Just like CVU, students earlier this month, students at Mt. Abe are protesting likely RIFs of teachers in the wake of a rejected school budget.
VT Headlines: Mt. Abe students protest teacher cuts
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Take school budgets away from voters? Don’t do it, Vermonters say on social media
“Legislators do not have the right to steal the budget process,” said one social media commenter. “Stop spending like there is no end.”
House lawmakers may vote on retroactive carbon tax, review school cellphone policy
Dam safety and land conservation are the stated goals of a Senate bill up for a House vote this week.
Some voters in a ‘yes’ school budget town not notified of vote
A mailing list error appears to be the reason why some voters in Williamstown weren’t notified of the school budget revote – one of only two to pass since 33 school district budgets failed at Town Meeting.
Suspect arrested in theft, arson of truck and ATM/ Fight over pigs in roads/ 🔪
Upon arrival, troopers found Morrison and Cyr amidst a heated dispute, which reportedly began over the presence of the pigs, which neither man owned or was responsible for.
Twins awarded lifetime hunting licenses
And…. Howard Dean mulling guv run. Local college students cheerleaders for Hamas.
VDC-TV Friday at Four: Hero cops ignored by media, and legislature threatens No Taxation without Representation
Which media outlet has now TWICE ignored life-saving heroics by our state police? And why is the Legislature threatening to take away school budgets from voters?
Senate passes budget without $100 million in new taxes from House
There’s a multi-million gap between the House budget and the more frugal Senate budget. Conference committee time.
Legislature to ‘no’ school budget voters: Three strikes and you’re out!
“There is something, sort of, you know, that might tend towards anti-democratic about this,” Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, Chair of Ways & Means, admitted.
Mid-Vermont Christian to VPA: Can we play, too?
Mid Vermont maintains it should not face additional penalties beyond a loss when taking a forfeit based on religious or free speech grounds.
Gun felony suspect lists job as “drug dealer”
Richards claimed he has brokered crack cocaine from big drug dealers in return for guns destined for out-of-state.
Letter to lawmakers: “You never do the right thing. You need to step down”
The Dems and Progs modus operandi – pretend to work on something and do nothing, then spend more money. You need to cut spending. We cannot afford a 15% property tax hike.
VT Headlines: Burlington City budget deficit $13 million
New mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak blames unexpected higher costs in staff and health insurance. But she’s committed to current staffing and maintaining public safety. RX: more taxes.
School funding bill with 15-18% property tax hike, two new taxes moves to Senate
“This bill is not a solution, it is only a Band-Aid that won’t even stop the bleed,” Rep. Ashley Bartley (R-Fairfax) said.
Vermont Values Under ATAX’ rally at State House today
“Politicians threaten our food, water, and shelter. Vermonters rally,” said the announcement for the Vermont Values Under ATAX rally at the Vermont State House today.
VT Headlines: Norwich names new prez, former prez sued/ Notch stuckage solutions planned
Turmoil at the top at Norwich. VTrans hopes barriers will cut down on Notch stuckage. Roxbury school vote suit denied.
Sen. Bobby Starr to retire
A longtime Orleans County senator and representative has announced his retirement at the end of the current session.
Truck damages another covered bridge
Another truck driver thought he/she could just squeak under one of Vermont’s iconic covered bridges.
House OKs school funding ‘fix’ with two new taxes, 15-18% property tax hike
Today, the House is likely to approve a new property/cloud/short-term rental tax bill. Tomorrow, Vermonters concerned about out-of-control taxation will descend on the State House.
Voters in two more school districts say No to revised budgets
Voters in one school district rejected their revised budget by a 39-61% margin.
First case of VT measles since 2018 was international visitor
On April 10, the Health Department was informed by the Georgia Department of Public Health that the group was exposed to a traveler who was determined to have measles following their arrival on an international flight to Atlanta.
Lamoille Valley Resource Pregnancy Center
Lamoille Valley Pregnancy Resource Center (LVPRC) is located at 65 Portland Street in Morrisville, where it fulfills its pro-love, pro-grace, and pro-abundant life mission.
Video: Christian worshippers harassed on State House lawn
Supporters of the Don’t Mess With Our Kids prayer gathering said a large, loud crowd of opponents gathered shortly after the music started.
Every senator who received 2022 VPIRG campaign $$ voted for Superfund bill
Every state senator elected with VPIRG campaign contributions has voted yes on S.259, VPIRG’s Superfund bill.
