Dialogues with Meg Hansen: Law enforcement solutions for the opioid crisis
Vergennes Chief of Police George Merkel joins us to discuss the impact of the opioid crisis on local law enforcement and the carnage that the epidemic is leaving in its wake.
Neighbor: Pigs as pets in Brattleboro? Hogwash
“This is a residential neighborhood, always has been a residential neighborhood, lot of kids, lot of pets, lot of small pets. The property in question is basically becoming a barnyard. There are barnyard smells like a leach field five out of the seven days a week.”
McClaughry: Trump administration expands HRAs
President Obama told Congress his guiding principle was competition and choice, but that simply wasn’t true. President Trump’s new rule partially fulfills Obama’s empty promise.
19 arrests later, a Texas town is torn apart over voter fraud
Molina reportedly is the first elected official in Texas to face a felony charge under a 2017 statute against vote harvesting, casting the midsize city into the national debate over election integrity. The mayor denies the charges.
New report spotlights Vermont’s poor showing when it comes to military retirees
A new report on which states are best and worst for military members to consider for retirement ranks Vermont among the worst states.
Vermont poised to let kids, not parents, make gender decisions
Most schools can’t give a child an aspirin without getting a parent’s OK. But in Vermont, kids are about to get a whole lot more than Tylenol. Under a new rule, they’ll be able to get entirely new bodies — in some cases, without ever calling home.
Scott signs broadband bill in ‘very appropriate’ place
At Dover Town Hall on Thursday, Scott signed into law H.513, saying it “increases funding to the Connectivity Initiative, which provides access to internet services in unserved or underserved areas.”
New York Passes ‘very expensive’ climate change bill to cut global CO2 emissions 0.3% over 30 years
That’s right. New York’s climate bill, touted as the “one of the nation’s most aggressive,” would only cut 0.3 percent of global emissions by 2050.
Hundreds of caravan migrants carry criminal histories, DHS investigation finds
Their findings revealed hundreds of those individuals carried criminal histories, including murder, aggravated assault and sexual offenses. The figures specifically refer to criminal acts already committed in the U.S.
Statehouse Headliners: As cost of making power drops 33%, NE consumers still pay highest rate in US
Every New England state is among the top 10 most expensive. Consumers want to know: why is that? The real cost driver isn’t the cost of the electricity itself — yet, anyway.
Betsy Bishop: Focus on economic development characterized the 2019 legislative session
While it is tempting to continue debating the 2019 political turmoil, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce instead chooses to celebrate some of the many areas where legislators actively responded to the needs of the business community.
Federal court approves Trump admin ban on Title X funds to abortion providers, counselors
An appeals court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration can ban taxpayer-funded abortion clinics from performing abortions or making abortion referrals.