Humility will be required to admit that the Global Warming Solutions Act is a failure; courage will be required to repeal it.
Hansen: After CHS veto, repeal climate catastrophe law
Guy Page
Guy Page is the editor and publisher of the Vermont Daily Chronicle.
Lindsay symposium, GOP debates, election integrity events this weekend
This weekend is a busy one for conservative-minded inquirers and activists: an election integrity event in Rutland, the first GOP debate for statewide candidates, and a symposium featuring Marxism opponent Dr. James Lindsay.
Rutland delays school mascot issue
The Rutland School Board will delay action on the controversial school mascot issue until August.
Son of Elie Wiesel, speaking at UVM, praises defeat of B/D/S in Burlington
The son of the world’s most famous chronicler of the Holocaust speaks out against the Burlington Boycott/Divest/Sanction movement.
National Guard, Austria now partners
The Vermont National Guard is partnering with another European ally – the Republic of Austria.
SHORTS: Pearson won’t run
Sen. Chris Pearson (D/P – Chittenden) will not seek re-election, he announced on Twitter yesterday. “Today I have started to let people know I will not be seeking re-election. It’s been an […]
Roll call! House transfers local school mascot decisions to state
How did YOUR representative vote on giving the State of Vermont authority over naming local school mascots?
Act 250 revision foundering
The updating of Act 250 will need to wait another year, if this year’s effort remains stalled.
CORRECTION – House: make president share nuclear football
The House voted today to urge the prevention of nuclear weapons on Vermont soil and taking the decision for nuclear war out of the hands of the president alone.
Police: man hit by truck, abandoned in ravine
Police say Parker Clark was doing ‘donuts’ with his truck, struck a man standing nearby, and then tried to abandon him in a creek in a remote ravine.
Sanders: Forget filibuster, pass abortion law
Sen. Bernie Sanders wants a national law supporting legal abortion and he’s willing to waive the filbuster to get it.
Burlington prostitution bill passes Senate
H746, the Burlington charter change legalizing prostitution, has passed the Senate and now goes to Gov. Phil Scott.
House passes coyote hunting bill with noise suppressor amendment
Two controversial hunting and trapping bills passed the House yesterday, as did a police data collection bill that critics say will discourage police officers from staying in Vermont.
Vernon man charged with murdering mother on the high seas
A Vernon man is charged with killing his mother in 2016 – as well as his grandfather in 2013 – to obtain money from their estates.
Father shoots son in turkey hunting accident
A father shot his son in a turkey hunting accident in Hartford Sunday.
VT Water Cooler: courts continue Covid emergency through August
Vermont’s court system will remain in a Covid ’emergency’ through August.
Despite pressure, Democrat won’t change vote supporting Clean Heat Standard veto
A Springfield Democrat won’t change his vote supporting the Clean Heat Standard veto, despite pressure from House leadership.
Vermont vaxxed hospitalized at greater rate than unvaxxed
Since late March, vaxxed Vermonters have been hospitalized for Covid-19 at a greater rate than non-vaxxed, investigate reporter Alex Berensen reports.
Sarah George to face primary challenge in state’s attorney race
A county prosecutor criticized her over-lenient treatment of suspects of violent crime will face a primary challenge from a trial lawyer who promises more protection for the public.
Strifert: I gave Howard Dean a ride in an F-4
When a former Vermont Air National Guard pilot gave then Lt. Gov. Howard Dean a ride in an F-4, the aftermath wasn’t pretty.
Zelensky worth $850 million, Dutch pols say
Dutch politicians wonder why the president of Ukraine is (like Putin) uber-wealthy.
The pandemic shut down Vermont’s courts. Now, some question whether the case backlog should even be heard
More than 3000 criminal cases have been pending for more than two years.
Peterson: Mascot bill laughable, if it weren’t so sad
The school mascot bill is all about cowering to ‘woke’ parents.
Likely AG candidate a fan of Sarah George
Alexander Twilight, Japanese hand grenade, and low-flying helicopters in St. Johnsbury.
VT Water Cooler: Northern Lights, midnight arson
A rare sighting of the Northern Lights from nearby Mt. Washington.
