State Headliners: Sanders anti-Amazon bill a jungle for Vermont workers
Just 50 employees receiving a modest, average $10,000 in combined federal benefits would require your company to send the IRS an extra half-million dollars a year.
Statehouse Headliners: 31 Vermont candidates received money from pro-legalization group
Thirty-one candidates and several political organizations received political contributions from the Marijuana Policy Project, a pro-legalization organization based in Washington, D.C., during the 2016 general election.
State Headliners: Carbon tax in Vermont’s interest, lobby group claims, but Scott prefers empowerment
If carbon taxes were popular, candidates for the Vermont Legislature would be publicly telling voters, “Elect me, because I will vote for a carbon tax and my opponent won’t.” Yet the reverse is more often true.
Statehouse Headliners: Political contributions to Vermont Legislature candidates
While it is unlikely that any single contribution will influence how a candidate will vote, knowing candidates’ financial supporters can provide insight into their positions on issues.
State Headliners: No expected General Fund windfall from ‘tax and regulate’ pot law
There will be no marijuana financial windfall for Vermont’s General Fund, youth consumption is up, and police still have no effective roadside test for impairment.
State Headliners: Is panhandling free speech? ACLU thinks so
The civil liberties organization has threatened to sue Brattleboro and five other municipalities if their anti-panhandling ordinances are not repealed.
State Headliners: Vermont workers get bonuses, raises as result of federal tax cut
Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump, 90 percent of American wage earners have higher take-home pay, Americans for Tax Reform reported.
State Headliners: Vermonters prefer AWD/4WD transportation, despite lower MPG
Vermont consumers may indeed want greater fuel efficiency, but you wouldn’t know it by the vehicles they buy. Sales and registration data show they like relatively low MPG all-wheel or four-wheel drive vehicles.
State Headliners: Labor Day electricity price spikes to $2,454 per megawatt hour
You may have taken it easy on Labor Day, but our electricity grid worked extra hard to keep the lights on — and boy, does it ever charge for overtime.
State Headliners: Solar power nice to ratepayers during hot weeks, but a burden otherwise
It’s OK for the renewable power industry to celebrate when they help keep power costs low, but ratepayers need to know that, at present and on average, solar power has the opposite effect.
State Headliners: Bernie-backed bill bans bail
The Bill to End Money Bail, introduced into the U.S. Congress July 25 by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, would eliminate all use of bail in federal courts and give states money to reduce pretrial detention.
State Headliners: Warren Van Wyck leads slate of GOP write-in nominees
Incumbent Rep. Warren Van Wyck (R-Addison 3) won the Aug. 14 GOP primary on write-in votes alone. At least seven other would-be GOP lawmakers and four Democrats also won write-in nominations.