Vermont protesters, gov leaders ponder possible post-election unrest
In a year unlike any other in our lifetimes, Vermont activists, lawmakers and National Guard leaders are discussing what could happen if the November election goes sideways.
Milne ‘ProgressVT’ platform touts tax credits, streamlining
No one can accuse Vermont GOP lieutenant governor nominee Scott Milne of pushing a lightweight policy platform. Yesterday he handed reporters a 33-page, 10-point policy outline he calls PROGRESSVT.
Who is Miriam Berry, and why is she challenging Peter Welch for Congress?
Miriam, however, soon walked away from the Democratic party. She realized that her faith, the way she lived her life and the way she thought about issues were far more conservative. She feels conservative values more closely align with the Constitution.
Fauci ‘would not hesitate’ to take FDA-backed COVID vaccine
Presidential advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci today told Vermont press and officials he would not hesitate to take a Covid-19 vaccine approved by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA).
100 years after suffrage, lotta fight left in VT GOP women
Veterans of decades of political campaigns stood side by side young women and teenagers wishing to build on their progress at the VT GOP Suffrage Centennial Saturday Sept. 12. Vermont Republican Party Chair Deb Billado told them, “We’ve come a long way, baby, but we have a lot to do.”
Gov. Scott signals he will veto global warming bill
At his press conference Friday, Gov. Phil Scott indicated he will veto H.688, the Global Warming Solutions Act. “I don’t see any solutions. All I see is mandates,” he said.
Hansen says women candidates face obstacles of access to money, ‘troublemaker’ label
Meg Hansen, a Republican candidate for state Senate in Bennington County and runner-up to Scott Milne in the Aug. 11 primary race for lieutenant governor, delivered a speech Saturday at the Vermont GOP Women’s Suffrage Centennial event at the Vermont State House.
Frustrated Burlington cop was punched first, video shows
At 4:17 minutes into the six-minute video, Campbell tells Kilburn “shut the **** up and leave, go, they don’t want you here.” Kilburn calls Campbell a punk, gets out of the car, and initiates the violence by punching Campbell first.
Led by Antifa supporter, VT AFL-CIO backs Progressive slate
Led by a president who is a self-described Antifa supporter, the 10,000-member umbrella group for smaller private and public sector unions fulfilled a 2019 promise to choose the Progressive Party over the Democratic Party.
Opioid, car crash deaths up this year in Vermont; Pat Leahy, with just one eye, was college marksman
Twice as many people have died in car crashes so far this year compared to 2019. Opioid overdoses are up 50%. In both cases state officials say the pandemic is at least partly to blame.
New Covid school bus rules send parents looking for alternatives
The Vermont Department of Health and the Agency of Education have enacted strict new rules for children waiting for and riding the bus to school. Officials also recommend parents give their kids a ride, or have them walk or bike to school.
Vermont’s health commissioner speaks out on CDC’s ‘6%’ report
Asked about a CDC report saying only 6 percent of Covid-19 fatalities nationwide died solely from the disease, Health Commissioner Mark Levine at a press conference Tuesday decried the “armchair epidemiologists and physicians” who publicly impugn without understanding Covid-19 death statistics.