H148 would eliminate the religious exemption for required immunizations prior to enrollment in a school or child-care facility.
Vax exemption bill dead this year
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Guy Page is the editor and publisher of the Vermont Daily Chronicle.
Bill targets police interrogation tactics
Another cop control bill sponsored by a Chittenden County senator will be reviewed in the House today.
VT Watercooler: School administrators fleeing VT / Sanders may run for prez in 2024
From Burlington City Hall to the White House in Washington, D.C.?
Has VTDigger been paid for Prop 5 freebie? Anti Prop 5 group wants to know
Has VTDigger kept its promise to seek payment for a freebie ad it gave to a pro-Prop 5 group?
Roper: Senators admit Clean Heat Standard is a carbon tax
Just before approving the Clean Heat Standard bill, two key Vermont senators agree: John McClaughry got it right, it really is a carbon tax.
Bought gun, swapped it for drugs / tractor theft / police cruiser collision
Bought the gun in Vermont, traded it for drugs with a Massachusetts drug dealer.
EB-5 fraudster Kelly sentenced to 18 months
Like fellow EB-5 fraudster Bill Stenger, William Kelly has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.
Correction: GOP critic NOT mayor of Montpelier
The mayor of Montpelier is NOT the author of an op-ed criticizing the VT GOP over H659.
Bucknam: H659 supporter wrong about GOP ‘pure hatred’
It’s not ‘hatred’ to oppose a bill that allows children to make serious, lifelong changes to their bodies without parental permission.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, Apr 20
Vermont actor busted on the Big Island, and a Milton dad left a four-year-old in a car for six hours – these headlines and others from VT media.
Levine addresses vax injury concerns
Vermonters who suspect they’ve suffered vaccine injury should tell the CDC and keep seeking medical opinions, Health Commissioner Mark Levine said Tuesday.
Thayer: Public school parents, claim your right to know
Parents of school children need to know and claim their right to know what the8r children are learning.
Burning bush updated
Moses and the Burning Bush, as imagined for the Woke Age by Dan Jeffries.
Transgender murder victim had similar violent encounter in 2021
Fern Feather was either the aggressor or the defender in a violent altercation over a year ago in Morristown, according to local police reports.
BHS varsity bass fishing team going to nationals
A squad of bass fishermen from Burlington High School will head to the nationals in Alabama this June.
Imprimus: The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell
Today’s public charter schools, which often have predominantly low-income black and Hispanic student bodies, are successors to the high-achieving black schools that Sowell researched more than 40 years ago.
Kayakers drown / ATV fatal / truck hits ambulance
Two Massachusetts men died after their kayak capsized on cold, choppy Lake Seymour.
Gunfire in Burlington park / Sex offender released
Burlington’s third ‘gunfire incident’ of the year took place Good Friday morning in City Hall Park.
State police admit mistaking identity of alleged shoplifter
An April 15 Vermont State Police press release misidentified an alleged Rutland shoplifter.
State trooper punched his dog, committed perjury, police say
A state police detective punched his family dog and then lied about it under oath, state police say.
The Winooski Dome: How this mill-town was almost sealed in a bubble
In the midst of a global energy crisis, Winooski’s ingenious city planners applied for a $55,000 federal grant to study the possibility of constructing a dome over the city.
BHS parents not notified about gay rights walkout
Burlington High School administrators still haven’t told parents the Gay Student Union walkout on March 11, or their role in it, a concerned parent says.
Covid cases climbing among UVMMC employees
Last week, 140 employees tested positive, about nine times the 15 cases of two months ago.
Dame: H715, the Upcoming Mystery Tax
The Clean Heat Standard would intentionally make every kind of home heating fuel more expensive – but we just don’t know how to calculate the increase, or what the total amount will be.
VT Watercooler: Montpelier mayor says GOP sells hatred / sex offender released
An iconic South Burlington diner reopens under new management.
Assault follows teenagers’ car chase through Putney / Fatal crash in Benson / Road rage in St. Albans
Bad driving and bad behavior lead to tragedy and charges stemming from incidents on Vermont highways.
23 on terror list stopped at southern border
Headlines and news you won’t see in most of the national media.