VETO VICTORIES: House sustains veto of Clean Heat Standard, ‘just cause’ evictions
Burlington’s ‘just cause’ eviction charter change won’t become law, and the Clean Heat Standard veto has yet to be challenged in its second day on the House calendar.
Fernandez: Howard Dean can’t prove Elon Musk ‘full of hate’
Howard Dean doesn’t trust Elon Musk to handle Twitter fairly because he’s full of craziness and hate.
Despathy: Vermonters care for the earth, don’t need Clean Heat Standard
In the garden today, I was thinking about the many amazing Vermonters who are committed to the land and to each other.
Republican U.S. Senate/House candidate forum this Saturday morning
The Chittenden County Republican Committee is sponsoring a Republican Congressional Candidate Forum at the Milton Grange on Saturday, May 14 at 8:30 am.
Springfield street sees third shooting since April 5
A Springfield man attacked with a shovel in February was shot in the leg on Monday; it was the third shooting on Valley Street since April 5.
Antley: THC caps reduce cannabis mental illness, to dependency
The Vermont House listened to the science and not the dependency-pushing Big Marijuana industry when it kept THC caps on legal retail marijuana.
Ballot harvesting, drop boxes, universal mailed ballots seen in ‘2000 Mules’ legal in Vermont
Drop boxes, universal mailed ballots, and ballot harvesting – all crucial to the electoral fraud in six battleground states in the 2020 presidential election – are permitted in the pandemic election law passed by the Legislature in 2020.
VT Water Cooler: Green-Up Day report / Montpelier PD goes to the dogs / New Yorkers want new bridge across lake
Does Vermont need another bridge across Lake Champlain?
Votes today on hunting rifle noise suppressors, expanded bottle bill
The Legislature is scheduled to vote today on expanding the bottle bill and allowing hunting rifle noise suppressors.
Environmental group backs Clean Heat Standard veto
For different reasons, pro-business groups and some environmentalists want to sustain Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the Clean Heat Standards.
Smith: Clean Heat Standard helps big corporations, hurts the poor
H.715 misrepresents the word “Clean”. 350vt’s analysis of H.715 shows that more than 50% of it will be met by biofuels. The biofuel marketplace is exploding globally, trading the damaging effects of fossil fuels for the damaging effects of biofuel production.
Man shot to death in drug-related car chase
An early Saturday morning car chase resulted in the shooting death of a Swanton man.
Not saying they’re connected…..
The Vermont Legislature recently passed a long-sought ethics law.
Two Harley riders die in Franklin County
In separate crashes, a pair of Harley Davidson riders died on Franklin County VT roads this weekend.
Republican Ingalls defends Democrat Chittenden over BETA attack
Not often a Northeast Kingdom Republican defends a Chittenden County Democrat.
Keelan: There is just no place to live
Don Keelan explains why housing is scarce and new housing almost non-existent in Vermont.
CDC bought cellphone tracking data during lockdown
The CDC planned to track lockdown compliance with cellphone data.
Hit & Run
Hit & Run Visual Commentary by RW Geer
STOP THE PRESSES! Guv vetoes Clean Heat Standard due to inadequate ‘checkback’
Gov. Phil Scott this afternoon vetoed the Clean Heat Standard, citing inadequate legislative ‘checkback’ on the PUC implementation plan.
School mascot bill approved by Legislature
Local school districts can’t be trusted as the final authority on naming their own team mascots, the Vermont Legislature decided today.
VT Water Cooler: Foodbank says food costs up, federal $$ down, demand growing
The not-for-profit responsible for feeding Vermont’s neediest says food costs and demand are growing even as federal funding is in decline.
Pro-abortion candidates spread disinformation following Supreme Court leak, Right to Life says
Several pro-abortion candidates for office have issued false and misleading statements about abortion and the effect Proposal 5/Article 22 would have in Vermont, according to a Vermont Right to Life statement.
Evslin: I was wrong about ‘The Science’
I urged vaccine requirements for air travel and some professions like medicine thinking that vaccinated people were largely not spreaders. I was wrong. The “science” was wrong.
Montpelier city to discuss legalizing prostitution
The City of Montpelier in June is tentatively scheduled to revisit a conversation begun last year about legalizing prostitution.
