McClaughry: The great tax and spending deadlock ends
The great tax and spending deadlock of 2018 is now over. Gov. Scott, after a hectic month of thrust and counterthrust with the Democratic House and Senate, got most of what he wanted.
2020 Dems divided on whether to abolish ICE
Potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are divided over whether to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is charged with enforcing the nation’s immigration laws.
Hansen: What do Vermont’s health care transparency laws achieve?
Doubling down on demanding drug prices emboldens politicians to claim that they are tackling high prescription drug costs. In truth, it amounts to little more than posturing. Drug price transparency information does not measure value to the patient.
Roper: Forcing people to pay unions was theft
If VSEA does end up losing $800,000 it is only because their membership does not value what they are selling. Sorry, but no sympathy here. Fix your product or go out of business — but the days of putting the government gun to somebody’s head and picking their pockets are thankfully over.
Opinion: Senate farm bill is bad on food stamps and farm subsidies
This may come as a surprise to some, but the farm bill should really be called the food stamp bill. Food stamps account for about 70 percent of farm bill costs. The Senate farm bill doesn’t do anything to reform food stamps. It doesn’t reduce dependency on welfare assistance.
Independent voters still glad Hillary lost 2016 election
The majority of Independent voters hold no regrets over former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 election, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Monday.
University settles lawsuit after discriminating against Republicans
A Washington university is shelling out big bucks to settle a dispute with a Republican student group that filed a lawsuit alleging the school discriminated against it by charging exorbitant security fees for speaker events.
Americans are complaining that Department of Energy regs are ruining dishwashers
“Until we went to my parents house, who have a much older dishwasher than us, we had no clue how terrible of a job our newer dishwasher was doing compared to theirs,” one person wrote the DOE. “We are left doing hand washing a lot at home because of how poorly the top rack cleans dishes. What a waste of water.”
‘Mad Pride’ march in Montpelier to shine a light on mental health issues
Mental illness is a struggle for many in Vermont, but a coalition of help organizations has decided that it doesn’t have to be a stigma, and is organizing a local event to celebrate “psychiatric survivors.”
Cabot and Danville schools continue to discuss merger following state recommendation
The struggle between the Agency of Education and Cabot over what to do with its school system only got more complicated now that the state is rejecting the community’s proposal for an alternative district.
Teens weighed as solution to low representative turnout on Town Meeting Day
“The Youth Vote Amendment will allow youth 16 and 17 to serve as representatives at Town Meeting and to vote on local issues,” said Daims.
De Blasio wants to abolish ICE, replace it with something ‘sensible’
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined his voice with dozens of Democrats calling to abolish the immigration police force responsible for investigating and arresting illegal aliens throughout the country.