The three towns with the highest tax rates in Vermont all begin with “W” and none of them are Chittenden’s Winooski, Williston or Westford. In fact, they are about as far from Chittenden County as you can get and still be in Vermont. They are all located in Windham County.
The state of Vermont will give an estimated $750,000 of Vermont taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood of New England, to offset the federal Title X funding it lost by choosing to continue to perform abortions.
Hong Kong is Vermont’s second largest export market for goods, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. It is also troubled with political unrest and the U.S./China trade war.
Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant and the administration of President Donald Trump have ridden to the rescue of troubled Windham County. That’s the “story behind the story” of recent headlines.
At least two Vermont school districts this fall will introduce bans on cell phone use by students during school hours — a seemingly common sense policy that hasn’t always worked well in other school districts.
The University of Vermont has been ranked No. 1 for widespread use of marijuana, according to the annual Princeton Review published this month, despite marijuana consumption being in violation of university regulations.
Unlike much of the recent news, this story is not about people dying tragically, abruptly, and unexpectedly. It is about fewer people than usual dying in this horrific manner.
A frustrated advocate for illegal immigrants July 30 hurled racial epithets at an African-American member of the Hartford Selectboard during a public hearing.
Lately, it’s okay to say nice things about Donald Trump. Even if you are the governor of Deep Blue state Vermont. That seems to be the takeaway from a pair of announcements from the office of Gov. Phil Scott.
Even as Vermont legislative leaders and our governor insist they have no plans to push a carbon tax, the state of Vermont is participating in a multi-state initiative that will almost certainly by this December recommend a carbon tax on transportation fuels.
Vermont’s one-year rise in unsheltered living is reason for concern. Apart from the difficulty posed to the inhabitants, a growth in temporary shelters burdens tax-payer funded social services.
Thanks in part to the 2017 Trump federal tax reform, Vermont state corporate income tax receipts are up $38 million over last year.