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Bananas: Taylor Swift wins first Super Bowl championship & MVP
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Senators review ban on sale of gas-powered cars, kids who can’t read, hallucinogen decrim
Senate seeks solutions to students’ declining reading scores.
Bill would require farmers to house workers hired via state-run directory
No other state-funded employment directory requires employers to house workers hired under its auspices.
22 years for raping little girls and filming it
“One of the more serious child pornography cases in Vermont in recent years” involved a man (now seeking to become a woman) who filmed his rape of little girls.
Democrat Attorney General Clark contributes to Progressive mayor candidate
“The work is about recognizing where our system has disproportionately impacted people of color, and digging in to how to rectify that,” Charity Clark said of her job at the Vermont Attorney General’s office in 2020.
Pro-life advocates criticize Christian group’s ‘pro-abortion'(?) Super Bowl ad
There’s a reason the “He Gets Us” commercial didn’t show a liberal washing the feet of someone in a MAGA hat, or a BLM protestor washing an officer’s feet. That would’ve been actually subversive.
Paul Dame interview Thursday night
Q& A with Paul Dame on Twitter/X Thursday night
“Car-free” society, illegal immigrants in workforce, expanding socialized healthcare bills in House committees
The proposed transportation plan transitions away from gasoline-powered vehicles.
Warner: Calling out Hartford DQSH and bomb hoax
The bomb hoax, obscured by an encrypted Russian server from whom the hoax emails came, needs to be addressed.
On second thought… Bill removes tax cap linked to big school tax hike
House committee steps back from looming school tax hike, while another committee advances renewable power bill that could cost ratepayers $1 billion.
Big brawl at the Whiskey Den
“I arrived on scene and found people on the ground engaging in a physical altercation with each other. I stopped the altercations.” – Cpl. George Johnson
State climate change suit vs. Exxon may continue in state court
A federal judge says Vermont courts are a fitting venue for the State’s lawsuit against Exxon for alleged harmful climate change policies.
First Vermont Lottery benefited blind slaver from Alburg
Hawkins tried in vain to regain his vision. He learned from doctors in this country that an opthamologist in Europe was his only hope. With no money to pay his passage over, he needed help.
Cop quits three jobs after ‘hot mic’ statement about illegal alien
Major’s explanation that he was talking to his daughter was not accepted as either true or excusable by other members, who called for his resignation.
Sheriff John Grismore tells his side of the “kick”
“It was a seating maneuver to put him back on the bench,” Grismore said on the radio Tuesday.
Adjusted state budget creates Universal Afterschool, boosts flood relief, library and dispatch planning
Revenue for planning and implementing universal afterschool and summer programming will come from the legal sale of cannabis.
Police raid expected to yield more arrests
Fentanyl, coke, cash seized in raid. Fatal snowmobile crash. Truck hits covered bridge. Guns stolen from cars. Gunfire along Thetford highway near childcare center and pediatrician’s office.
JAM: Bill gives teeth to school mascot law
If the same Legislature that bungled its way to the proposed 20% school tax increase passes this law too, taxpayers had better look to either mascot compliance – or their wallets.
Tallest building in Vermont nears completion
Bill gives school mascot law teeth. ‘Right Side Up’ talks REAL substance abuse recovery. Sewage spill in Springfield. Presidential Primary and Town Meeting less than a month away.
Scott signs flood-related municipal tax relief bill
S.160 passes along the duty to pay the lost tax revenue from the municipal property taxpayers to all Vermont property taxpayers.
Woman shot in head, body dumped in container
Investigation showed Kayla Wright, 29, of Derby, was shot multiple times, and at least one shot struck her in the head, killing her.
Three state troopers placed on leave back to work, commander reassigned
Lt. Owen Ballinger, a 25-year state police veteran, was quietly moved to headquarters in Waterbury as of Jan. 14 and is now listed as the administrative services coordinator.
Ed funding crisis impacts legislative pay hike, cigarette ban bills
The looming 20.5% property tax increase is impacting legislative and state budget decisions in the State House, as legislative leaders and Scott administration seek to save money – even threatening favored policy initiatives.
State looks to South Burlington, Vergennes as new home for youth detention facility
Newbury is out and South Burlington and Vergennes are in as possible sites for the state’s new ‘justice involved’ youth detention and treatment facility.
