Analysis: Climate absolutists running into a rock in the governor’s office Photo caption: Gov. Phil Scott hopes emerging technology like home battery storage will help Vermont meet its carbon-reduction goals without sacrificing […]
Committee chair’s bill would place state police, game wardens, sheriffs, Corrections, etc. in one centralized Agency of Public Safety By Guy Page January 30, 2020 – The Vermont Legislature – already seeking […]
Congress will never impose term limits on itself, so it’s up to a Convention of States to make it happen, Ericka Bundy Redic of Burlington said during a visit to the State […]
Also, Vermont homeschooling enrollment is up even as public school enrollment declines Photo: Brad Ferland (right) declares that “school choice should be expanded, and not taken away” at a National School Choice […]
About 100 years after the heyday of the Vermont eugenics movement led by UVM Professor Henry Perkins (photo above), the Vermont Legislature this week is preparing an official apology to Abenaki, French-Canadians […]
907 bills in House, 334 the Senate, including bias training for school bus drivers, high-capacity mag ban, state collection of racial, gender info of business owners, repatriation of Abenaki lands, EV mileage […]
Vermont conservatives organize in George Aiken’s hometown, call for Second Amendment sanctuary towns, introduce bill to hold public schools accountable, and call out media bias By Guy Page January 23, 2020 – […]
Event also features State House visit, group photo, contest awards presentation Students, staff and parents from home schools and private schools are invited to participate in National School Choice Week observations on […]
The Governor points to a demographic crisis and regional inequity as state’s biggest challenges; Offers agenda and vision for addressing them The following is a press release issued by the office of […]
By Guy Page January 22, 2020 – Reading about the Legislature’s ongoing effort to revise Act 250, Vermont’s land use and development law, is both intimidating and important. And that’s a problem. […]
Required movie captions in theaters, police use of force, prescription drug costs, nuclear first strike, Homeless Bill of Rights, wandering livestock on House committee agendas By Mary Daly and Guy Page January […]
by Guy Page January 19, 2020 – 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 […]
By Guy Page January 17, 2020 – Upgrading almost eight miles of railroad track between Montpelier and Barre to handle commuter rail would cost up to $97 million, VT Agency of Transportation […]
Rejected by Legislature last year, fetal personhood resurfaces in bill this year By Guy Page January 16, 2020 – A bill to establish the legal personhood of a human fetus at 24 […]
By Guy Page January 15, 2020 – A Democratic member of the Vermont House of Representatives told fellow Democrats yesterday he strongly opposes S54, the legalization of commercial cultivation, production, sale and […]
Vermont State Colleges seek $5 million more in funding to maintain tuition freeze, programs, innovation by Guy Page January 15, 2020 – A $5 million spending hike would allow the four Vermont […]
by Guy Page January 14, 2020 – A bill to double the home heating fuel tax and add four cents to the cost of gasoline and other transportation fuel was introduced into […]
Prison rape culture. Who’s at Woodside and why? Social justice in schools. Pay hike for Speaker, Pro Tem, chairs? Contraception. Act 250 and slate quarries. Homeless Awareness Day. Vehicle registration fee hikes […]
Random news, notes & observations from the State House on a Friday afternoon By Guy Page January 10, 2020 – A proposal to make the Vermont Constitution gender-neutral was introduced into the […]
By Guy Page January 10, 2020 -Vermont’s senior human trafficking official strongly opposes a bill to legalize prostitution, she told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday. H569, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chair Maxine […]
By Guy Page January 9, 2020 – Fight global warming by growing more trees and selling their ‘carbon sequestration’ value to climate-conscious carbon emitters? Vermont should move forward – carefully. That’s the […]
By Guy Page The sun rises in the east, the emperor really is buck naked, and the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) really is a tax. Thank you, Dave Gram! Even a […]
The Remote Worker Program paying people to move to Vermont – celebrated as a success by elected officials and set for expansion in 2020 – is highly unpopular with Vermonters, according to […]
By Guy Page January 7, 2019 – On the Legislature’s first day back, the ‘bill mill’ resumed at a rapid pace as House Democratic Caucus leaders gave members two minutes each to […]
by Guy Page January 6, 2020 – Many new candidates for local and statewide office today officially joined gubernatorial candidate John Klar as “Agri-publicans.” “We must pop this bloated tick on the […]
