VTGOP Chair: What’s at stake this November
Vermonters have a choice to make about the direction of our state this November. Will we allow ourselves to be taxed to death, or not? Here, very bluntly, is what’s at stake.
Bernie Sanders’s son loses longshot New Hampshire congressional bid
Levi Sanders received only 1.8 percent of the vote in the Granite State’s primary election, losing to Executive Council Chris Pappas. Levi faced an uphill battle after he managed to cobble together less than $40,000 in donations.
Molly Kelly wins NH Democratic primary, faces incumbent Sununu in November
Former New Hampshire state Sen. Molly Kelly won the Democratic gubernatorial primary election on Tuesday and will now face the popular incumbent GOP Gov. Chris Sununu in November.
Jim Fitzgerald: I’m walking away from the Vermont Democratic Party
As Einstein said, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. So, I’m giving the Vermont Republican Party a try because Vermont is my home and I want to be able to stay here.
Regressive carbon taxes a non-starter, even in blue states
As Californians prepare to vote on Proposition 6, a ballot measure that would undo the gas tax hike enacted by Gov. Jerry Brown last year, a Republican member of Congress is pushing a national proposal that would counteract the benefits of Prop. 6’s approval by driving up gas prices and other energy costs.
Statehouse Headliners: Political contributions to Vermont Legislature candidates
While it is unlikely that any single contribution will influence how a candidate will vote, knowing candidates’ financial supporters can provide insight into their positions on issues.
Here’s how safe America is 17 years after 9/11
Since that dark day 17 years ago, the U.S. homeland has faced 104 Islamist terror plots or attacks. Initially, the main target was military facilities and uniformed personnel. But over time, the terrorists shifted their targets toward mass public gatherings.
6 denials of claims in Woodward’s Trump book before its release
Denials and denunciations stacked up days before the formal release Tuesday of legendary investigative reporter Bob Woodward’s book “Fear: Trump in the White House.”
Stoweflake vice president says resort unfairly associated with racism claims
A vice president of the resort where Pact summer campers stayed last month says his establishment is being unfairly associated with local incidents in which racial slurs were allegedly directed at camp leaders and kids.
State Headliners: No expected General Fund windfall from ‘tax and regulate’ pot law
There will be no marijuana financial windfall for Vermont’s General Fund, youth consumption is up, and police still have no effective roadside test for impairment.
Campion: When fascists flirt with big benefit programs
Amazon’s corporate taxes are already going to pay for entitlement spending — but hey, let’s not confuse Grampa Bernie here. Oh, and the salaries of the people paid at Amazon are taxed and go to pay for entitlements.
Hurricane Florence is ‘nature’s business,’ not global warming, scientist says
“Major hurricanes are business as usual for nature, just uncommon,” Roy Spencer wrote in a blog post published Monday. Spencer is a climate scientist at the University of Alabama-Huntsville.