In Committee: Senate lawmakers seek to ban social media and personal electronics at schools
Cellphones in school are a source of distraction and bullying. Best to ban their use there, a Rutland County senator says.
Unanimous House honors TV newsman Stewart Ledbetter
Stewart Ledbetter is a rare breed of reporter.
Arrested for smashing bus stop windows with bricks/ Fire displaces families/ Two dead bodies found
Witnesses provided Officer George Johnson with cell phone video of Farnsworth smashing out the glass with a brick.
ANOTHER sinkhole in downtown Burlington
For the second time in two months, a Burlington Daily News photographer has filmed a downtown street sinkhole caused by a broken underground pipe.
Pro-wind energy lawyer decries NIMBYs, backs Senate bill
A utility industry lawyer claims “NIMBYs” (Not In My Backyard) oppposing wind and solar projects have “captured” the energy siting regulatory process with their “self-interested and occasionally irrational opposition.”
House committees ponder gun ban in public buildings/ carbon credits for utilities/ Homeless Bill of Rights/ Non-rez property tax surcharge
Carbon credits for utilities using fossil fuels? A pro-nature, pro-biodiversity Act 250? No guns in public buildings? How about an additional property tax? House committees will consider them all this week.
Burlington man gets five years for luring 12, 13 year olds to provide child porn
Martin later threatened the minor and caused the minor to send him additional CSAM in the form of photographs and videos of the minor.
Third arrest in Danby drug dispute murder
The homicide on Danby Mountain Road arose from a dispute among a group of people regarding drug trafficking and stolen firearms.
BREAKING: Scott goes national with support for Congress border bill
With other Republican governors are on Texas, Gov. Phil Scott has gone national with his support for the Border Bill.
School tax hike climbs to 20.5% as lawmakers seek solutions
The looming tax hike, created in part by the Legislature’s attempted “education funding reform,” now sits at 20.5%. Lawmakers are scrambling for a way to reduce that huge tax hit.
Smoking, woodstove cause recent house fires/ Car burglaries in Northern VT/ Death at Veterans’ Cemetery
Untended woodstoves and smoking materials started two fires. Working smoke alarms saved people and three cats.
Police report progress on separate murders of young, out-of-state men
Three Massachusetts men – one just a teen – were shot to death in two separate incidents. Police have made two arrests and are holding a former Stowe man as a ‘person of interest.’
Fish hatchery slated to close
Closure of the Salisbury hatchery will reduce Vermont’s ability to produce trout for stocking state-wide and for trophy stocking for up to five years.
Ridgeline wind warrior reads the Chronicle
“After all, we had gotten plenty of wind from the State House in Montpelier for years, what had that solved? In fact at a a meeting that I attended of a House/Senate energy committee that allowed audience comments, I suggested that any/all wind turbines erected in Vermont should be on the hills around Montpelier and face the State House, because that’s where all the wind comes from. I made a lot of friends that day, but none on the committee.”
Democratic Party boss challenges ‘free thinker’ VDC reporter
‘Free thinker?’ Guilty as charged, says Paul Bean of the accusation made against him by the executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party.
Vermonter shoots home invader with muzzle-loader, scares off accomplices
The break-in attempt did not go as planned. The owner, Gordon Richard Sr., 75, used a muzzleloader rifle to shoot one of the three men, causing the other two to flee.
Scott streamlines industrial site permit process
Potential employers with 284 good industrial jobs never moved to Vermont because Vermont lacked space in industrial buildings.
Auto Theft bills discussed
Vermont is considering new auto theft bills.
Did Boston Globe writer nudge woman to take her life under VT aide-in-dying law?
Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen signed a form, required under Vermont law, that Lynda Bluestein of Connecticut was in a clear state of mind when she made the decision to end her life.
Juvenile arrested for ‘Get Yours’ burglary, biting cop, stealing car
After the juvenile was in custody, he (or she) bit and assaulted two officers, police say.
JAM: Shouldn’t impeachment panel have known?
“Are you telling me the witch-hunt of Grismore conjured up by the Speaker, led by representatives Martin Lalonde and Mike McCarthy, held in secret behind closed doors, took over a year before they realized they couldn’t impeach him?” We’ll find out, Steve.
New biomass plant planned for NEK
A 2.2 megawatt wood-chip burning plant is proposed for the St. Johnsbury industrial park.
National militia ban bill resembles Vermont 2023 bill
A Vermont firearms policy expert warned that this bill could be used to suppress peaceful demonstrations.
