Are veterans being well served in Vermont?
A new survey conducted by the personal finance website WalletHub found that Vermont ranks 49th when it comes to best places to live for U.S. veterans.
Statehouse Headliners: Hot job market will make $15 minimum wage unnecessary, state economist tells legislators
High demand for workers will boost Vermont wages and make the $15 minimum wage unnecessary, the chief economist for the state of Vermont predicted on Wednesday.
Report: Vermont among worst states when it comes to fiscal transparency
The 10 states with the least fiscal transparency are Missouri, Louisiana, Nebraska, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, Montana, Arkansas, New Mexico and Connecticut.
McKibben on carbon tax
Here in Vermont, McKibben and the carbon tax advocates want to put a tax on heating oil, gasoline, diesel, propane and natural gas that rises to $40 a ton after eight years.
State treasurer weighs in on vehicle emission standards
State Treasurer Beth Pearce is urging the Environmental Protection Agency and highway safety administrators to think again about rolling back vehicle emission standards.
Bernie Sanders comments on whether he’s running for president in 2020
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders revealed on Monday that he will “probably” launch a bid for president if another candidate does not emerge who is more likely to beat President Donald Trump in 2020.
State Headliners: Vermont homelessness on the rise, rent serfs and ‘trimmigrants’ are factors
Despite historic low unemployment (2.8 percent), the State of Vermont says the total number of homeless Vermonters is growing year by year.
Landowners hail property rights victory at Supreme Court in frog habitat dispute
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Fish and Wildlife Service was wrong to designate a 1,500 acre tract of land in Louisiana as a “critical habitat” for the endangered dusky gopher frog.
Trump on new dire climate report warnings: ‘I don’t believe it’
“Right now, we’re at the cleanest we’ve ever been, and that’s very important to me. But if we’re clean but every other place on Earth on is dirty, that’s not so good,” Trump said.
Twitter bans misgendering individuals as ‘hateful,’ but allows porn accounts
Twitter banned the use of biological pronouns to refer to transgender persons, adding a clause prohibiting the practice to its policy regarding hateful conduct.
Final decisions coming this week on Act 46 mergers
The state is making final decisions on school mergers this week in a move that will bring Act 46 to its messy conclusion — and likely spark new lawsuits.
Roper: France riots over a carbon tax
The source of citizen ire is primarily a fuel tax on gasoline and diesel fuel amounting to 3.9 euro cents per liter on the former and 7 cents on the latter. Another increase of 2.9 cents 6.5 cents respectively is set for January.