Tough budget season underway for urban and rural school boards
With Vermont facing an education fund deficit of at least $50 million, school boards and property-tax weary constituents across the state have a challenging budget season ahead.
Four examples of what happens when jurisdictions don’t cooperate with ICE
“Sanctuary” policies haven’t kept federal immigration authorities from doing their job, but there have been numerous cases of local jurisdictions refusing to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests.
McClaughry: Former Australian prime minister on renewable subsidies
Too much intermittent renewable power causes increasing problems of grid management, as is the case from Vermont to Australia.
Acting ICE director talks top enforcement priorities, crackdown on sanctuary cities
About 400,000 illegal aliens are processed through ICE’s system each year, and about one in every 10 is detained. In this interview, Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, explains how the federal agency prioritizes immigration enforcement.
Democrats have done a 180 on corporate taxes
Now that Trump and the Republican Congress are about to actually act to cut the top federal corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 percent, Democrats are suddenly railing against it.
Environmentalists now issuing death threats against family of Trump’s EPA chief
A recent increase in security for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is due to “unprecedented” death threats against him and his family, Pruitt told Bloomberg in an interview Thursday.
Newly approved wind turbine sound rules leave many unhappy
The Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules accepted sound standards crafted by the Public Utilities Commission for wind turbines by a 5-2 vote. This rule-making initiative is a requirement of 2016’s Act 174 energy siting policy.
Colleges gear up for Halloween with warnings and ‘cultural appropriation’ workshops
Colleges are getting ready for Halloween by administering warnings about how students should dress for the holiday.
Public support for legal marijuana continues to rise
More Americans support legalizing marijuana than ever before, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
Did Vermonters help swing New Hampshire’s election?
According to state records on same-day voter registration, 212 Vermonters were among the 6,540 people who registered to vote in New Hampshire on Election Day using an out-of-state license.
In smackdown of states, judge rules Trump doesn’t have to pay Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of California preliminary rejected a lawsuit Wednesday from states challenging the Trump administration’s decision to stop paying out Obamacare subsidies.
Fact Check: Clinton says the Uranium One controversy has been ‘debunked’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed last week that allegations that she approved the sale of a uranium production company to Russia in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation have been “debunked.” Is she right?