Farming and support for agriculture was well represented under the Golden Dome this year, Vermont’s chief executive for agriculture says.
Farming and support for agriculture was well represented under the Golden Dome this year, Vermont’s chief executive for agriculture says.
Because of his government power, Lysenko had power over both Russia’s agricultural practices and the scientists who might speak out against him. This would prove to be disastrous for both.
With such a massive change in leadership and members about to occur, maybe it is time to rethink how the Legislature is elected, operates, and is compensated.
President Biden and Congress have turned a blind eye to fast-emerging trust fund deficits.
Gregory FitzGerald admits he strangled his wife to death in 1993. He was sentenced to life without parole. But due to some apparent courtroom errors, he may soon go free.
Even if you drive a Tesla and aren’t feeling the pain at your own pump, you can be sure that those costs are still making its way to you through every Amazon delivery truck that still runs in diesel.
For years Vermont’s climate change warriors have urged driving up oil and natural gas prices to force consumers to weatherize, and switch to alternatives such as “cold climate heat pumps” and advanced wood pellet furnaces.
In his gushing over VTDigger, Walters neglects to mention the most positive media development of the past few years: the inception of conservative media in Vermont.
A capacity for local food production means that when times get tough, Vermont will have affordable nourishing food and will limit hunger in our communities.
Elected prosecutors have a major role to play in holding police accountable for misconduct. That can include pressing criminal charges when police abuse their power and violate civil rights – something prosecutors rarely elect to do.
Replacing fossil fuels with environmentally-unfriendly biofuels, without clear limits, would have created serious problems.
When it’s just plain dangerous to shut down nuclear power plants, baby formula factories, and schools “due to an abundance of caution.”
Considering that shootings have also taken place at many locations outside of schools, I wish to encourage law abiding citizens to become proficient with firearms and to carry them whenever possible.
I got to thinking, the level of Lake Champlain varies by six feet over the course of each year, and that’s been going on since Champlain first visited here in 1609.
Democrats act as if the solution to school shootings is to either take some guns away from all people, or take all guns away from some people.
DEF is an emissions control liquid required by the EPA in diesel engines manufactured after 2010 as an “aftertreatment technology” to reduce vehicle emissions.
Although advocates of Proposal 5 often cite respect for Roe v. Wade as a rallying cry, what they are calling for is, instead, a radical departure from that Supreme Court precedent.
I am writing to seek help with my dog who has been revealing himself to be a bigoted, racist, transphobic, bully, and I don’t know what to do.
Why was Sen. Patrick Leahy at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos last month?
It’s easy to advocate for things that prove you’re on the “right side,” even when what we should be doing is telling more complex stories.
Ms. Jankowicz is a voluble and sharp tongued 33 year old social media activist from the nether regions of the Democratic Party, eager to wield the hammer of the Biden Ministry of Truth.
The only thing using the wrong tool of the Clean Heat Standard would accomplish would be to drive a substantial portion of our population into financial distress.
For the benefit of the institution of a citizen legislature, please accept the temporary financial discomfort, serve your time honorably, and then go back to gainful employment as thousands of legislators past and present have done.
Many of the modern pharmaceutical drugs used to treat these specific conditions carry warnings that people taking them may experience suicidal or homicidal thoughts.
Justice Alito noted especially, among the cases overturned, the notorious Plessy v. Ferguson decision (1896) that upheld racial segregation on railroad coaches.
Could fascism be stealth – hidden in plain sight, sold to the people by offering protection, security, services, justice and aid?
The WEF meeting began to fill with the A-list of the super-rich, so elite you won’t find their numbers in the Yellow Pages because they exchange them in their little black books on Epstein Island.
The many organizers behind the Clean Heat Standard are intelligent, committed to the doctrine of climate change, and have substantial in-state and out-of-state financial resources.
As far as the chances of dying in a mass public shooting, the US stacks up favorably vs. most European countries. Our rate still falls in the bottom half.
Banning assault weapons won’t do much more than tick off conservatives.
With governmental violence what it is, arming up is the very wisest thing the people can do.
Vermont’s EV car program is supported regressively by diverting tax dollars from low-income Vermonters to finance fancy “planet-saving” cars that no regular Vermonter could afford until it is ready for the junk yard.
The Senate must end the filibuster, then expand background checks and waiting periods for people who do not pass a background check.
The ‘gun violence epidemic’ parallels the obesity epidemic, the drug abuse epidemic, and is a direct reflection of the entitled, cynical, and nihilistic view held by a large chunk of Americans.
We are rolling the dice every day the schools are not protected.
Unlike the West Coast city I grew up in, I learned gunshots in Vermont meant someone was either practicing or putting food on the table.
The leading study on the effectiveness of the 1994 ban stated: “In general we found, really, very, very little evidence, almost none, that gun violence was becoming less lethal and less injurious during this time frame. So on the balance, we concluded that the ban had not had a discernible impact on gun crime during the years it was in effect.”
The Clean Heat Standard is like raising taxes on sugary beverages: taxing the poor to change purchasing behaviors.
The good news is that state courts this year have reversed some egregious gerrymanders.
