Gov. Phil Scott is fine with gubernatorial candidate John Klar’s plan to paint “Liberty and Justice for All” in big red, white and blue letters next to the Black Lives Matter mural on State Street.
In an appeal for unity, gubernatorial candidate John Klar has asked the Montpelier City Council for permission to paint the U.S. flag and words from the Pledge of Allegiance in red, white and blue next to the Black Lives Matter mural on State Street.
At his press conference Wednesday, Gov. Phil Scott left the door open — but only just a tiny crack — for a veto of S.348, universal voting by mail.
The sword in the statue of General John Stark is missing. Administrators at the monument site don’t know for sure who took it, or why.
About 1 in 8 Vermonters are 9 years old or younger. Excluding non-ambulatory infants and the teenager wannabes who are too cool for school playgrounds, these Vermonters want to know: When will public playgrounds be open again?
The Mount Ascutney School Board seems to be moving slowly on deciding how — or even whether — to further discipline Windsor School Principal Tiffany Riley for expressing some skepticism about Black Lives Matter.
A proposed Vermont House resolution honoring “Juneteenth” also describes recent tweets by President Trump are “racist.” The House is likely to vote on the resolution tomorrow, June 19, the 155th anniversary of the day slavery was officially abolished in Texas.
Windsor residents and House candidates have strong and differing views about the school board’s punishment of a local school principal for Facebook statements questioning Black Lives Matters. And now the controversy has gone national.
Since early 2019, four Vermonters have been killed by police; 14 people are victims of murder.
At a press conference Friday, Gov. Phil Scott and Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling both expressed no knowledge of protesters’ week-long establishment of a police-free, “Capital Hill Autonomous Zone” in Seattle, Washington.
America sucks at listening. My America. Your America. “Their” America. Me. You. Black. White. Liberal. Conservative. Poor. Rich. We’re suffering a full-blown pandemic of willful deafness.
Lawmakers are voting on vote-by-mail, role of Fish and Wildlife, surface water, ivory trafficking, recovery home guidelines, probation and parole, and a ban on little plastic bottles in hotels.