VT Headlines: Brattleboro asks, why are businesses leaving downtown?
Vermont’s small urban downtowns have been struggling for decades. Now the proliferation of empty storefronts in Brattleboro have town leaders asking, what’s the solution?
Rich girl, fined $220 for crash killing elderly VT couple, busted at pro-Hamas camp at Columbia
Instead of filing two felony criminal charges of careless and negligent driving with death resulting, Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George directed Vermont State Police to issue the teen the civil ticket, records show.
House lawmakers may vote on retroactive carbon tax, consider ‘just cause’ firing
Should an employer be limited only to ‘just cause’ firing of employees? Will the House pursue the Senate notion of a Big Oil Superfund?
Correction: Only TWO districts have re-approved school budgets
Eleven Vermont school districts are lined up for another revised school budget Super Tuesday next week.
After DUI charges, elected officials deal with consequences
Both state officials were driving to performed their elected duties when arrested for DUI.
Not the Sharpest knife in the drawer
Cpl. George Johnson of the St. Johnsbury Police Department writes another interesting incident report.
VT Headlines: Scott gets F from ACLU/ Unemployment drops to 2.2%
Flower lovers looking forward to Growing Season flocked to the Bloom Flower and Home Market in Burlington.
Pedal power rescues capsized canoeist
The state trooper pedaled as fast as he could.
Clash at Barre apartment house leads to evacuation, drug arrests
Upon arrival, officers were informed that one of the males had a rifle and had potentially retreated to the basement, while another group of males were reported to be hiding in a stairwell upstairs.
Interview with Alison Despathy: At small school, big problem with bullying
“The bottom line: chronic bullying not being dealt with.”
Friday At Four #4: Religious speech suppressed/ Property tax ‘fix’ vote Tuesday
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Lawmakers moving bills on private govt. meetings, work permits for undocumented immigrants, and gun serialization
Work permits for undocumented workers, ghost guns, and government meeting in private all progressing thru Legislature.
Democrat supermajority has no interest in solving property tax mess they made
Vermonters worried we are about to be taxed out of our homes come July are now being told not to expect any sort of relief for at least three years while they study the issue. News flash: we can’t afford the bill this year! Fix your mess now.
House GOP pans new school tax plan, suggests spending cuts
A 15% property tax increase and the creation of two new taxes isn’t the solution to Vermont’s school funding crisis, GOP leaders said Thursday.
Suspect in Sanders office torching has history of mental illness
Soghomonian had self-reported to the FBI in Los Angeles that the government had been hacking into his devices and that he also had claimed drones were reading his mind.
Parole granted for man convicted in killings of Dartmouth professors
A Chelsea man who was 16 when he helped kill two Dartmouth College professors has been granted parole – about a year shy of serving the minimum 25 year sentence. News also of a child sex assault arrest and ‘porch piracy’ in Cambridge.
VT Headlines: Roxbury suing Montpelier over school closure
Because of the failed Montpelier/Roxbury school budget, the tiny town of Roxbury could lose its local school. Now they’re fighting back.
Controversial Vermont publisher to be sold
The Vermont publisher of Dr. Joseph Mercola’s ‘The Truth About Covid-19’ is scheduled to be sold.
Senate candidates announce
Major graduated with a BA in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University in 1987 and is a former U.S. Army officer.
Keelan: Desperate Legislature trolls for $$
In its search for new revenue, Vermont has become desperate for financial resources. What a terrible state of affairs, and it is only becoming more dire.
Legislature honors ‘Big Sugar’ with USS Vermont Day
The officers and crew of the USS Vermont honor Vermont traditions with the moniker Big Sugar and the motto Freedom and Unity.
New school funding plan creates two new taxes, boosts property tax 15%
Two new taxes and a 15% property tax is the latest House response to the slew of rejected school budgets that one Republican lawmaker calls “an old-fashioned revolt” by taxpayers.
Act 250/housing merger bill must move quickly to build housing, guv says
Any bill that takes years to allow more housing construction under Act 250 faces a veto, Gov. Phil Scott said.
New Jersey man shot in Hardwick
Hardwick Police Chief Michael Henry said Wednesday morning that nobody was in custody and officers were seeking the shooter.