Schools can prohibit foul language, but any child can see that this language is simply not foul.
Jim Sexton: “More people who self-identify as Republican, then vote for and support the left/far left agenda has nothing to do with more Republicans in the Statehouse.”
California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, via executive order is dictating what Vermont vehicle consumers can and cannot buy, if we go along, but we don’t have to.
Fake news reporter Johnny Bananas says the story of the demise of formulating babies is greatly exaggerated.
There is no simple “the science” according to which a leader can govern.
This is a partisan government office created to pass judgment on any speech that might diminish support for the Biden Administration’s program and performance.
Tyranny is tyranny, and the only solution to stopping or escaping it is universal school choice.
Governor Phil Scott promulgates a perception of Prop 5/Article 22 that is not based in reality.
In Vermont, we have many young people, perhaps upwards of 20,000 or more, who are disengaged from a workforce that reportedly has over 26,000 open positions.
Last month, Welch put out a statement on his official congressional website stating “It’s long past time we created a dedicated government agency to regulate and address the wide range of issues raised by social media platforms…That’s why I am working on legislation to create a federal agency to do just that.”
Elected officials issue press releases about mass shootings in other states as Vermont’s drug violence grows and our police leave.
Thoughts on powerhouse Patricia Posner commentary on the erasure of the feminine lexicon.
Whether you’re fighting Russians in an Eastern European country devoid of working power lines or just RV’ing in low-cell country, Tom Evslin says his favorite LEO satellite system might be just the thing.
If a serving state senator doesn’t know what Article 22/Proposal 5 is – not even its name and general intent let alone its potential impact – how well informed do you think the average voter is?
Humility will be required to admit that the Global Warming Solutions Act is a failure; courage will be required to repeal it.
Sen. Bernie Sanders wants a national law supporting legal abortion and he’s willing to waive the filbuster to get it.
The school mascot bill is all about cowering to ‘woke’ parents.
Howard Dean doesn’t trust Elon Musk to handle Twitter fairly because he’s full of craziness and hate.
The Vermont House listened to the science and not the dependency-pushing Big Marijuana industry when it kept THC caps on legal retail marijuana.
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.
The Vermont Legislature recently passed a long-sought ethics law.
Not often a Northeast Kingdom Republican defends a Chittenden County Democrat.
Don Keelan explains why housing is scarce and new housing almost non-existent in Vermont.
Hit & Run Visual Commentary by RW Geer
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.
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.
Josh Elkins, a Franklin County resident considering running for office, is appalled by the division he saw at the GOP platform meeting last Saturday.
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.
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.
The Two Minutes Hate crescendoed in wild jeers, hissing, weeping, and gnashing of teeth as the screen proclaimed, “TUCKER CARLSON: PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE.”
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.
The Dobbs Court specifically condemns the Roe Court for overreaching, but the abortion landscape that lays ahead reveals what Roe sought to avoid.
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.
A Vermont pupil weighting bill passed by House and Senate requires every family to disclose income to local school districts.
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.
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).
Amory Lovins tells John McClaughry his concern about child labor and EV batteries is right on – at least for now.
Prostitution legalization is being pushed by an out-of-state group with the help of Montpelier lobbyists and Burlington Progressives.
The Vermont Family Alliance questions why parents are being kicked out of the village regarding their children’s “reproductive liberty” decisions.
Ghost guns account for one percent of murders, prior offenders for 90%.
Forcing legislators to work at the Statehouse in this age of remote work makes little sense, a Morrisville lawmaker says.
A few smart moves here in the U.S. will reduce CO2 emissions, energy costs, and reliance on oil from Russia and other bad actors.
Thunk – thunk – thunk – it’s the sound of an angry bird world.
John McClaughry reports that a ‘climate hawk’ U.S. senator from New England says that unless we give billions to foreign countries for climate change adaption, “we’ll look like jerks.”
“Deafening silence” describes how the four invited candidates in the VT Digger April 13 Congressional debate reacted when asked to advocate for the inclusion of fellow candidate Louis Meyers.
Since when do appointees set tax rates?
VTDigger says a Sheldon letter writer critical of their providing free advertising to a pro-Prop 5 group “may have a misunderstanding of this matter.”
What Vermonters DON’T need from the Legislature is added stress on our police shortage and energy costs.
Just before approving the Clean Heat Standard bill, two key Vermont senators agree: John McClaughry got it right, it really is a carbon tax.
It’s not ‘hatred’ to oppose a bill that allows children to make serious, lifelong changes to their bodies without parental permission.
Parents of school children need to know and claim their right to know what the8r children are learning.
Moses and the Burning Bush, as imagined for the Woke Age by Dan Jeffries.
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.
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.
Prop 5 will open a constitutional can of worms on women’s health, mothers’ rights, and fathers’ rights.
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.
Buying a $6 million mansion is an “outrage,” said the junior senator from Vermont from one of his three homes.
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.
History and logic are on the side of the most otherwise fantastic event in human history.
House Bill H.659 would allow elementary school children to take hormone blockers and other gender drugs against the will of their parents.
S219 puts tight guardrails on tuition choice, especially to “egregiously religious schools.”