The State of Vermont has agreed to pay the Allens $125,000, reinstate Travis Allen as coach and remove Blake Allen’s disciplinary record – and change some pro-trans messaging in schools.
UPDATE: Spray painting at lawmaker’s residence says, “It must be nice to have a home”
A South Burlington lawmaker appears to have been targeted with spray-paint vandalism for not doing more for the homeless.
700 households forced to leave homeless hotels
On Checkout Day, as with any other long-ignored day of reckoning, the fear and heartbreak were all too real.
Taylor: Abenaki in support of trapping
A considered response to “Rohit Sharma: Trapping is not a management tool. Let nature take its course.” published in VT Digger.
VT Headlines: Gas tanker explodes on Rt. 7 in Ferrisburgh
Vermont State Police investigating hit and run in Waterbury; Suspect in 2022 Bennington shooting arrested in Mass.; Revitalization efforts focus on Roaring Branch floodplain
Act Like Men, Part III: Compromise or Courage
Jordan Peterson is a man who doesn’t just wear the uniform but fulfills the duty.
Video: Bernie Sanders, ‘race’ books, and Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
A Cherokee and U.S. senator from Oklahoma takes issue with a children’s book blaming white people for creating the concept of race.
Thieves steal truck and ATM, set both on fire
Police are looking for thieves who broke into a restaurant, stole an ATM, and then set the machine on fire.
Interstate compact bills signed
Legislation signed by Gov. Scott should make it easier for out of state health care workers to treat Vermont patients.
Man under firearms ban jailed after found with loaded AR-15
St. J firearms incident at 2:50 AM.
Scott vetoes juvenile crime bill
“This bill would make it more difficult to investigate and prosecute young adult perpetrators involved in serious crimes, such as narcotics trafficking, sex offenses, including sexual assaults that happen on college campuses and child sex abuse cases, and internet crimes against children,” Scott said.
Fires and swimming are prohibited at fishing access areas
Regulations prohibit uses of fishing access areas including swimming, littering, camping, picnicking, making a fire, parking of vehicles not related to priority uses, and commercial activity.
Sanders: No on Congress budget deal – Biden should invoke 14th Amendment
“At a time when climate change is, by far, the most existential threat facing our country and the entire world I cannot, in good conscience, vote for a bill that makes it easier for fossil fuel companies to pollute and destroy the planet by fast-tracking the disastrous Mountain Valley Pipeline,” Sanders said.
Traffic deaths at five-year high
“We are seeing a lack of seat belt usage; speeding; and driver inattention as contributary factors in a large number of these incidents,” VSP spokesperson Adam Silverman said today.
McClaughry: of electrification and freezing pipes
What these Vermont legislators cannot grasp is that relying on electric heat is just not feasible in a Vermont winter.
House passes bipartisan McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling deal
The bill passed in a 314-117 vote that saw majorities in both parties support the agreement, which also meets the GOP demand of cutting non-defense discretionary spending over the next two years.
Balint: Yes on Congress budget deal – abolish the debt ceiling
“America should pay what it owes and stop allowing our economy to be held hostage to an extreme right-wing agenda.”
Underage, non-citizen voting vetos face override
Gov. Scott has said non-citizen voting should be allowed statewide, or not at all.
VT Headlines: Citing high cost, Newport officials opt to appoint replacement mayor
Police: Six people hospitalized after drunk driving crash; Slate Ridge owner sues Pawlet and judge as enforcement looms; Burlington reaches settlement in 2018 use-of-force case
Voluntary paid family leave begins Phase One July 1
The benefits of the voluntary program will provide up to six weeks of paid family and medical leave benefits at 60% of an employee’s average weekly wage.
Klar: Globalists seek to further industrialize American farms
John Kerry announces controlling farms is needed to prevent climate change…
Heat, Canadian wildfires combine to cause air pollution
Smoke and heat will create hazy air pollution over New England today.