Rep. Ann Pugh latest House chairwoman not seeking re-election
Ann Pugh, the longtime Vermont House committee chair responsible for abortion and end-of-life legislation is the latest to announce she’s not running for re-election.
Your letters: God, Gideon, and the Vermont GOP / beware Paxlovid, Iran nuke deal
The Vermont GOP, in desperation for a quantity of members, has covered their eyes to the fact that Governor Phil Scott actively participates in the erosion of parental rights, gun rights, and the right to life: the essential principles of our country, our Constitution, and the platform of the Vermont GOP.
Feds jail alleged knife-wielding Burlington shoplifter
Feds jail alleged Colchester VT shoplifter Sabrina Kingsbury, who police say threatened Church Street Burlington store employees with a knife.
SHORTS: Pieciak for Treasurer as a D
Former DFR commissioner Mike Pieciak announced today he is seeking the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer.
Attorney General T.J. Donovan won’t seek re-election
The Vermont Attorney General won’t seek re-election.
VT Water Cooler: Act 250 update passes House / F-35s to Europe
The Vermont House has passed an Act 250 reform bill with a heavy emphasis on housing.
Dame: Stop the ‘mystery tax’ on energy
No one who voted for the Clean Heat Standard can tell you how much it will cost, what the impact will be, or if it will actually work.
Noise suppressor bill suppressed in House
The Vermont House yesterday refused to vote on an amendment to allow noise suppressors for hunting, and instead sent the whole bill to the pro-gun control House Judiciary Committee.
Amended H715 requires legislative vote in two years
The Vermont Legislature met Gov. Phil Scott’s condition on the Clean Heat Standard: bring the Public Utlities Commission plan back for a vote in two years.
Incoming frosh most qualified in UVM history
A record number of applicants has allowed the university to select its highest-achieving incoming class ever – note the average 3.8 GPA.
Trump favorite Vance wins Ohio Senate primary / Amazon to reimburse for abortion travel
Megacorp Amazon says it will reimburse travel expenses for employees who need to leave the state to get an abortion.
Elkins: appalled by division in GOP
Josh Elkins, a Franklin County resident considering running for office, is appalled by the division he saw at the GOP platform meeting last Saturday.
Essex school board member Cady resigns
The champion of parental rights in Essex – Westford schools has resigned, citing frustration over the hypocrisy of board leadership.
VT Water Cooler: Roe reversal reactions ‘horrified’ to ‘happy’
Signs of the times: the Humane Society will now accept cryptocurrency donations.
Madden: We Need Liberation from the Two Party System
The mutual disgust with how ineffective and corrupt this system is happens to be one of the few remaining areas of agreement between the left and right.
Stahler: Devil in the details of Clean Heat Standard
The Clean Heat Standard is fraught with both unknowns and unrealistic goals, so the Legislature should wait for the March, 2023 report to answer important questions.
Hunter firearm noise suppressor bill goes to House floor today
They’re not really ‘silencers,’ but noise suppressors can save the hearing of people exposed to loud firearms, say both Republican and Democratic supporters of a bill before the House today.
Prostitution decrim, ‘environmental justice’ OKed by House
No BLM, Pride flags allowed on Barre City Hall Park flagpole By Guy Page Bills decriminalizing prostitution in Burlington and creating a new ‘environmental justice’ bureaucracy were approved by the Vermont House […]
Scott vetoes ‘just cause’ eviction, signs criminal threatening bill
Gov. Phil Scott gives thumbs down to ‘just cause’ eviction requirement and thumbs up to expanding penalties fore threatening public servants.
Roberts: Roe leak “betrayal”
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said the leak of an advance draft of a possible ruling on Roe V. Wade is a “betrayal” that will be investigated.
Ministry Of Truth Announces Target Of Today’s Two Minutes Hate Is Tucker Carlson
The Two Minutes Hate crescendoed in wild jeers, hissing, weeping, and gnashing of teeth as the screen proclaimed, “TUCKER CARLSON: PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE.”
McClaughry: Peddlar of Shumlin’s failed single payer gets $400K to run One Care
Someone who tried and failed to make Peter Shumlin’s single payer plan work has been hired to run One Care, the ACO running health care in Vermont.