Super Tuesday school budget revote results: two yes, six no
Yesterday, six school budget revotes went down to defeat, bringing the total number of twice-rejected budgets to 11 statewide.
VT Headlines: Family of 4 earning $124,000 qualifies for child care subsidy
In October, families of four earning $179,000 will be eligible for state child care assistance.
Vermont’s only billionaire overcame death of father in WWII, crippling childhood disease
His father commanded a WWII submarine that sank in 1942 with all hands. As a boy he suffered osteomyelitis, requiring surgeries and years of walking on crutches.
Here she is! Miss Vermont crowned April 14
With a Community Service Initiative called “Green for Good,” Seery plans to advocate for sustainable practices.
As ‘Super Tuesday’ looms, three school budgets pass Monday
SUPER TUESDAY – how voters decide on seven school budgets today could affect educational funding reform coming out of the State House.
Homes for sale down 86% since 2016/ Crumbling schools need $6 billion
Faced with an 86% shrinkage in homes for sale, the Legislature is looking at Act 250 reforms and increasing temporary housing funding.
VT Headlines: BIPOC homeowner program grows
BIPOC Vermonters are getting a hand up in first-time homeowning.
Judge orders teen gang member detained
Concepcion is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of store clerk Daryus “Swaggy” Clarke at a smoke-shop known as “The Plug” in the Richmond Hills section of Queens, N.Y. in March 2023.
Fish & Wildlife/coyote bill, ghost guns, fossil fuel divestment in House committees
A hunting ‘reform’ bill that passed with tepid support in the Senate will be discussed in a House committee this week.
Collective bargaining constitutional amendment hearing Tuesday night
Should the right to collective bargaining be enshrined in the Constitution?
Supreme Court says VT Gas pipeline changes needed state OK
The Public Utilities Commission shouldn’t have given Vermont Gas a pass on post-permit changes to its pipeline construction, the Vermont Supreme Court says.
Property tax revolt continues Saturday with another No
Voters in the only interstate school district rejected their school budget Saturday. So did Essex/Westford voters last Tuesday. Revised budgets in six school districts will go before voters on Tuesday.
It’s not the Eclipse, but….
Annual spectacle of steelhead trout at Willoughby Falls. 100th anniversary of Burlington Country Club. Rescue horses looking for new home. Federal Farm Bill review.
High court rules against Good Samaritan PTSD suit
Five months after the brain matter of a Middlebury highway flagger splattered her clothing, the plaintiff was diagnosed with PTSD.
Driver throws youth from truck
Police seeking the driver of the pickup truck from which a youth was thrown.
VT Headlines: More E-bikes mean more ER visits
Fun, fuel-efficient….and potentially fatal.
Dems hold unpublicized meetings to pick Mazza successor
The executive committees in Colchester and Grand Isle counties both moved quickly and quietly to begin the process of picking a new state senator.
Friday at Four: White, gun-totin’ liberal crimewave?/ 2024 Property Tax Revolt continues/ EVs and the Eclipse
First it was the shooting of three Palestinians. Then someone set Bernie Sanders’ outer office on fire. What do the suspects have in common?
NYC teen gang member sought for killing arrested in Enosburg
Concepcion allegedly shot a man during robbery of a NYC marijuana dispensary. He’s also a person of interest in two Burlington slayings.
Tune in for Episode #2 of VDC TV’s “Friday at Four”
On today’s Friday at Four, we look at – Crazy, white, gun-totin’ liberals / Don’t look now, the Taxpayer Revolt continues/ Getting it Wrong with Hydro/ The eclipse and EV Fragility. Your real-time, online comments welcome!
School funding bill would raise property taxes, with bigger increase for business and renters
What is almost certain about the ‘foundational funding’ bill is the non-homestead rate will be increased to 18.57% while the homestead yield is 15.54%.
Another ‘second-try’ school budget rejected by voters
Yesterday, a Rutland-Addison school district became the latest to see its second-try school budget go down in flames.
Vermont tax proposals would leave the State and Vermonters behind
Even more concerning for Vermont is the research showing the negative relationship between income tax rates and gross domestic product.
“Existential threat’ of climate change, ratepayer shock won’t save Green River Hydro from state regulators
So what’s really going on here? Why is the State of Vermont willing to flick away a source of affordable, carbon free power that promotes tourism, created a beautiful state park, and even protects loons?
