Roper: Vermont climate resolution is a farce upon a farce
Vermont lawmakers are resolved to do everything the Paris Agreement set out to do, except those things we would have to pay for. Which is, pretty much, all of them.
Roper: Hooray! Doctor suing state over CON laws
Vermonters should pay attention here because we have more CON laws than any other state in the Union.
Roper: Will Vermont pay $20 million to Green Climate Fund?
The New York Times calculated that every U.S. citizen would be obligated to pay $9.41 to meet our commitment to the Green Climate Fund under the Paris Agreement. The States Climate Alliance’s obligation would jump up to about $32 per person, or $128 for a family of four.
Legislative session ends, but budget showdown to extend into June
The House and Senate formally adjourned the 2017 session late Thursday evening after finishing up a final budget expected to be vetoed by Republican Gov. Phil Scott.
Roper: Why I’m not voting for Donald Trump
It would be a horrible, awful, no good thing to waste this unbelievable opportunity to move the country to the right by nominating a Republican who is not a conservative, and will not govern as one. Like Trump.