Naomi Wolf warns COVID police state ‘here’
“It is step 10, and that’s the suspension of the rule of law. That’s when you start to be a police state, and we’re here, there’s no way around it.”
Gov. Phil Scott announces new COVID-19 travel and gathering guidance
People who are fully vaccinated may travel to Vermont and return from out of state travel without quarantine restrictions, once 14 days have passed from when they received their final dose. Additionally, people who meet this vaccination criteria may now gather with one other household at time.
Mandatory mask critics rally for Newport store
About 50 people braved a Northeast Kingdom snowstorm yesterday to rally in support of embattled Newport print shop owner Mark Desautels’ stand against the state’s masking directive.
Owner optimistic as former UPS Store moves forward as Derby-Port Press
Michael Desautels says that moving forward, Derby-Port Press, a print company he purchased in 2018, will continue to operate from the same location on Main Street. As of Friday, the store was open and welcoming customers inside.
Sununu makes push to get more kids into New Hampshire classrooms
Sununu said he will sign an executive order “in coming days” that beginning March 8, all K-12 schools must provide at least two days of in-person learning per week. About 60% of the state’s schools are currently learning in a hybrid model, while 40% have in-person learning 5 days a week.
New Hampshire travel, hospitality sectors look to vaccines, loyal patrons to get through winter
New Hampshire hospitality and tourism businesses are counting on an efficient rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations to help draw the numbers of patrons they enjoyed before the pandemic.
Moving the goalpost: The economy won’t recover ‘until we beat this virus,’ Biden says
Biden has urged Congress to approve his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan as soon as possible. The plan would give direct stimulus payments towards certain Americans and includes additional economic aid.
Vax refusal bill introduced in Vermont
H.283, providing the right to refuse any unwanted test, treatment or vaccine, was introduced Thursday into the Vermont House. It would specifically prevent employers and state government from requiring vaccination in exchange for jobs, travel, childcare and other benefits.
Maine governor’s restrictions on churches are ‘unacceptable,’ bishop says
Less than 10 churches in Maine will be able to increase capacity under the new ruling, despite the large capacity of churches like the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland and the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston.
5 keys to understanding Cuomo’s COVID-19 cover-up in New York
New York state lawmakers say they want to impeach Gov. Andrew Cuomo, strip him of emergency powers, and investigate his administration as new information shows the state’s COVID-19 death toll in nursing homes is even higher than a revised estimate.
John Klar: Under COVID-19, leftists jump to make Vermont school lunches wasteful and ‘woke’
The same government that seeks to mandate electric school buses to avert climate change dispatched a fleet of diesel-fueled school buses to deliver lunches! Was that in the best interests of children?
Letter: Taking your medicine
Our biweekly briefings given by Governor Phil Scott are currently promoting vaccinations. Like it or not, the vaccines are experimental at best and have no extensive track record or long-term data to support them.