After hearing Scott explain what a governor couldn’t do, WCAX reporter Calvin Cutler asked the popular incumbent Republican governor what he could do.
Roper: Scott vetoes bottle bill expansion
Scott noted in his weekly press conference hours before he issued his official veto that the current redemption process is a “Rube Goldberg” contraption that actually puts barriers in the way of recycling
Vermont lawmakers target AI sexual abuse
Lawmakers say photo-generative software can be used to blackmail victims by threatening to leak nude or sexual images of them.
Assessing the respiratory hazards of masks
“It begs repeating, and with great emphasis, that every mask you have ever seen on a child is unregulated, untested, and unsafe, with zero efficacy, fit, term of wear, or medical clearance standards.”
Despathy: VPIRG’s twisted irony
Maybe VPIRG’s time would be better spent hiring lawyers to make Big Oil pay instead of changing law in Vermont to achieve their goals at the expense of Vermonters.
VT Headlines: Local universities react to Supreme Court’s decision to reject affirmative action
Vermont, New York fireworks 2023: Where to see fireworks this year; Vt. congressional delegation pitches plan to address youth mental health crisis; Essex Junction crash sends one to the hospital
Jim Caviezel slams woke media, calls for trafficking whistleblowers to step up
“Sound of Freedom” is based on the true story of former United States government agent Tim Ballard, founder of Operation Underground Railroad, a nonprofit that fights against child sex slavery.
Big changes coming for Vermont Daily Chronicle
Vermont Daily Chronicle is preparing to offer an important new news feature by mid-July.
Baker: make July American Pride Month
Congressman Hunt proposes that in July, we remember all the things that make America unique and exceptional on the national/international stage.
McDermott to run diocese as Vermont awaits new bishop
Msgr. McDermott, who has been Bishop Coyne’s primary assistant, will take over as the temporary head of the diocese.
Starting July 1, homeless hotel recipients down to 1214 households @ $153/night
Total for 30 days: $5,572,260, to be paid out of existing state revenue.
IT outages, performance issues challenge state agency charged with expanded cybersecurity role
Yesterday, key state websites were down for 10 hours due to a vendor mistakenly cutting a fiber-optic cable in Washington D.C.. Tomorrow, the Chief Information Officer retires. Today, Gov. Scott answered questions about the state IT agency’s performance.
Homeland agency expanded authority to wage ‘domestic surveillance and censorship,’ House report says
With new evidence, Congress unmasks a multi-year government plot to protect Biden, sully Trump; Former CIA Agent Takes Over ‘Elections Policies’ at Facebook
Tour de Slate: Bike ride to end addiction
100% of this fundraiser’s net proceeds will go directly to cover the expenses of men, women and teens ready to turn their lives around and break the chains of addiction at Teen Challenge Vermont.
Klar: Two days of truth-seeking
At Polyface Farm in Virginia. I spoke about the pervasive theme in scripture, and in biology, of humanity’s connection with the earth and farming.
Gas main strike forces evac of six UVM main campus classroom, research buildings
Six buildings were evacuated: Jeffords Hall, Stafford Hall, Health Science Research Facility, Main Campus Greenhouse, Given, and Rowell.
VT Headlines: VT state websites experience widespread outage
Food shelf sees record need as Burlington homeless population surges; With dwindling troopers, Vt. State Police realign staffing; Abortion-rights supporters display abortion advocacy quilt in Rutland
Montpelier and Concord, the Forgotten Capitals
And the capital of Vermont is…wait, gimme a sec….
Canadian wildfire smoke returns
Air quality advisories for “sensitive groups” are in effect today in Vermont as Canadian wildfire smoke heads our way.
New England food advocates call for extra helping of regional self-reliance
Vermont has fewer people and more farmland than our New England neighbors to the south.
McClaughry: Administrative State feels “little need to comply” with the law
The careerist bureaucracy actually performs the major executive functions of the national government — leaving the bureaucracy pretty much unaccountable to anyone.
Hit-and-run wrecks Police Academy pillar
A dark-colored truck pulling a car trailer is suspected of backing into the pillar before leaving the scene without reporting the crash.
LGBTQ advocates want schools to ban public meetings
Gatherings by Vermonters seeking information about de-transitioning should be banned from public schools, Outright Vermont says.
Game wardens and State Police urge Vermonters to boat safely this Fourth of July weekend
Over the July Fourth weekend, boaters will notice an increase in officer patrols on the water, with aims to remove impaired operators from Vermont’s waterways,
Tebbetts: What happened when the frost hit
The hard freeze means significant losses for growers and those who make their living off fruits and vegetables. The extent of the damage may not be known for months but indications are discouraging.
