Statehouse Headliners: Marijuana ‘prevention tax’ could lead to lagging revenues
A marijuana “prevention tax” could mean lagging sales, insufficient revenue.
‘Exactly when did you think America was great?’ says Eric Holder. Here is the answer.
There’s no doubt that one of the flashpoints of the modern culture war in America is the debate over our nation’s history.
Obamacare is in danger. Here’s why it’s been so bad for America.
Last December, a district judge in Texas ruled that Obamacare should be struck down in its entirety. The Justice Department said in a federal appeals court filing on Monday that it agrees with this ruling, which would be a reversal of its previous position that only some of the law should be overturned.
Study finds California’s background checks had no impact on gun violence
A study by Johns Hopkins University has determined that California’s background check law has had no measurable impact on gun violence or deaths in the state.
Dialogues with Meg Hansen: Does farming have a future in Vermont?
Mark and Kate Bowen, owners of Meadowdale Farm in Putney, discuss how heavy regulations, high financial losses and creeping anti-farming attitudes have made life in Vermont challenging for farmers.
How Venezuela uses universal health care as a political weapon
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro is using his socialist country’s universal health care system as a political tool, ordering doctors to throttle medical supplies and withhold care from citizens who don’t vote for him.
States post highest rainy-day reserves since Great Recession, study finds
The end of fiscal-year 2018 saw states socking away a record amount in rainy-day funds – nearly $60 billion – with Colorado and Michigan reporting some of the heftiest reserve accounts, according to a new Pew Charitable Trusts study.
Statehouse Headliners: Weatherization already up by $850,000 this year, even without controversial fuel tax
Even before the Vermont House of Representatives voted this week to double the fuel tax to boost revenue for low-income weatherization, the House tax committee had already decided to raise next year’s weatherization revenue by $850,000.
House won’t allow alternative health insurance
On Thursday the House chamber voted in favor of H.524, the health insurance mandate, which in its current form does not have a financial penalty for not having insurance.
Institute: Federal grants are turning states against their own people
States are increasingly lured by the federal government to receive so-called free money, but in the process have become branch offices of Washington — or, even worse, indistinguishable from the federal government itself.
Trump may close US southern border ‘next week’
President Donald Trump threatened to close the U.S. southern border in a tweet Friday if Mexico “doesn’t immediately stop” illegal immigration into the U.S.
Tax reform reaping benefits among lower-paid workers as wages rise
Average hourly earnings rose 3.4 percent in February, marking the greatest earnings increase since April 2009, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report. February earnings were the seventh consecutive month during which compensation was three percent or higher.