Gun bill gets new provision as pro-, anti-gunners speak out
An already controversial gun bill now states that bystanders who are present with a person with a restraining order could face jail time if they don’t help police with gun confiscations.
National pro-pot group with Soros ties pushes Vermont legalization poll
A national commercial cannabis group with funding ties to politically progressive billionaire financier George Soros and other wealthy activists on Tuesday announced a poll claiming 76% of Vermonters support commercial cannabis.
Ninth proposed amendment to Vermont Constitution this biennium would protect, conserve clean air and water
The latest proposed change to the Vermont Constitution says natural resources are “common property of all the people.”
Opinion: Legislature may be genital mutilation, but would law violate Prop 5 ‘reproductive autonomy’?
Isn’t the point of Prop 5 to give “personal reproductive autonomy” to individuals, regardless of how much others abhor the act?
TCI is still alive — at least in the House Transportation Committee
Although numerous Northeast governors have either backed out of or made statements against the regional Transportation and Climate Initiative, Vermont state lawmakers on Thursday discussed the matter as if TCI remains very much alive.
$1.2 billion partial cost of transition to ‘Fortress Vermont’ 100% instate renewable energy
For years, renewable electricity advocates have dreamed of powering Vermont with instate, renewable generation and power storage. Today, the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee learned more about the likely costs of making that happen. The figures are sobering.
‘Deplorable’ conduct on failed veto override of paid family leave aired on House floor by Dem who broke ranks
“I find the obvious efforts to flip member’s votes beforehand unseemly and disrespectful. I find the apparent efforts to find someone who voted no who would be willing to ask for a reconsideration afterward similarly deplorable.”
Roper: Vermont’s child care policy is to make it more expensive and less accessible
The House Education Committee is busy formulating the next steps in what is and has been a long-term, hostile takeover of a cottage child care industry by a state-sanctioned, taxpayer-funded monopoly.
Central police agency plan gets Judiciary Committee review
The plan to centralize all state and county police under a new Agency of Public Safety will be discussed Wednesday by the House Judiciary Committee. A Jan. 14 study prepared by Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling argues that centralization will produce savings and efficiency.
Flemming: Vermont’s climate crusade is futile with or without GWSA
Under the Global Warming Solutions Act, Vermont looks to continue its crusade to end climate change. But such weapons are far more likely to be turned on Vermonters than to actually impact the climate.
McClaughry: The Legislature’s new climate-driven priorities
The emerging story of the 2020 Legislature is not just the familiar battle over traditional Democratic issues, but a contest with Republican Gov. Phil Scott over three measures that our “climate change” activists believe are Vermont’s vital contributions to the continuation of human life on the planet.
Homeless bill of rights under discussion by lawmakers
Three policy leaders visited the Housing and General Military Affairs Committee on Thursday to testify about a bill that has been dubbed “the homeless bill of rights.”