VT Headlines: EPA and state leaders announce new Solar For All Program
Burlington residents share concerns over the Elmwood Avenue pods; Former Orange County Sheriff faces scrutiny over shoddy accounting; Morrisville gets new energy-efficient, affordable apartments
Kennedy’s Covid vax stance wins some Vermont supporters
Said one member of the audience: “You have some Republicans enjoying Mr. Kennedy, and then you have Democrats who are enjoying him, and then others on both sides are like, ‘He’s crazy.’”
St. J native records fastest-known alpine climb of Mt. Blanc
Hillary Gerardi did not intend to become a skyrunner.
Composting with bears in mind
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says many people are having problems with bears looking for food near their homes.
Gun rights group to challenge 72-hour waiting period in court
The Vermont Legislature this year passed a gun control law with a waiting period both Gov. Scott and gun rights advocates believe is unconstitutional.
McGuinness: Heyer cut through trans rhetoric, presented truth with love
The most encouraging part of the evening was seeing three individuals from the concurring Pride Joy protest among the 105 in attendance, taking in Walt’s presentation.
Dame: Annie, Get Your Gun before 72-hour-waiting period
Democrats have once again passed a law that encourages everyone to go out and buy a gun immediately – before you can’t.
Banzhaf: Hunter plea deal may be challenged at July 26th hearing
There is more than enough solid evidence to charge the President’s son with “money laundering, drug crimes or working as an unregistered lobbyist under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.”
Mermel: RFK Jr., duty, and The Plague
Robert’s father with a “particular intensity” directed Robert to read The Plague by Albert Camus. Robert says he read it three times to decipher the message.
State police to investigate their investigation of former Bellows Falls, Homeland Security cop
Vermont police – like other professionals – are not immune from sexual misbehavior ranging from professionally inappropriate to downright criminal.
Roper: Climate Council eyes transportation carbon tax on top of S.5 home heating tax
A win/win for the politicians on both sides of the lake, but for the Taxpayers, of course, it’s lose, lose, and lose some more.
Vasilogambros: Drought hits the Midwest, threatening crops and the world’s food supply
Though “weird,” this weather pattern is not yet being connected to climate change, said Trent Ford, the Illinois state climatologist, who collects and analyzes the state’s climate data.
VT Headlines: Campground evacuated in Danville
Burlington beaches reopen following closures forced by blue-green algae; Vermont to receive $229 million in federal funding for broadband; A scramble for Vermont communities as duplexes fast-tracked
Lowell man charged in fatal May crash
Seth Pierce, 20, turned himself in and was subsequently charged with negligent operation and leaving the scene of a crash.
McClaughry: Blue-state Progressive budgets
With the enactment of the Democratic budget over Gov. Scott’s veto, Vermont may soon be another disappointing example of runaway, unsustainable spending.
Donahue: Legislature decided abortion not really about choice
Once a pregnancy has begun, there are two people with rights to bodily integrity. That is the issue that no one is willing to recognize and struggle with.
Vermont rabbi to speak on Jewish influence on founding of America
A rabbi from Danby, Vermont will speak about the first sermon preached to a synagogue congregation in the New World in 1773, and the resulting Hebraic influence in the coming Revolution.
Police: drunk backhoe driver rips up driveway
The call about the drunken backhoe driver came in at 26 minutes after midnight.
LaMarche: Senator Hardy optically challenged
Sen. Ruth Hardy (D-Addison): “Women make, what is it, 82 cents on the dollar or so, compared to men.” She regrets the Senate failure to override the legislative pay hike veto not for herself, of course, but “on behalf of our future sisters in the Legislature.”
Fernandez: Shooting for success at RocketJ’s
RocketJ’s birth came in 1984 at Dascomb Rowe Ball Park in Waterbury, where Bean slugged out cheeseburgers, hotdogs, fries, onion rings, sausage subs, fried clams, etc., and he is still doing it today.
We will defend our country from treason – Putin
COVID-Vaccinated More Likely to Be Hospitalized: CDC Data; Guy gets accused of racism by his doorbell – Amazon shuts down his smart home; Whistleblower Who Exposed Biden Bribery Scheme Found Dead
Exec pleads guilty to wire fraud in Brattleboro education embezzlement
An ‘education abroad’ organization was defrauded of $425,000 by its VP for human resources.
VT Headlines: Very poor air quality sticks around overnight
Characters come to life at Rail City Fan Fest in St. Albans; At high school debates, watch what you say; Cyanobacteria shuts down all Burlington beaches
Brattleboro declines rent-a-cop hire after ‘cockroach’ comment
Drug-plagued Brattleboro doesn’t have enough cops to provide adequate public safety. Efforts to hire private security ran have become SNAFU.