Coming Events: Roper to speak in Manchester / public school expose film / Symposium / GOP work meeting
Rob Roper of the Ethan Allen Institute will speak on Vermont’s climate agenda at the Manchester Library.
Letters: Biden’s inflation / downside of ‘green’ agenda / Prog lawmaker reminded of campaign carbon tax promise
Biden policies created runaway inflation, the green agenda is crippled our energy independence, and a Vergennes Progressive promised he would not support a Vermont-only carbon tax.
Senate learns of Clean Heat Standard snafu: who gets the ‘credit’?
If the Senate doesn’t fix a big snafu in the Clean Heat Standard bill passed by the House, both electrical utilities and heating fuel dealers will be claiming clean heat credits for the same heat pump.
Vote explained on criminal threatening, qualified immunity, Burlington evictions, end-of-life drug changes
About S265, criminal threatening bill, an Orange County lawmaker says, “I do not believe that someone who asks to be in the position that they are in should be treated any differently than our neighbors, friends, and relatives.”
VT Watercooler: antiviral update / Shumlin sought to protect EB-5 investors / Religious school tuition bill uncertain / Easter Sunday church services return to pre-pandemic numbers
Vermont’s Christian faithful enjoyed the first fully in-person Easter Sunday since the pandemic began.
Burlington gender ID education investigation continues
The Vermont-educated psychologist who outed Burlington’s school gender ID ed program to Fox News host Laura Ingraham will continue to investigate “the most woke school district in America.”
St. J man injured by Covid vax gets bureaucratic run-around, censored on local social media
After informing health officials, doctors, and local social media of his vaccine injuries, Greg Robbins of St. Johnsbury got censored by Front Porch Forum, no answers from his doctors, and no help from state and federal government ‘health’ agencies.
Do we really want to change the Vermont Constitution? Part 2
Prop 5 will open a constitutional can of worms on women’s health, mothers’ rights, and fathers’ rights.
Stenger gets prison for green card EB-5 fraud
Bill Stenger, the Vermont-based partner in a plan to defraud 220 immigrant investors seeking green cards, was sentenced last week to 18 months in federal prison.
Guv hands pension reform a ‘poison pill,’ union says
At the 11th hour Gov. Scott is either trying to make a good pension deal better, or give it a poison pill.
10 grand of remote control cars, parts stolen / child porn in Charleston / downtown Essex Jct. fire
Police are looking for thieves who stole remote control cars and equipment in Fairfax.
Court-martial for refusing vax
As first U.S. service member faces court-martial for refusing vax, Gates publishes book on next pandemic.
Senators agree with McClaughry: Clean Heat Standard is carbon tax
“When John McClaughry says we’ve got a fuel tax, a carbon tax, I think John’s correct,” Sen. Mark MacDonald says.
Contractor fraud registry already exists – but link is dead
If the State of Vermont really wants to fight contractor fraud, it might start with reactivating the link to a registry of fraudulent contractors.
VT Water Cooler: ‘White power’ bomber charged / Homeschooling grows / Newport scam sentencing
A man charged with making a bomb in Wilder is a white power advocate, police say.
House modifies end-of-life drug law, expands legal protections to non-citizen children, public servants
The Vermont House expanded legal protections for non-citizen children and public officials this week, while also opening the door for a bill next year allowing civil lawsuits of Vermont police.
No Zuckerbucks for VT local elections in 2022
112 Vermont communities received Zuckerbucks for local elections in 2020.
Mazur: ‘Voting mules’ cast 5 million ballots
A film by Dinesh D’Souza claims ‘voting mules’ were paid for harvesting and delivering millions of ballots in the 2020 election in key battleground states.
School bus hits car / Teen dies after gym class collapse / 70-year-old faces child sex charges
Why did a 14-year-old girl collapse in gym class and die shortly thereafter?
Health educator asks Legislature to weigh cost/benefit of VT pandemic response
A health educator from Cabot wants the Legislature’s government accountability committee to weigh the pros and cons of Vermont’s pandemic response.
Bernie Sanders On BLM Founder: ‘No One Should Get Rich Enough Off Politics To Buy Multiple Homes’
Buying a $6 million mansion is an “outrage,” said the junior senator from Vermont from one of his three homes.
