhan Omar calls for end to ‘Western imperialism’ as she endorses Bernie Sanders
“I am beyond honored and excited for a president who will fight against Western imperialism,” Omar said Sunday.