Vermont bishop gets new job in Connecticut
During his time as bishop, Coyne has carried out a Diocesan Synod, ministered through the Covid pandemic, maintained the good works of the Catholic schools, and overseen the establishment of the Vermont Catholic Community Foundation.
Klar: Amendment 22, gender drugs, and fetal tissue research
In a move that has allowed Vermont and UVM to join the vanguard of money-attracting experimental gender hormones on prepubescent children, a 2015 “initiative” pushed that envelope deep into the Green Mountain State.
RFK Jr. Interview: worry about geoengineering, praise for gutsy inventor Robert Malone
“I was raised in a family where we, I think all of us, were raised with the notion that our lives would be consumed in some great controversy.”
Police: Stannard man sexually abused four children
Police say three girls were reported to be between the ages of 8 and 12 at the time of the assaults.
Burlington GOP backs detransitioners, free speech
The resolution was approved two days after pro-trans activists tried unsuccessfully to get Vergennes school leaders to cancel a meeting of citizens gathered to hear detransitioning expert Walt Heyer.
Bookkeeper embezzled $600K from VT non-profit internet provider
John Van Vught, 72, defrauded ValleyNet Inc., a non-profit that had a contract to operate fiber-to-home internet networks serving customers in east-central Vermont.
Artificial intelligence can learn but it can’t think
If you want to do something new, AI is not nearly as helpful. It can’t remember what it never knew.
VT Headlines: Major changes are coming to Burlington elections
Becca Balint resigns from House Oversight Committee; Funding challenges leading to Howard Center cutting certain programming; State settles with some foreign investors scammed in Kingdom Con
Roll Call! – the Veto Session
The Vermont House voted overwhelmingly to override Gov. Phil Scott’s vetoes of five bills. See how your representatives votes.
68 years ago, President Eisenhower was skunked in Pittsford
In the newsroom three nights before Ike’s visit, a young man overheard Judge Smith tell managing editor Bud Mattison of a plan to fill the presidential creel.
Vermont Right to Life BIRTHday Picnic tomorrow
On Saturday, June 24, the Vermont Right to Life Educational Trust will host a “BIRTHday Picnic” on the State House Lawn in Montpelier from 11:30am to 1:00pm.
Burlington group takes down anti-trans stickers
“We do not censor or criminalize speech in this nation because it offends,” said a critic of a citizen’s group removing anti-trans stickers.
Man who stabbed victim repeatedly charged with attempted murder, police say
The victim of a Northfield stabbing was sent to the hospital with critical injuries.
Roper: So, a 78% approval rating and $2 gets you a cup of coffee
None of the veto votes was even close.
Partin: Bitcoin 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Bitcoin
Even though Bitcoin has a lot of potential and advantages, it is important to use care and do your study before using it.
Biker dies when neck strikes chain
The dirt-bike struck a chain that was hung across a camp road entrance.
Worst frost damage in 25 years leaves growers unsure they can remain in business
The State of Vermont is asking the federal government for help to keep Vermont growers afloat following May’s horrific late frost.
RFK Jr. speaks on climate without pontificating
A recent EAI event featured famed columnist George F. Will, and was largely attended by conservatives. A different cross-section of Vermonters gathered for RFK’s visit, hinting at the possibility of a growing alliance of populist support for an authentic maverick.
VT Headlines: Neighbors say low-barrier pod shelter a magnet for crime
Montpelier woman cited after person falls off moving car, police say; Senator Sanders pushes for Pentagon, D.O.D. audit; Vt. teen on Capitol Hill to advocate for better health care for kids
Opinion: Congress won’t stop deficit spending / Overtaxed and moving to NH
From local government to Congress, government takes and spends too much.
483-ton power transformer to clog I-89 traffic this weekend
The Vermont Agency of Transportation wants you to know that traffic will be very, very slow on I-89 South between Milton and Barre for about eight hours this weekend.
Despite protest, 100 gather to hear de-transitioner Walt Heyer
The protest outside the Heyer event followed an unsuccessful effort to get the Vergennes school superintendent to cancel the event.
RFK Jr. dinner tonight sold out
RFK Jr. says he’s not ‘anti-vax,’ but pro-safe vaccines: “I spent 35 years trying to get mercury out of the fish. That doesn’t make me anti-fish.”
Legislative pay hike veto stands – for now
The Vermont Legislature won’t override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of a controversial pay and benefit hike for all lawmakers.
Iselin: The lone gunwoman
In stark contrast to today’s “media”, the following is a true, accurate, honest account of what happened in Lyndon, VT on Sat. June 10, 2023.
