VA shoots down feminist request to change 60-year motto to some silly nonsense
The Department of Veteran Affairs shot down a request to make its motto gender-neutral, according to a Friday report.
Coming to a town near you: ‘Fossil Free Fast’ climate crusaders
The Fossil Free Fast event weaved-in every Democrat-progressive cause from immigration and white-male supremacy to free college tuition and single-payer health care.
Recent Schurz activities show company’s nuanced position on net neutrality
Doubts have emerged over whether the new purchaser of Burlington Telecom is as committed to net neutrality as the company had indicated during the bidding process.
FCC Commissioner O’Rielly: Some net neutrality supporters have been ‘brainwashed’
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Michael O’Rielly said Monday that some supporters of so-called “net neutrality” rules have essentially been “brainwashed.”
McClaughry: Vermont’s sad education test scores
For a billion and a half dollars every year, it seems to me that we ought to be getting better than 50 percent proficiency.
Statehouse Headliners: Trump tax cut to lead to lower utility bills, $15 minimum heads to committee
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, the Trump tax cut has led to a Green Mountain Power rebate for customers, and the $15 minimum wage is headed to committee.
Google’s new fact-check feature almost exclusively targets conservative sites
The most powerful search engine in the world is now displaying fact checks for conservative publications in its results. No prominent liberal site receives the same treatment.
Electric companies begin using cash from tax cut to lower energy bills
Pepco recently announced it plans to use funds made available by the newly signed tax reform bill to lower customer’s energy bills, confirming the GOP talking point that savings from the legislation would trickle down to consumers.
Huma Abedin forwarded state passwords to Yahoo email account before it was hacked by foreign agents
Huma Abedin forwarded sensitive State Department emails, including passwords to government systems, to her personal Yahoo email account before every single Yahoo account was hacked.
10 ways the Trump administration beat back excessive regulation in 2017
Federal rulemaking slowed dramatically in 2017, with the Trump administration issuing two-thirds fewer regulations in its first year than both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
The origins of ‘hate speech’
Not since George Orwell’s “thoughtcrimes” — the author’s word for unapproved thoughts in his novel “1984” — has there been so little regard for the dangers of controlling free speech.
Statehouse Headliners: UVM Med Center performing elective abortions; water quality levy possible; docs say pot leads to opiate abuse
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, UVM Medical Center admits performing elective abortions, a Senate bill would levy $1 per month for water quality, and doctors say pot legalization leads to opiate abuse.