Luebke: there’s a Fox in Vermont’s Election Hen House
The Vermont Secretary of State’s office “found no problem” with a Progressive House Caucus leader opening sealed ballot bags on Election Night, a Pawlet Republican says.
The Case for Easter
History and logic are on the side of the most otherwise fantastic event in human history.
Prisons re-opened to in-person visits
Visitors and volunteers will once again be allowed to make in-person visitors to incarcerated Vermonters.
$15 minimum wage, sports betting, film marketing in economic development bill
A grab bag of economic development ideas has been tossed by the Vermont House to solons of the Vermont Senate.
Former firefighter and ‘agroforestry’ student named UVM Truman Scholar
A young former firefighter from Franklin is one of 58 Truman Scholars nationwide.
VT Water Cooler: Beansie’s reopens / musical chairs in Burlington schools / homeless hotel stressing police / lower net metering for solar?
Constant calls to Berlin’s homeless hotel is stretching police resources – that headline and others from VT media.
Fury over transgender killing
Following a murder Tuesday in Morristown, transgender advocates are angry at the “exterminationist narrative” they say is employed by by some media, political candidates and legislators.
Roll call! S265, criminal threatening bill passes House
Those voting yes believe increased levels of conflict between citizens and school board members and other public officials across the country, particularly in regard to Critical Race Theory (CRT) and controversial Covid policies, warrants increased protections for elected officials from threats of violence, above those of ordinary citizens.
Police reports: fire, bomb, fatal car crash, robbery
From Westford to Wilder, Vermont’s first responders were busy protecting property and lives.
Double-digit inflation in March / Walgreens rations baby formula
Inflation hit double digits in March, and a major retailer starts rationing baby formula.
BLM flag to come down at Randolph schools
A new flag policy passed Randolph area school board means the Black Lives Matter flag must come down.
Dame: Dems, Progs think parents are the problem
House Bill H.659 would allow elementary school children to take hormone blockers and other gender drugs against the will of their parents.
Police lawsuit bill goes to House floor
A bill to study the pros and cons of stripping police of protection from civil rights lawsuits will go to House floor tomorrow.
Senate committee nixes free bus fare, e-bike subsidy in House transportation bill
Subsidies for e-bikes and free bus fare are out of the Senate version of the House Transportation bill.
VT Water Cooler: Welch in Eastern Europe / Covid-19 on rise / new Burlington High School plan faces questions / helping people who ‘look like us’
Building a new high school in Burlington is the $300 million (and maybe more) question facing Queen City residents.
McClaughry: Senate bill attacks tuition choice
S219 puts tight guardrails on tuition choice, especially to “egregiously religious schools.”
Morgan of Milton to run for new Senate seat
A West Milton House member is running for the newly-created Senate seat, “Chittenden North.”
Hunters harvested 5,400 turkeys last year – season starts April 23
Hunters put 140,000 servings of locally-sourced, free-range turkey on the table last year.
Docs to senators: add psychosis to cannabis warning label
Cannabis psychosis should be included on the warning label of marijuana products sold legally in Vermont, Vermont doctors say.
Suspect charged in Morristown stabbing death
A transient man has been charged with the second-degree murder in Morristown of a Hinesburg man.
Chick-Fil-A cancelled at Randolph high school
A Chick-Fil-A fundraiser for the Randolph High School baseball team has been cancelled “because of the rancor this choice stirred in our communities.”
Thayer: Hormone blocker bill means irreversible sterilization of children
Under a controversial bill, transgender drug therapy leading to sterilization (according to a leading children’s hospital) would be available to children without parental consent.
Criminal threatening bill makes legislators “more equal” than fellow citizens, lawmaker warns
Opposition to the criminal threatening bill took an Orwellian turn on the House floor today.
Minor league seats at big league prices / college builds housing / Rutland SA won’t run
The Lake Monsters unveil new luxury suites at eye-popping prices.
Senate committee ponders adding motor fuel to Clean Heat Standard
“It’s not a clean heat thing, it’s a clean driving thing,” Sen. Mark MacDonald said.
Brook: consumers need more recycling info
From the consumer’s point of view, recycling in Vermont leaves many important questions unanswered.