VT Headlines: Man arrested in St. Albans armed robbery of Bayberry Cottage
Welch introduces act to end medication price gouging; Sheldon Elementary School target of ‘racist’ and ‘homophobic’ graffiti; Weekend flooding causes damage in Upper Valley towns
Who’s Afraid of Naomi Wolf?
Naomi Wolf stands out as a walkaway: a dyed-in-the-wool liberal feminist who woke up to the lies of her government.
Sadomasochistic sex with girl gets ex-CNN producer 20 years
A former CNN producer lured a Nevada woman and her adopted pre-teen daughter to his ski chalet in Windsor County.
Man jailed after retail theft, heroin possession, failure-to-appear charges / AR-15 theft
After investigation Andre Martel, age 39, of Burlington was taken into custody for retail theft, possession of heroin and for two active arrest warrants for failure to appear at court.
Man shot by police murdered man with hammer 20 years ago
Barber broke free, got in a vehicle and tried to drive away, at which point he struck Detective Hewitt with the car. Hewitt fired his weapon one time, hitting Barber.
Dame: Legislative pay & recruitment
When the scope of the legislative session is so broad its length could extend indefinitely, and in other Deep Blue states, they have become full-time year-round positions with salary and benefits.
Bananas: FBI announces new elite Storm Trooper Units
When asked about the inspiration for the new crime fighting team F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray explained they were an homage to one of his favorite historical memories, the movie “Star Wars”.
VT Headlines: Vermont Police investigate fire department burglary
Police investigating Short Stop burglary in Bakersfield; A new plan to extend emergency housing but with some requirements; Vermont State Police investigating fatal officer-involved shooting
House to consider amendment restoring ‘homeless hotel’ program
The amendment appears to be an attempt to entice the 17 Democrat and Progressive legislators who refused to vote for the budget last month because it didn’t extend the ‘homeless hotel’ emergency housing program.
Cop shoots, kills Fair Haven man
When the police officer arrived, an altercation occurred between the officer and a man outside the home.
Addleman: Vermont taking Monsanto to court over polychlorinated biphenyls contamination
The suit is designed to protect Vermont’s natural resources and schools that have been affected by contamination from the chemicals.
Bananas: Vermont tells America “Don’t kill yourself, let us do it for you”
Vermont is quickly becoming an end of life getaway for those wishing to fall into the arms of Morpheus for all of eternity.
Vermont Turkey Brood Survey Starts July 1
Starting July 1, VT Fish & Wildlife is asking people who see wild turkey broods during the month to provide information about their sightings via a survey on the department’s website.
Roper: The Blob seeks ways to continue discriminating against Christians
Push is on to end all school choice rather than let some parents choose Catholic schools for their kids.
Teenage voting, childcare spending, and $8.5 billion budget face House veto override
Gov. Scott’s vetoes seek to restrain record spending and tinkering with municipal voter eligibility. Will the House override?
Scott signs cybersecurity bill
A bill requiring a state review of cybersecurity was signed by Gov. Scott Monday.
U.N. lays groundwork for defining child sex as human right
It’s all there in a recent U.N. policy statement.
Another person found dead in trash/recycling center
For the second time this year, a Vermonter was found dead after being dumped by a trash/recycling truck at a recycling center.
No chanting, threats outside black gay poet’s reading, participant says
“I was carrying a Bible, and I wanted to give it to him,” Iselin said. “I’ve known Toussaint for 10 years.” Several years ago she literally risked her life to support him.
Lomborg: Thinking smartly about climate change
It can be easily demonstrated that climate change, however serious, is not an incoming giant meteor.
VT Headlines: Vt. Attorney General warns about dangers of identity theft
VT health care regulators pass OneCare Budget aimed at accountability; Abenaki Heritage weekend kicks off at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum; Vermonters continue weekend-long Juneteenth celebrations
Legislative pay hike veto goes to Senate tomorrow
S.39 would give the next and every future Legislature a steep raise, plus adjournment pay, plus State of Vermont employee-level health care benefits, plus several other benefits; all told, about $50,000 per legislator.
Klar’s ‘Small Farm Republic’ takes on globalist farming
Starvation is a very real possibility in America, as food prices skyrocket faster than underlying inflation, more food is imported, and food is shipped from increasingly large distances in a fragile infrastructure.
Many from Africa, Europe, Asia, Central/South America cross illegally into Swanton Sector
17 countries are represented in the Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants in the Swanton sector.
Hartford CT truck thief kidnapped Good Samaritan on I-89, police say
Helping an accident victim on a cold winter night is the Vermont Way.
Third arrest this month for man released ‘on conditions’
Vermont’s catch-and-release bail policies aren’t stopping a regular in the St. Johnsbury police blotter.






