Video: Venezuelan socialists warn US citizens against socialism
“Bernie Sanders is your enemy. Do not ever get involved with this individual or any of the other socialists,” one participant at the rally warned.
Amendment to delay Act 46 forced mergers a year defeated in House
The Vermont House of Representatives on Wednesday voted down a proposed amendment that would have allowed a one-year extension for forced school district mergers under Act 46.
Bernie Sanders’ response to SOTU: Trump forgot to mention climate change
“Scientists tell us that we have a very short 12 years, not a lot of time, in order to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and into energy efficiency and sustainable energy,” Sanders continued. “Somehow or another, Donald Trump just forgot to talk about that.”
Guy Page: H.57 would make Vermont even more pro-abortion than before
Supporters of H.57, the unrestricted abortion bill, say it only establishes in statute Vermont’s “status quo” of unrestricted abortion. In the world of legal technicalities and constitutional law, this is sort of true.
U.S. Senate Democrat blocks bill that would ban infanticide of born-alive babies
“The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act prohibits exactly the kind of infanticide that Gov. Northam was endorsing. That’s it. That’s what the legislation is about.”
Electronic health records developers to pay $57 million to settle False Claims Act allegations
Greenway Health, LLC will pay $57.25 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that Greenway caused its users to submit false claims to the government by misrepresenting the capabilities of its EHR product “Prime Suite” and providing unlawful remuneration to users.
Social justice education reform making its way through House
A bill to introduce social justice education to Vermont preK-12 students was approved unanimously on the House floor Thursday without controversy.
Statehouse Headliners: Proposed VT law would protect lab rats; no protection seen for human fetuses
S.16, sponsored by Sen. Tim Ashe, would protect vertebrate animals — including lab rats and mice — from being used for non-medical research. At the same time, H.57 would decree that throughout the entire pregnancy, “the fetus shall not have independent rights under Vermont law.”
Exodus: Citizens flee New York for low-tax red states
The Democratic governor said Monday that changes to the federal tax law resulted in his state losing $2.3 billion in tax revenue. The 2017 law capping deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000 is the reason for the shortfall and immigration out of the state, he said.
Zupan: A, my name is Alice, and we sell abortions
Imagine the horror of a baby, who is moments away from seeing daylight and breathing its first breath, fully formed in the mother’s womb, being destroyed with less mercy than that shown a rabid animal. Can you let this be done in your name as a voting citizen of Vermont?
Sensible Democrats remove fossil fuel eradication from Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal
In what will likely be a major disappointment for the Democratic Party’s progressive base, upcoming Green New Deal legislation will omit the plan’s most lauded goal: A specific deadline for ending U.S. fossil fuel development.
Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce opposes job-killing minimum wage bill
S.23 proposes raising the minimum wage to $11.50 on Jan. 1, 2020, and then annually until it reaches $15.00 on Jan. 1, 2024. Following those increases, the legislation calls for increases in the minimum wage of 5 percent or the percentage of increase of the Consumer Price Index.