The Vermont Senate today passed the Clean Heat Standard, which will raise the cost of heating with oil and gas in Vermont.
Klar runs for Senate, Rutland senators leaving

John Klar of Brookfield will run for the Vermont Senate as a Republican against Democrat incumbent Mark MacDonald.
VT Water Cooler: Police ‘citizen review’ board / Quiros sentencing / Air Guard deploys
Ariel Quiros faces sentencing today for EB-5 fraud.
SHORTS: Townshend yard signs / vax passports for Dem fundraiser

SHORTS: big news in small bites, including controversial yard signs in Townshend and required vax passports at a big Democratic Party fundraiser.
McClaughry: EVs and child labor

Amory Lovins tells John McClaughry his concern about child labor and EV batteries is right on – at least for now.
Kerrin: Burlington Progs pushing legal prostitution on Vermont
Prostitution legalization is being pushed by an out-of-state group with the help of Montpelier lobbyists and Burlington Progressives.
Springfield Inmate dies of suicide / sex assault / fatal crashes
Another Vermont inmate has died by apparent suicide.
Four-year-old left in freezing car at night for six hours
The child walked into a Willard Street, Burlington store on crying and asking for their dad. The shivering child was wearing only shorts, a t-shirt, and winter boots with no socks.
Kauffman: no-one is listening to parents

The Vermont Family Alliance questions why parents are being kicked out of the village regarding their children’s “reproductive liberty” decisions.
Biden homeland security boss creates ‘disinformation governance board’

The Biden Administration’s security strongman Alejandro Mayorkas has created a board to ‘protect’ Americans against ‘disinformation.’