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Wikimedia Commons/Paul Anderson

Flemming: GMP rate hike reveals monopoly influence in government

By granting monopoly privileges, Vermont has incentivized monopolies to take advantage of bureaucrats who have every reason to look toward their next career move, rather than looking out for the common good.

December 11, 2018 in Commentary.
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Government watchdog demands probe into New York attorney general’s climate crusade debacle

A prominent government watchdog group is demanding New York officials probe the state attorney general for using former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s legal group to target energy companies.

December 11, 2018 in U.S..
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Trump administration seeks ‘pro-life, pro-science’ alternatives to fetal tissue research

The Trump administration is investing up to $20 million for the next two years to determine effective alternatives to using tissue from aborted babies for research.

December 11, 2018 in U.S..

Athens, Grafton and Westminster districts poised to fight Act 46

Now that the dust has settled on school merger proposals from the State Board of Education, some of the most frustrated districts are joining a legal battle to defeat Act 46.

December 10, 2018 in TNR News.
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Roper: New Hampshire is attracting young people

How come New Hampshire is successful in seducing twenty- and thirty-somethings while Vermont is one of only two states to see a net decline in population?

December 10, 2018 in Commentary.

State Headliners: Carbon tax opposed abroad, but embraced by Burlington mayor

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger announced support for a carbon tax at a climate action conference in Fairlee. Politically speaking, it was a safe move. Burlington will win big in any plan that punishes rural people who live in older homes heated with oil and drive SUVs.

December 10, 2018 in TNR News.
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Gender-eradicators are pressuring fast-food chains to dump toys made for boys and girls

More than a dozen Michigan lawmakers support a resolution in the state’s House of Representatives pressuring fast-food chains like McDonald’s to eliminate “gender-classified” toys from their children’s meals.

December 10, 2018 in U.S..
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Potentially the biggest union-related case since Janus appealed to U.S. Supreme Court

The Buckeye Institute appealed a case to the United States Supreme Court that could prohibit forced public sector union representation if successful.

December 10, 2018 in U.S..
U.S. Department of Education

Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union reacts to state mandated merger

Four communities in the lower Northeast Kingdom are trying to adjust to a big reversal by Vermont’s education bureaucracy about recommended mergers under Act 46, the 2015 school governance law.

December 9, 2018 in TNR News.
U.S. National Guard

State Headliners: Justice for victim of pot-related I-91 fatal accident? CO weak conviction rate not encouraging

Ted Haley was described in his obituary as “a simple and forgiving man” who leaves behind a grieving family, including a daughter described as “his greatest love.” He was a victim of one of the growing number of marijuana-related highway accidents in pot-legal states.

December 9, 2018 in TNR News.
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Roper: AllEarth Rail — literally a train wreck

If the folks at AllEarth really believe in this idea and really see a market for the service, then they should invest their own money and reap whatever profits the venture yields.

December 9, 2018 in Commentary.
The Daily Signal/Nolan Peterson

Money, support for migrant ‘caravans’ flow through Chicago

Advocates of open borders quoted in media coverage of the migrant “caravan” moving north through Mexico are part of a network of U.S.-based groups funded in the past by left-leaning foundations.

December 9, 2018 in U.S..

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