Fake news reporter Johnny Bananas goes church-shopping in Vermont.
Fernandez: President Lincoln’s great sense of humor
While Lincoln had his critics, his sense of humor disarmed even the most serious of antagonists.
Vermont’s Lincoln legacy
He never visited Vermont, but Lincoln did visit compassion on her soldiers. Vermont gave Lincoln votes, elections, stone for many monuments, and – finally – a home for three generations of descendants.
House honors Tuskegee Airman, 95
The Vermont House of Representatives today honored Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Woody Woodhouse.
Senate presses pause on police lawsuit bill
It’s not about systemic racism, Sen. Joe Benning told fellow senators during discussion of a bill to allow the public to sue police officers.
Water Cooler: what if PCBs are found in Vermont schools? / Miro on suing cops / Burlington man gets Super Bowl ad spot
The State of Vermont will look for PCBs in its schools. What happens if they find them? And, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger weighs in on a controversial issue: should the public be allowed to sue police?
Flag wave for truckers today, new show debuts tomorrow
Vermonters supporting Canadian and American truckers will hold a flag and sign wave this afternoon in Stowe 3-5 pm. Tomorrow morning, Barre flag raiser Brian Judd will debut a new radio show on Facebook.
McCoy: Tax break for $203,000 earners, but not military retirees? No way
The Legislature has a choice: help military retirees, debt-loaded college grads, and the poor – or give a tax break to people earning $203,000.
Judiciary bill downplays drug-dealer amount of cocaine, heroin as ‘personal use’
30 grams is a lot of coke. But the Vermont House Judiciary Committee wants to treat it as a ‘personal use’ misdemeanor. Not so fast, law enforcement officials say.
Yvan Plouffe, a friend to everybody
His intelligence and curiosity was unmatched, even though he never finished middle school. He was famous for his greenhouse full of richly colored roses, yet he was color blind.