Criminal threatening bill makes legislators ‘more equal’ than fellow citizens, lawmaker warns
S.265, the criminal threatening bill, passed the Vermont House on Tuesday, but not without verbal pushback from two Republican lawmakers.
Paul Dame: No parent is safe while Democratic-controlled legislature is in session
Vermont House Bill H.659 would allow children as young as 6 or 8 years old to take hormone blockers or participate in “other treatment” against the consent of their parents. No Age restrictions. No qualifications. No appeal for parents. No parent is safe while the Democratic-controlled legislature is in session.
Meg Hansen: Clean Heat Standard increases carbon emissions, penalizes the middle class
The question the Vermont Climate Council and legislators are attempting to answer using schemes like the CHS is not, “How do we heat homes and power cars without fossil fuels?” Rather it’s, “How do we get most Vermonters to live in smaller homes and drive fewer cars?”
VISA update: 2200 Series rules adoption delayed, universal meals proposed for tuitioned students
Former Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe and former Ed Board member Bill Mathis have filed objections to the final adoption of the proposed 2200 Series rules for independent school oversight and operations.
John Klar: Dave Zuckerman’s anti-parent propaganda
David Zuckerman is so far off from truth, logic and civility that he has proven himself untrustworthy to serve in government.
Windham County won’t have sheriff coverage if cops lose immunity
Windham County Sheriff Mark Anderson said Wednesday that if police are stripped of current legal protections against civil rights lawsuits, he will stop providing law enforcement services for 14 towns in his county.
House Education Committee approves free meals in schools for one year
The House Education Committee on Thursday approved a bill that would provide universal breakfast and lunch for all school children regardless of each family’s ability to provide their own meals or lunch money.
Roper: Senate committee contemplates adding motor fuels to clean heat standard
The lightbulb went off over the heads of the members of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee that the Clean Heat Standard bill only deals with thermal emissions. Not transportation emissions as well. This did not go down well.
Paul Dame: No parental consent on puberty blockers? Prog Dems try to strip parental consent
You won’t believe it until you read it yourself, but a group of 10 Progressive Democrats in the Legislature have sponsored a bill that would take away the rights of parents to decide whether or not their kids would receive hormone blockers as young as 8 years old.
Suing police, threatening public officials, prostitution, end-of-life drug bills in House committees this week
Bills making it easier to sue police, engage in prostitution, and take end-of-life lethal drugs, but more painful to threaten a public official, will be in House committees this week.
Roll Call: Senate chooses tentative approach on pension reform
The purpose of S.286 was to reduce the $3 billion deficit in the state’s public employee and teacher retirement funds, with that stated goal of making the pensions 90% funded.
Gregory Thayer: Irresponsible Democratic leadership
The Democratic leadership’s budget and policy agenda are irresponsible, leaving thousands of working Vermonters and small business owners having to pay more money.