Addison County Republicans working to win first state Senate seat since 2002
Peter Briggs and Doug Tolles thought up a series of campaign signs modeled after the classic Burma-Shave ad slogan road signs of the 1930s and ’40s.
Bucknam: Judicial independence being undermined by bar association bias
The ABA president, seemingly doing the bidding of Democrat senators, called for an FBI investigation, even though the ABA had given Judge Kavanaugh its highest rating after its own investigation. The Vermont Bar Association was no better.
EPA paid $14.5 million for foreign nationals, not Americans, to work in government labs
“Allowing foreign nationals to participate in the fellowships is inconsistent with the EPA practice of awarding fellowships to U.S. citizens, which is required for the EPA’s directly awarded fellowships,” OIG reported Wednesday.
Some are more equal than others in socialist Venezuela
Life in Venezuela, where the people starve and predatory leaders — who can’t or won’t control themselves — stuff their faces, is what it’s like under “real” socialism. Perhaps we should finally heed this warning and banish forever the whimsical notions of socialism’s potential.
Trump scores NAFTA deal after last-minute negotiations with Canada
The United States reached a trade deal with Mexico and Canada late Sunday night, providing President Donald Trump a crucial win as he has long promised to renegotiate the pact. All three countries voiced support for the new deal, called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA.
Why single-payer would make health care worse for Americans
Advocates of single-payer health care — like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his “Medicare for All” legislation — suggest Americans would enjoy a health care utopia if only the government took over. But claims of lower costs and better, more efficient care are widely overblown.
We went to a pro-Kavanaugh rally. Here’s what women had to say.
When asked what she thinks is motivating the allegations, she shrugs and replies: “The accusations are due to money floating around.”
Maryland school district sees 10 percent jump in non-native English class enrollment, already has 165 interpreters
A Maryland county school district is attempting to adjust to the 10 percent increase in students enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). The district already has 165 interpreters who can speak 21 languages.
Taxpayers are subsidizing golf courses and baseball fields — it’s time to end that
The federal government should not be in the business of accruing more land, nor should it be spending taxpayer dollars on projects that are local in nature, such as golf courses and Little League baseball fields.
Some Vermonters believe alleged ‘victim’ despite lack of evidence, corroboration
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week showed that some Vermonters are willing to believe Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser without any evidence or corroboration of her testimony.
State Headliners: Vermont police out $2 million of drug-fighting money, thanks to state immigration policy
The state of Vermont’s policy of partial non-cooperation with federal immigration police has already cost Vermont police the use of about $2.3 million in federal heroin-trafficking money. And that figure may climb to almost $2.8 million.
Roper: Unions vs. teachers — thoughts after Janus
By putting unions in the position of having to work harder and prove value to their membership, teachers, students and taxpayers will benefit. Unions, if they’re up to the challenge, will benefit too.