The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule Tuesday that will impose stricter nitrogen dioxide emissions standards on new heavy-duty trucks, a move that will substantially hike operating costs for truckers.
If a 7-year-old boy from Bennington can harbor so much trust and hope for what appears to be such a difficult situation, can we be any less hopeful that there is a chance for a better world? And isn’t this the time of year to do just that?
Below in alphabetical order are 22 of those preciously rare movies or other shows that yes, my action-loving brother-in-law, my tender-hearted mother, and my self-proclaimed movie critic sister, father, and I all can genuinely enjoy.
One of the leaders of the transgender movement is a transhumanist and Lincoln, Vermont, resident who has co-founded a new ‘technology is God’ religion and created a talking, interactive android copy of a spouse.
The clean heat standard, which narrowly failed to become law in 2022, may return with a new name: the “Affordable Heating Act.” But Gov. Phil Scott says it will still be “a duck.”
Vermont has begun filling open seats on its new Environmental Justice Advisory Council, an 11-member panel created by Act 154 that will make “justice” recommendations to state agencies and the General Assembly. Also a masking controversy continues in Newark.
A new report from the Burlington chief of police has been released this month that debunks the claim that overall crime levels are down for the city.
Speaking at his weekly press conference, Gov. Phil Scott covered a range of topics, including his thoughts on the seven-fold increase in illegal border crossings at the Vermont-Canadian border.
Legislator reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing public funds to go to religious schools is very likely to trigger damaging proposals in the coming 2023 legislative session.
Vermonters will see the minimum wage rise to $13.18 per hour. This is a 63-cent scheduled increase over the $12.55 per hour 2022 rate.
Longtime Vermont mandatory mask opponent Amy Hornblas has been rebuked by a Northeast Kingdom school superintendent for seeking to overturn the required masking policy in the elementary school in the tiny town of Newark.
Speaking at a legislative summit on paid family leave and childcare this month, the director of the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children said one of the goals for the upcoming session is to make childcare a state-licensed profession.