With well-known gun control advocate Sen. Phil Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, taking on the role of president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, the Green Mountain State can expect a renewed push for restrictions on guns.
Nine House Districts in California, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania that Biden won in 2020 swung for GOP candidates by at least 10 points, according to an analysis of election data published by NBC News, with the total swing being 17 seats, compared to nine such seats in 2020.
The cost of a typical Thanksgiving dinner this year will increase by roughly 20% compared to last year due to a combination of inflationary and supply chain pressures sending the price of food soaring, according to a Wednesday estimate by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).
Vermont should judge drug users, drug dealers and police by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. Until then, the drug trade will flourish and more people will die horrible deaths, because the drug gangs are all here.
“Repealing the preemption law is absolutely on the GunSense legislative agenda,” Conor Casey told VDC. “I anticipate you’ll see other towns passing supportive resolutions in the coming weeks.” Burlington is considered the leading candidate for firearms restrictions.
Republicans are faced with a community that doesn’t trust us. Everything they have heard about us is negative. Most of what they hear has been false. But here we are. The only way I know to change people’s impressions is to roll up your sleeves and engage.
The price of heating oil, a fuel most commonly used in New England to heat homes, has gone up by 65% since October 2021, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Governor Phil Scott and the Department for Children and Families (DCF) announced today the release of $20 million in Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding for households that heat with fuel oil, propane, kerosene, coal, electricity, and natural gas.
The Department of Environmental Conservation recently issued seven ‘Water Quality Restoration Formula Grants’ to provide funding for clean water projects to address phosphorous and other water quality impairments in the Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog watershed basins.
In a year when inflation and other economic pressures are already challenging Vermonters, the cost of electricity is set to go up about 8%, according to one major electric utility.
Speaking for myself, and not necessarily for the party as a whole, I want to take this opportunity to repeat what I have been saying during my entire term as chairman; I believe that Donald Trump is part of the past, and I want to focus on the future.
Luis Sousa was ordered not to enter his children’s school after he spoke up at a school board meeting. Now, the father is taking the local Massachusetts school district to court.