Bennington GOP chair says Gov. Scott erred by not supporting Trump
At a Republican-led forum earlier this month, the chair of the Bennington County GOP said Vermont Gov. Phil Scott blundered by not supporting President Donald Trump.
Forcing Americans to buy government-prescribed insurance an ‘invasion of liberty’
The crucial rationale for the individual mandate was that somebody had to subsidize the premiums of older sicker people. That “somebody” was young healthy people who, faced with exorbitant premiums to pay for somebody else’s coverage, would logically walk away from the insurance market altogether.
California judge blocks Trump’s sanctuary city order
A federal judge in California blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order reducing funding for sanctuary cities Monday, limiting the administration’s ability to punish municipalities that violate federal immigration law.
FCC to introduce plans to roll back Obama-era internet regulations
The Federal Communications Commission is expected to introduce preliminary plans to roll back internet regulations imposed under the Obama administration.
Burr and Burton Academy provides $15 million boost to local economy
Independent schools may be the answer to economic prosperity in Vermont as a recent study found that Burr and Burton Academy provides over $15 million in support to Bennington County annually.
Statehouse Headliners: Top cop foresees pot-related deaths, jobless rate at 2.9 percent
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, Vermont’s law enforcement chief sees “more fatalities on the highways” if pot is legalized, the jobless rate holds under 3 percent for the 2nd straight month, and the press corps continues to get shuffled.
Campus Watch: Taking a knee at UVM basketball game unproductive and inappropriate
If athletes are so concerned about their cause, there are more effective means of achieving change.
Dems in meltdown mode as Obamacare individual mandate moves toward extinction
The mandate was always more of a “nanny tax” than a way to raise government funding. Democrats included it in the law to force the young and healthy to buy into the government-run health exchanges so as to offset the high cost of the old and very sick.
Florida church warns ‘this is not a gun-free zone’
Florida pastors sent a clear warning to potential shooters, advertising a sign outside their church that says “this is not a gun free zone.”
McClaughry: A global renewable energy power play
Nuclear stations deliver steady, safe, reliable dispatchable baseload power to the grid, accompanied by almost no greenhouse gas emissions.
To fight global warming, the UN wants countries to literally suck CO2 out of the air
The Paris agreement assumes, in effect, that the world will find ways to suck CO2 out of the air since emissions cannot be cut fast enough to keep the total stock of greenhouse gases sufficiently small to limit the rise in temperature successfully.
NAACP expresses racial profiling concerns as police hunt for serial killer
Members of the Hillsborough County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People met with the Tampa police chief Thursday to discuss concerns of racial profiling and the arrests of black people as police hunt for a potential serial killer.