Babylon Bee: AOC Drafts Legislation Opposing Ghost Guns – ‘Ghosts Don’t Even Need Guns Since They’re Dead Already’
Ghosts are scary enough already, AOC claims.
Jr. Iron Chef makes sizzling return
For kids who don’t do sports, Jr. Iron Chef is the biggest competition of the year.
Woman pleads innocent to making child torture video / 109 MPH in Putney / crack bust
A Venezuelan woman filmed herself torturing a young boy to fulfill the sick fantasies of a paying customer in Burlington, police say.
Messy Middlebury voter rolls suggest larger problem, EAI says
After returning home to places like Singapore and Egypt, former Middlebury College students voted in the 2020 general election.
Steelhead trout jumping now on Willoughby River
See migrating trout jump upstream as you watch from a bridge in Orleans.
Shanghai Covid outbreak / state pays churches to vax members / no guilty verdicts in FBI-led kidnapping of governor / Soros writes more checks
National and international news about Covid outbreak in Shanghai and top leaders in the Biden administration.
Hansen: Clean Heat Standard increases carbon emissions and class divide
The Clean Heat Standard penalizes the already chronically-abused Vermont middle class.
Senate pension reform keeps defined benefit
The Senate chose to keep defined benefits in the pension reform bill.
Criminal threatening bill advances without gun seizure
House Judiciary last week discussed, but didn’t act on, making the ‘criminal threatening’ bill a felony to allow easier gun seizure.
VT Underground: The Great Tribulation
VT Undergound is waiting for the final gavel to fall.
VT Watercooler: Child porn bust / Bennington drug raid / pot store license applications / Nolan nets $156K / good year for sugaring
Another bookkeeper embezzling case – and other hot headlines from Vermont media.
Burlington gender ID webinar goes dark, social media comments referred to police
Controversial Burlington school webinar is no longer available for public viewing.
Holyoke MA man, 18, indicted for fentanyl dealing / alleged kidnapper found in Yellowstone
Indictment of an out-of-state teenager selling death in Bennington.
Kerrin: VT sex trade tied to drug gangs, and it’s everywhere
The City of Burlington won’t acknowledge this charter change sets the stage for prostitution decriminalization statewide.
Contagious bird flu strikes Vermont
Avian flu has claimed the life of a bald eagle in North Hero and sickened another in Shelburne.
McClaughry: Bill McKibben backtracks on nuclear
A decade ago climate activists like Bill McKibben were hair-on-fire to close Vermont’s largest producer of carbon-free electricity. Now the 350.org thought-leader is having second thoughts.
Lawyer may challenge Sarah George for Chittenden state’s attorney
Ted Kenney earned more Democratic County Committee votes than Sarah George in 2017.
Moran plant gets makeover / Amtrak terrorist watchlist / Rail trail progress / hazing at Norwich / Burlington eviction, runoff voting bills advance / National Guard to Europe
Godspeed the Vermont National Guard as members deploy to Europe. Burlington one step closer to making life even MORE difficult for landlords. Hazing at Norwich? These headlines and others from VT media
Sheriff will cancel town policing contracts if cops lose immunity
If Windham County sheriff’s deputies lose qualified immunity from lawsuits, 14 towns will lose police coverage.
Nolan, Malloy oppose Biden relaxation of Covid restrictions for immigrants
Two Republicans running for U.S. Senate agree Biden rescinding Covid restrictions on southern border is a BIG mistake.
What’s going on with the Vermont media? Two veteran journos discuss
Two longtime Vermont news reporters discuss the current state of journalism in the Green Mountain State.
Secret Service agents bribed by con men
Eye-opening headlines you probably won’t read in the mainstream national media, compiled by CLG.
Police: Woman found growling under porch
A woman under the influence was first heard, then seen, growling underneath a porch in Montpelier.
Bananas: Wash your brain for good personal grooming
JB describes many helpful techniques for a good brainwashing. You’ll feel so much better when it’s done.
Dodge runs for Caledonia County Senate seat
A longtime opponent of climate change restrictions is running for the lone Caledonia County senate seat.
VT Water Cooler: New invasive fish on Lake Champlain / land use regs impact housing crisis / Health network wants 10% rate hike / Condos denies voting irregularities
There’s a new invasive fish in Lake Champlain. That headline and others from Vermont media.
