Video Commentary: More bad laws and taxes from Montpelier
Check out the wacky new bills Vermont’s far-left, one-party legislature is thinking about passing into law to make life more difficult and expensive for us.
Ongoing Act 250 revision focuses on climate, forests, ridgelines and the dreaded ‘permit process’
If ever a topic screamed for a succinct read for interested people, it’s the ongoing revision of Act 250. So here it is — the “Act 250 Revision for Dummies.”
GOP leaders: Why we oppose the worst possible paid family and medical leave plan
Vermont Legislative Republicans have been unified against this bill because we believe it makes our state less affordable — not more — and that the structure of this particular bill is fatally flawed.
Global Warming Solutions Act in House Energy all week; homeless bill of rights, police use of force also on agendas
A bill to create a legally enforceable system by which Vermont state government will reduce its statewide greenhouse gas emissions and establish strategies to mitigate climate risks and build resiliency will be the focus of the House Energy & Technology Committee this week.
Right to Lifers march, sing, learn, fill State House hall Saturday
Hundreds of Vermont Right-to-Life supporters filled the floor and galleries of the Hall of the Vermont House of Representatives at the annual Rally for Life Saturday.
Fetal personhood bill introduced into Vermont House
A bill to establish the legal personhood of a human fetus at 24 weeks was introduced into the Vermont House Jan. 15 and referred to the House Human Services Committee.
Law enforcement and judge express concerns about lawmakers push for confiscations
As lawmakers consider legislation that would prevent people involved in serious domestic disputes from having a gun, one prominent law enforcement figure and a judge told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that enforcement of the bill would present substantial challenges and risks.
Dem lawmaker predicts to fellow Dems about retail marijuana: ‘We will rue the day’
A Democratic member of the Vermont House of Representatives told fellow Democrats yesterday he strongly opposes S.54, the legalization of commercial cultivation, production, sale and taxation of marijuana.
Pay hike for Speaker, more access to contraception, Blittersdorf Budget Buster on committee schedules this week
This week state lawmakers will consider a pay hike for the House speaker, Senate president pro tempore, and committee chairs, and also discuss access to contraception and the $96 million cost of the Blittersdorf commuter rail between Montpelier and Barre.
John Klar: Vermont attacks the US Constitution on closing the ‘Charleston loophole’
The “Firearms and Domestic Violence Bill” (H.610) is the first of a phalanx of intended assaults on the Bill of Rights. But its proponents forgot something — the pretense of constitutionality.
Two new gun bills introduced at the Vermont Statehouse
“We had no advanced notice of these bills,” Eddie Cutler, president of Gun Owners of Vermont, told True North. “The anti-gun crowd and anti-self-defense crowd were well prepared, and we weren’t even informed that these bills were having hearings.”
Daily Chronicle: Constitutional amendment for gender-neutral voter language, tax-and-regulate prostitution proposed
A proposal to make the Vermont Constitution gender-neutral was introduced into the Vermont Senate late last week and sent to the Government Operations Committee.