Police raid anti-pipeline site, destroy their camp and send them to jail
Law enforcement ended a lingering standoff with an anti-pipeline camp site, arresting five protesters and destroying all the makeshift homes that were built.
Trump’s rollback of CAFE mandates big win for consumer choice
If consumers value saving money on gasoline, they will simply choose to purchase more fuel-efficient cars, and automakers will meet that demand without a federal mandate.
State Headliners: Vermont first in illegal northern border crossings
Illegal crossings are up 50 percent in the last year for the U.S. Border Patrol Swanton sector, which covers all of the Vermont border and parts of New York and New Hampshire.
Flemming: Canada’s carbon tax failure, eh?
Let us work to make sure our neighbors are aware of how devastating a carbon tax has been for Canada, so that Vermonters do not have the expend so much energy in repealing our own carbon tax.
Here’s how a suspected ISIS fighter ended up in the US as a refugee
All the suspected Islamic State fighter had to do was lie on his United Nations applications for refugee status and during interviews with U.S. Customs and Immigration Services officials.
Hillary Clinton praises child who knelt during Pledge Of Allegiance
“It takes courage to exercise your right to protest injustice, especially when you’re 11!” Clinton tweeted. “Keep up the good work Mariana.”
EPA forced to ban pesticides based on ‘secret science’ it wants to end
“This proposed ban was not based on actual EPA research; it was based on a single, privately-produced study for which data remains unavailable to the public — even the EPA staff have never been able access to the underlying data.”
Biz experts: Low unemployment rate straining Vermont’s small businesses
Record low unemployment numbers are starting to take a toll on the health of Vermont’s small-business sector, say business and labor experts in the state.
Opinion: Phil Scott in an age of identity politics
As things stand now, the GOP is stuck between betraying its principles for a larger share of the state’s more left-leaning votes, or giving up control of the executive branch.
NY Democrat Cuomo under fire after saying America was ‘never that great’
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried a do-over after saying America was “never that great” at a legislation signing that would make sex-trafficking a felony in the state Tuesday.
Keelan: The patient is no longer the focal point
Not too many years ago, when you went to see your medical provider, you were the focal point. In the ensuing years, that has changed.
GOP leadership urges Vermonters to unite behind Phil Scott
GOP leaders aren’t taking lightly the nomination of the nation’s first major-party transgender gubernatorial candidate, and are calling on Vermonters to unite behind Gov. Phil Scott in what is shaping up to be a choice between identity and affordability.