Grismore impeachment unlikely, impeachment panel leaders say
The frustrated co-chair of the House impeachment investigation panel says Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore can’t be impeached under current Vermont law and Constitution.
Letter: S.5 data collection may violate right to privacy
Due to the reporting and video, it is clear the State of Vermont is collecting my data directly from fuel companies that I privately buy from.
All tax and fee revenues up in December
Good news for the big spenders in the Legislature, bad news for the austerity-minded.
Education funding headed for cliff: why?
Act 127 has given everyone a perverse incentive to spend with abandon.
Burlington City Council punts on housing plan
Paul Bean reports on pushback against Burlington’s housing density plan. A taxpayer unhappy with big spending on diversity office. And a video on BPD Community Service Officers – all in today’s Burlington Daily News.
This week in Senate committees: STD shots without parental consent, wealth tax, Office of New Americans
Children 12 and over could receive treatment for STDs without parental consent if a bill under Senate committee review this week becomes law.
Conservative books ‘banned’ from Vermont school libraries
Banning conservative books by non-selection.
Baker: Shots fired, cops called, no-one came
The point of this true story is that no one is coming to save you. You must save yourself. We are inches away from a world where the Rule of Law is nonexistent.
Fatal lung disease found in Vermont
Cases of a sometimes fatal lung disease normally found along the nation’s major lakes and rivers are being seen in north-central Vermont. Researchers don’t know why.
Ambulance thief suspect found dead of OD in car
Police say the man who stole and crashed the Burlington ambulance sent to save his life in November died of an overdose in his vehicle in Colchester.
Understaffed Orange County Sheriff’s Dept. loses county seat contract to Windsor
The county sheriff’s budget hole got deeper when the selectboard of Chelsea, the county seat, contracted for police coverage with nearby Windsor County.
Readers wonder why Phil Scott didn’t sign Texas border letter. Guv explains why
“The Governor is asked to join on to many national-level letters, and we decided long ago to prioritize bipartisan requests that originate from the National Governors Association,” Maulucci said.
Expand Dr. Dynasaur to age 26, Committee chair urges her committee
H721 also would increase DD reimbursement rates to health care providers.
Bill requires universal mental health screening in schools
Powerful legislators say ‘hold up there, friend!’ to school boards padding their budgets at the expense of other school districts.
“Work for us instead of against us,” CFV Petition to Listen asks legislators
“We need to shift our climate change strategy towards resiliency efforts – building dams, flood barriers, and other infrastructure to protect us from the impacts of climate change,” the petition urges the Legislature.
Arson in Randolph
Police say he entered the home and lit the flammable device.
Shot to death in car, bludgeoned to death for mistaken drug debt
A Glover man was bludgeoned to death in a case of mistaken identity. Until recently the cause of death also was mistaken.
VT Secretary of State promotes college student voter registration
The founder of the national group invited to register Vermont college students is a former senior campaign aide to Hillary Clinton and New Jersey Sen. Corey Booker.
Five Burlington students named 2024 Presidential Scholars
Five Vermont Presidential Scholars from Burlington were honored at the Vermont State House January 22.
Homeless hotel residents to get back ‘their’ $3,300 security deposit
The State of Vermont paid $3300 security deposits to a homeless hotel owner. He kept some of the money. Now he has to give it back – to the former residents.
Urgent care mental health clinic gets private grant
The clinic is billed as an alternative to going to hospital emergency rooms, where a crush of people in mental health crisis have overwhelmed staff and services, leading to ‘wait times’ of hours and in some cases days.
NRA to testify against ‘ghost gun’ bill
A ‘ghost gun’ and juvenile crime bill appealing to both gun controllers and law ‘n order conservatives will be reviewed in Senate Judiciary Thursday.
Bennington bomb suspect detained
Hayes, 41, intended to use the bomb against the next person who angered him or disrespected him, court records allege.
No place to treat Vermont’s violent children
“In the last year we have seen a higher prevalence of gang activity amongst our youth where they are making videos talking about killing one another, we have seen in the news kids dying, being shot either accidentally or as a result of homicide,” a DCF worker reported to the Legislature.
Wilson: VPIRG wants Climate Superfund to pay for U.N. agenda
Everything runs on oil products – right or wrong – and no one can change the whole world.
