Hundreds of illegal voters revealed in Philadelphia
According to a Philadelphia elections official, hundreds of individuals who are not U.S. citizens have registered to vote in Philadelphia and nearly half of them voted in past elections.
Agency of Commerce and Community Development receives $325,600 grant for small business exporting
Governor Phil Scott today announced the state will receive a $325,600 grant to help small businesses in Vermont reach international markets.
Bernie Sanders was against socializing the U.S. health care system before he was for it
In the late 1980s, Bernie Sanders, as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, acknowledged that a Canadian-style government-run health care system “would bankrupt the nation.”
Trump is on verge of total travel ban victory
President Donald Trump’s travel ban will expire on Sunday, and that could be the biggest news yet in the legal controversy surrounding his executive order on refugees and migrants.
Germany likely won’t meet global warming goal despite $800 billion investment in green energy
A recent report claims Germany is not on track to meet its goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 40 percent by 2020, despite the country spending billions on green energy subsidies.
Sanderscare: What is Bernie thinking?
Once again, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has decided to beat the drum for single-payer healthcare. Will he ever realize he’s beating a dead horse? Single-payer failed in Vermont, the first state to actively pursue the policy.
Peak foliage colors approaching in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
As late summer weather continues to bring warmth, plenty of sunshine, and scattered showers, fall foliage colors are developing nicely, albeit gradually, throughout most of Vermont.
Nearly 30 percent of public school teachers are ‘chronically’ skipping classes, study says
Over 28 percent of public school educators miss 11 or more school days each year, discovered a report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an education policy nonprofit think tank.
Three bids for Burlington Telecom, but little hope of recovering lost millions
After months of anticipation, and with a less-than-transparent process conducted behind closed doors, city officials finally showed their cards regarding the final bidders for the financially beleaguered Burlington Telecom.
Lindberg: Elected officials choose private schools for their kids, public schools for others
Many elected representatives and senators send their children to private schools. Ironically, they also vote to deny school choice to their taxpaying constituents, essentially resigning them to the public schools.
Two more cities sue oil companies over climate change, rising oceans
The suits are part of a growing wave of litigation against the oil and gas industry attempting to force companies to cover the costs of natural disasters.
The absurdity of propping up 2 favored solar companies
On the one hand, the government has been subsidizing the solar industry with exorbitant handouts. On the other, the U.S. International Trade Commission is now poised to make a decision on steep tariffs that would make solar power so expensive as to challenge the industry’s existence in the U.S.