That Copley is efficiently meeting a pretty clear “need,” providing superior service at lower price, is irrelevant to state regulators. What matters to GMCB is that Copley is taking in more revenue than expected, in violation of their bureaucratic spreadsheet.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants another 60,000 acres of northeast Vermont, and so far the state’s leaders are expressing reservations about the giant land grab.
What was supposed to answer many Burlingtonians’ growing frustrations with their phone and cable companies has morphed into a boondoggle that has cost taxpayers more than $26 million.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a proposal to repeal the Obama administration’s signature global warming regulation.
President Donald Trump has released his tax reform plan, and in a rare display of party unity, Vermont Republicans seem to be strongly behind their leader.
The question we must ask ourselves is whether a revolt of the public against authority can be turned into a positive striving for liberty.
Though it’s nice to think that parents with less hours to work — or no hours to work — would use the opportunity to spend more quality time with their kids, it is more likely that the resulting underemployment and unemployment a minimum wage hike would usher in would hurt rather than help Vermont children.
Folks, this is what it means to run a scam. Put it up there with the email you got from the guy in Uganda who wants to wire you lottery winnings. Just hand over your bank account number! Support the carbon tax, and get free money!
Let’s be honest, if the tax plan currently being debated in Washington becomes law, there will be winners and losers. The question is, how will it affect you?
With much of the nation abuzz about NFL players kneeling to protest America’s national anthem and flag, some Vermont politicians say they endorse “taking a knee.”
If the higher price of solar panels and the declining Investment Tax Credit undercut the viability of their business plans, expect an urgent appeal for a taxpayer bailout for solar installers, to counter the government tariff bailout of the solar panel makers.
Confederate statues aren’t the only ones to come under siege from protesters. Christopher Columbus, the Spanish-backed Italian explorer who discovered the Americas, is also being attacked on a wide scale.