BREAKING NEWS: Senate sustains bottle bill veto
The bottle bill reform bill has failed, thanks to the Senate this morning sustaining Gov. Phil Scott’s veto. No 5 cents back for fruit drink bottles and cans.
Constitution change would give Legislature more power over sheriffs
“The General Assembly may establish by law qualifications for the election to and holding of such office and procedures for removal from such office for failure to meet or to maintain the required qualifications.”
“You’re all snakes, bro,” 8X F’bomber tells federal court
“I’m done. You all are snakes, bro. You’re (expletive) snakes,” the accused drug dealer and killer said during a 41-minute hearing in U.S. District Court on Friday afternoon.
Suspect took bar patrons hostage, made Molotov cocktails
A woman inside with her friend described the moment when Lee, amidst a police presence outside, began crafting Molotov cocktails. Reacting to the escalating danger, she grabbed a bar stool, struck Lee, and fled with her friend.
Feds spend big for Vermont climate mitigation planning
The $2.5 million grant (plus $456K for staff) is “phase one of a two-phase funding opportunity aimed to support Vermont with climate change mitigation planning efforts.”
Eshelman: School closing bill the point of the tyrannical spear
H.634 is the point of the tyrannical spear aimed to eliminate the statutory language that has empowered Vermont’s School Choice programs for decades.
Head-on collision in fourth DUI
An Island Pond man pleaded guilty to DUI-4 and other charges almost three years after his truck collided with a van.
Three dead in Littleton
Especially lethal drugs are suspected. Tell your drug-abusing friends and loved ones.
State climate agenda required to deliver federal $$$, Climate councilor tells legislature
Vermont received $32 million of federal carrots to set carbon reduction goals.
Eviction not allowed because lease expires, Montpelier charter change proposes
Landlords won’t be allowed to make tenants leave just because their lease has expired, a proposed Montpelier city charter change says.
No law against snow on your car, but….
There’s no law (yet) against driving your car with a foot of snow on the roof. But Montpelier police warn what can happen if you do.
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PUC gets new chair / Senate OKs flood tax relief / No recession expected
The new chair of the state’s energy and telecommunications court most recently served as chief lawyer for the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR).
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What does Burlington need? Fewer asylum seekers, less drugs, more cops, more God, people say
“There’s needles everywhere. There’s an ATM on Church Street right over there and it often has needles in it or burned up aluminum foil. And then there’s the camping. So there’s just a general, I would say, lawlessness in Burlington right now.”
St. Paul St. drug bust/ Teen charged after gunfire incident / Brooklyn man arrested after car chase
Gunfire, car chase and crash in the South End of Burlington. Drug bust on St. Paul Street.
Senate bill decriminalizes ‘personal use’ drug dealing
S.300 would decriminalize ‘personal use’ sale of methamphetimines, depressants, LSD, ecstasy, and narcotics other than fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
City to remove Battery Park homeless camp
The people are being relocated this week. Property and debris will be removed next week, the mayor’s office says.
Climate Superfund bill seeks retroactive carbon tax on Big Oil, back to 2000
A bill introduced into the House would require Big Oil to pay into a climate change Superfund.
Voluntary paid family leave starts Feb. 13
Gov. Scott’s voluntary program provides partial income replacement for workers who need to take care of a family member. A mandatory PFL bill didn’t pass last year but could return this session.
Grand Isle Democrat voter from West Coast warns against safe injection sites
“The substance use disorder population has boomed since safe injection sites were started.”
UVM doctors seek living kidney donors
People who donate one kidney can continue to live healthy lives with their remaining kidney.
Man suing to bump Trump off Vermont ballot indicted for tax fraud
Castro charges that Trump gave direction, “aid and comfort” to ‘insurrectionist’ Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol January 6.
Which state employees earn more than Phil Scott?
Ahead of Scott (#94) is a “who’s that?” roster of UVM deans, administrators and professors.
Rebuffed suitor shoots 12 rounds into home
Charest allegedly sent notes expressing romantic interest and was previously warned by police to stop.
Children could shoot up in ‘safe injection sites,” GOP lawmakers warn
The bill’s sponsor says it’s up to the Health Department to establish any age-limit guidelines.
Legislature considers keeping reporters, public out of Truth & Reconciliation Commission meetings
An appointed state committee with influence on the reparations debate wants to meet without press and public physically present.
Burlington City Council delays police oversight vote
“This…this sucks,” Progressive Councilor Joe Magee said before storming out of City Hall.