Reversing Roe: what it would mean for Vermont
The Dobbs Court specifically condemns the Roe Court for overreaching, but the abortion landscape that lays ahead reveals what Roe sought to avoid.
KGB, DGB
Visual commentary by Dan Jeffries about the plan by U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas for a Disinformation Governance Board to monitor and suppress ‘disinformation’ by American citizens.
VT Water Cooler: Starbucks shop to unionize, SB council relents on Beta park, barn fire kills two horses, overhauling Camel’s Hump trail
One of the most popular hiking trails in Vermont will get an overhaul.
Avian flu reaches Vermont, VT Dept. of Health investigating
The Health Department is collaborating with state farm and wildlife experts to monitor and investigate reports of the highly-contagious strain of the avian flue that has reached Vermont wild birds and backyard poultry.
Prostitution, hunting, school mascot, BLM flag bills hit House floor today
Will the State of Vermont allow Burlington to decriminalize prostitution?
Stolen Pride flag, BLM signs ‘hate crimes’ / Have you seen Tango?
State cops investigate stolen Pride flag, stolen BLM yard sign, and a missing horse.
Democrat declares for governor
First candidate for governor declares – and it’s not Phil Scott.
Locations set for James Lindsay symposium May 13-14
Dr. James Lindsay will speak about in Montpelier and Williston May 13-14 about exposing Marxism.
Citizen advocates urge House reject Clean Heat Standard
The amended Clean Heat Standard faces at least two more votes – one in the House, one in the Senate – before it’s sent to the governor, the advocacy group Vermont Stands Up reminds opponents of the bill.
Vermont stocking new strain of rainbow trout
The State of Vermont wants anglers to assess the performance of the new strain of rainbow trout being stocked in inland rivers and lakes.
SCOTUS draft opinion would overturn Roe V. Wade
Exploding like a bombshell last night, a leaked Supreme Court opinion would overturn the Roe V. Wade decision legalizing abortion at the federal level.
Families must disclose income to schools
A Vermont pupil weighting bill passed by House and Senate requires every family to disclose income to local school districts.
Guv vetoes “unsustainable” pension reform bill
Gov. Phil Scott says the pension reform bill doesn’t do enough to make Vermont’s pension funding plan sustainable.
No vote on universal school lunches a tough call, Rep. says
Voting no on the universal school lunch bill was a tough call for an Orange County mother and lawmaker.
McClaughry: Nuclear power revival?
With some climate hawks admitting closing nuclear power plants wasn’t such a hot idea, John McClaughry of the Ethan Allen Institute expresses hope for a nuclear power revival.
Vandalism linked to ‘hate,’ Feather murder, Fox coverage of school webinar
Last’s week Burlington Pride Center vandalism is an example of the same ‘hate’ that led to a murder of a transgender person and critical news coverage of a Burlington school webinar last month, LGBTQ leaders say.
VT Water Cooler: Econo Lodge OD arrests, some Abenaki question ‘recognized’ tribes, Covid #s high statwide
Headlines from around Vermont say Covid cases are pretty high – even if getting it isn’t the big deal it used to be.
News about news coverage, the 404 Error, obits, etc.
We’re growing our news coverage, promoting a good talk show, welcoming obits, and explaining that 404 error sign.
Chittenden: Beta flap shows need for flexible regs
With every regulation, there are places where the rules don’t work – like an airport, where you can’t put parking behind their buildings (because that’s where the planes go).
Quiros gets 5 years for EB-5 fraud
Ariel Quiros was sentenced to five years in prison, more than three time the sentence imposed on fellow EB-5 fraudsters William Kelly and Bill Stenger.
Police seek man in Grand Isle drug-related shooting incident
Police are seeking a young man in his 20’s named “Taye” for his role in a drug-related road-rage and gunfire incident in Grand Isle April 22.
Handling young wildlife harmful, dangerous, and illegal
Handling young wildlife is bad for them AND you – no matter how lost or cute the furry little thing looks.
SHORTS: school mask lawsuit proceeds / VT diesel stars shine / adjournment, maybe
It’s unclear when the Legislature will adjourn or whether Gov. Phil Scott will veto the Clean Heat Standard, if it reaches his desk this year.
Senate passes Clean Heat Standard with change demanded by Scott
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.
