Environmentalists are after records of meetings between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and members of the agriculture industry over repealing part of the Clean Water Act.
At the first marijuana commission meeting held to find a path to recreational pot smoking in Vermont, lawmakers and police appeared divided on whether legalization is inevitable.
In this episode of Vote for Vermont, co-hosts Pat McDonald and Ben Kinsley interview Forest, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Michael Snyder about marketing and managing Vermont’s natural resources and forests.
Watching recent teacher contract talks in both Burlington and South Burlington, it’s clear that nothing has changed in the bargaining strategy and tactics of the teachers’ union.
Vermont’s Refugee Resettlement Program has requested 100 more Syrian and Iraqi refugees to be sent to Rutland, and so far local residents are quiet about whether they plan to oppose the move.
I have often written on the subject of embezzlement and its impact in Vermont. I have even gone so far as to note that in some ways it is the best job in Vermont. I now stand corrected: the best job in Vermont is that of our state’s U.S. senator.
Mr. Roper asserts our “wildly loose” interpretation of the residency requirement “does not reflect the spirit or the language of the statute.” I could not disagree more.
As nice as Medicare for All may sound, Sanders’ proposal is a classic example of a bait and switch. Once the consumer is lured by the slogan, he is suddenly hooked by a reality far less enticing.
Of the three finalists left bidding for Burlington Telecom, all three are committed to former President Barack Obama’s net neutrality policy — a stance, critics say, could hurt consumers and innovation.
Given all the money and power at stake, green politicians must figure that a renewable energy credit scam is not a big deal if they can position themselves in the pole position in a much bigger scam.
LePage explicitly threatened to remove any sheriff who refuses to comply with Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests to extend the detention of arrested individuals suspected of violating federal immigration law.
Chairman Walke, joined by three of the other 20 members who sat mute through the first 90 minutes, offered no opening statement, no context, no conditions, no ground rules — only an invitation to the audience of 60 to “tell us what you want us to consider.”