The changing of the seasons means that the leaf peepers are on their way — and that is a good thing for the state economy. All of those visitors are looking for the unique experience that only Vermont’s foliage can present.
Chaos gripped the opening moments of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, as Democratic senators attempted to delay proceedings while protesters heckled Republican lawmakers.
Why does the powerful teachers union, the Vermont NEA, support legislators whose votes close schools and put teachers out of jobs while protecting the positions of education bureaucrats?
Here are the facts on four of Democrats’ negative claims about Kavanaugh, 53, who currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Efforts to elect the president by popular vote has had mixed popularity this year. After the Connecticut Legislature voted in May to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the plan is just 98 Electoral College votes shy of becoming a reality.
The rule, called “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science,” would require the EPA to publish the scientific data behind regulations so that the information would be available for public scrutiny.
American workers’ efforts and expertise are responsible for some of the greatest technological, scientific and creative advances the world has ever known. It is most appropriate that we recognize workers who make America the great nation that we are.
The additional cost a worldwide carbon tax would add to agricultural products would put between 70 million and 170 million more people at risk for hunger, especially those living in sub Saharan Africa and India. This is roughly three times more than the 24 to 50 million people who might benefit from any mitigation of climate change.
For conservatives to support any farm bill, Congress should adopt the House’s reforms to require more work-capable recipients of food stamps to work or prepare for work as a condition of receiving benefits.
More than one hundred conservative Facebook employees have joined an internal employee message board to protest what they call the company’s “intolerant” liberal culture.
It’s OK for the renewable power industry to celebrate when they help keep power costs low, but ratepayers need to know that, at present and on average, solar power has the opposite effect.
While the state government doubles down on implementing forced school district mergers under Act 46, a host of local residents and stakeholders are threatening to close down schools rather than subject them to the Act 46 process.