VT Headlines: Tesla holds grand opening in SoBu
The 1,000 current Tesla drivers in Vermont now have an instate service center.
Tractor-trailer hits car head-on, kills Waitsfield woman
For reasons unknown, the TT left its lane and struck the Subaru head-on.
Burlington man arrested for threatening with knives / Feces dumped on car
Eww….Someone must have been pretty mad to do that.
Post office closes due to asbestos
Bernie wants a billion every year for Long Covid. Asbestos claims another public building, for a few months. Family Research Council comes to Waterbury. And ‘young Tom’ Salmon offers his problem-solving skills for conflict resolution of all kinds.
Fund education with 1% ‘transaction’ tax, senator proposes
The philosophy behind the broad-based transaction tax appears to be “many hands make light work.”
VT Headlines: Fed water rule means tighter control of PFAs
A new federal clean water rule could require more spending to reduce PFAs in Vermont drinking water.
Lyndon, St J. schools continue taxpayer revolt
School voters in the Northeast Kingdom joined voters in South Burlington and Georgia voting no, for a second time, on proposed school budgets.
Sanders torch suspect had AK-47, climate activist bomber book in Illinois cop stop
When stopped by police last year, Soghomonian had an AK-47 with two loaded magazines, 12 ounces of cannabis, and a book advocating sabotage as a form of climate activism.
Secretary of State Hanzas promotes ranked-choice voting
f a candidate receives more than half of the first choices, that candidate wins, just like in any other election. However, if there is no majority winner after counting the first choices, the race is decided by an instant runoff.
VT Headlines: USPS seeks 73-cent first class stamps
Better buy a few rolls of those Forever stamps soon.
Legislators avoid pro-S.258 press conference
Bills with legs usually have a dozen or so legislators proudly standing in support at press conferences. Then, there’s S.258.
No impeachment for Grismore
Grismore’s alleged offenses “don’t meet the high bar for impeachment,” but he really should resign anyway, House Speaker Jill Krowinski said.
Sanders office torch suspect barricaded hotel door
Records show Soghomonian, 35, formerly of Northridge, CA, had lived for much of February and March at an inn on Williston Road in South Burlington.
Senators look to draft “Officers’ Code of Conduct,” support adult education, attract new workers
Do Vermont police need a code of conduct?
Vermont students to show off Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) skills
Bennington County Sheriff, James Gulley, Jr., who has headed up this competition for the past two years, as well as representatives of the Vermont Sheriff’s Association and Vermont State Police will be on hand to judge the competitions.
VT Headlines: CVU blows out SoBu to win Scholars Bowl crown
Redhawks win another title on the Gray Matter Gridiron. And….something about an eclipse?
Dick Mazza resigns from Senate
“The Conscience of the Senate” has stepped down.
House considers Superfund carbon tax, fossil fuel divestment, conditions of release
The House will consider this week a Senate-backed bill to create a Superfund to make oil companies pay for expensive renewable power and efficiency upgrades in Vermont.
Friday At Four’ debuts on VDC TV with scoop
Senate restores religion to Prop 4 equal rights amendment
Over the objections of the ACLU and a Progressive senator, religion WILL be included in a proposed Equal Rights Amendment, a Senate committee decided Friday.
VT Headlines:Sunshine on E-Day
Where will you be?
ATF arrests man for setting fire at Sen. Sanders’ office
Soghomonian was arrested just before he was scheduled to check out of the the Quality Inn on Shelburne Road in Shelburne.
Arrest made in arson at Bernie Sanders’ office in Burlington
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office in the massive 1897 Masonic Temple at the Church & Pearl intersection in Burlington was set on fire Friday morning.
Breaking news story on VDC TV ‘Friday at Four’
Tune in today to hear a breaking news exclusive on VDC TV ‘Friday at Four’ weekly news program.
Prog legislator, columnist dispute ‘Read My Lips: Yes! New Taxes!” quote
Did a popular columnist misquote a Burlington legislator? Or are some lawmakers getting touchy about their taxation voting record? You decide.
Cops seek MA teen for drug-related stabbing murder
The police investigation indicates this was an isolated incident that arose from a drug-related dispute.
VT Headlines: Video shows Banyai bust scuffle
The Pawlet town constable’s video shows some of the scuffle that ensued when he arrested former Slate Ridge owner Daniel Banyai.
Police stalker arrested, rifle seized
Phelps was charged with illegal possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
