John Klar: What happened to rule of law?
This year’s Strolling of the Heifers Parade again showed the face of disfigured liberalism, endorsed by Vermont’s Progressive lieutenant governor.
Video: Everything you missed from the radical 2nd Democratic debate
Thursday night’s Democratic debate in Miami brought a close to the two part debate series that showed America a lineup of Trump-hungry candidates not afraid to get personal with one another.
Supreme Court rules judges can’t block partisan gerrymandering
A narrowly divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal judges have no authority to block politically gerrymandered maps. The 5-4 decision fell along ideological lines with the five conservative judges signing onto the decision and the liberal judges dissenting.
Title X funding shakeup has Planned Parenthood panicked, pro-life group skeptical
A week after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a nationwide injunction preventing the Trump administration from withholding Title X funds from clinics that provide or counsel abortions, local pro-life and pro-abortion leaders are unsure whether Planned Parenthood’s clinics in Vermont might lose $800,000 in funding.
State Headliners: Hemp isn’t marijuana, but similarities cause problems, raise questions
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (AAFM) will hold its first public hearings in Brandon today and in Newport tomorrow to discuss the rulemaking process for the state’s hemp program.
Sanders says 2016 election was ‘rigged’ by Democrats, claims he would have beaten Trump
The system was rigged against Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in his loss to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, Sanders claimed Wednesday on MSNBC.
Democrats dodged an important question: Who pays for trillion-dollar climate change plans?
Democratic presidential candidates eagerly touted their costly climate change plans during the first primary debate, but tip-toed around the questions of how they would pay for trillions in spending.
New rule allowing HRAs to pay for health care could provide coverage to 2 million Americans
Effective Jan. 1, 2020, employers will once again be able to offer HRAs for their employees to purchase individual market coverage for themselves and their families.
TNR Video Series: ‘Travels With Charlie – Vermont Politics in Real Life’ (Episode 4)
In the fourth episode of “Travels With Charlie – Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo talks Act 46 with Republican state Sen. Corey Parent and David Kelley, an attorney representing school districts jointly appealing the State Board of Education’s merger decisions.
City councilor: Burlington’s use-of-force policy ‘pretty strong’ in protecting the public
As accusations of police brutality continue to grip the city, one Progressive city councilor says existing police policy is mostly solid as is, but he still supports a review by a special committee.
State Headliners: Drunk truck drivers and ‘expungement’
A law passed this year in Vermont would expunge criminal records for drug possession and some DUI crimes, making it harder for employers to know about employees’ drug and alcohol histories.
John Klar: We must prevent, treat and encourage addicts, not condemn
Individual Vermonters must get informed, train as recovery coaches or counselors, and come along supportively in prevention, counseling, or for those in recovery. The time for ignorant stigma is past.