Potato study shows drone surveillance can boost natural results.
Klar: AI agriculture boosts soil, crops, and human health
Roper: Is VT Pre-K program driving up property taxes and harming kids?
The numbers don’t look good.
Dame: Lawmakers should resign or be disciplined for ‘rebellious,’ ‘takeover’ of State House
These two legislators worked in an unusual way to incite and organize a “takeover” to prevent themselves and anyone else from hearing a particular point of view.
Despathy: Tucking CHS ‘repeal’ into costly carbon mandate bill is a political maneuver
Vermonters deserve to know if politicians are using manipulation and rhetoric to push unpopular, expensive agendas.
Harrison: At Crossover – State House half full or half empty
Depending on one’s perspective we might look at various issues as making progress or going in the wrong direction.
NotTheBee: Transsurrection at the Vermont capitol
Again, Republicans are the weirdo culture warriors. not the people in their underwear storming the Capitol.
North: Paying for gold, getting dirt?
I can say with first-hand knowledge that the Speaker of the House and Senate majority leader both control which bills are allowed to be discussed in Committee.
Beck: New funding plan more transparent, accountable than Act 60
Vermont will likely continue to move toward an education system composed of local elementary schools, central middle schools, and regional high schools and career & technical education centers.
Lindberg: When Harry Truman did DOGE
There is no worse policy for the taxpayer and consumer than to have politicians and bureaucrats choosing winners and losers in the economy.
Roper: A bill so absurd in every respect I can’t find words for a headline
Lawmakers’ arrogance, stubbornness, and fiscal irresponsibility on full display with H.125
Fireovid: VT Dems are guilty of violating citizens’ right to free speech and assembly
The Sergeant-at-Arms aided-and-abetted protestors to violate Vermont Statute and possibly Federal Civil Rights Law.
McGuinness: House and Senate Democrats mischaracterize detransitioning event
Transgender Activists intended to cause public inconvenience and annoyance by disturbing a lawful meeting of persons with loud noises and the potential implied threat of confiscation or damage to our materials and equipment due to their actions, in violation of Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure Chapter 019: Breach of the Peace; Disturbances.
Priestley, Arsenault: Big Tech’s privacy gamble
Public servants’ lives are the stakes
Warner: Mary, Mary quite contrary
She clearly rejects our long-established unity in favor of the tools of division.
Perrino: No, a heckler’s veto is not ‘more speech’
“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.”
Roper: The Clean Heat Standard is a mess Democrats need to clean up
EVENT TODAY! There is a rally at the State House 12-1 pm calling on the legislature to REPEAL ACT 18.
Keelan: How the $36M grant to EVT has been spent to date
What is missing is how much follow-up the Legislature and Administration are doing to see how the funds are being applied. So little is publicized.
Copeland-Hanzas: Celebrate Civic Learning Week, March 10-14
if we don’t know where to start when we want to fix something that is broken in our communities then we become easy to divide, and the problems persist.
McClaughry: Nuclear power revival
Originally published Tuesday May 3, 2022. In 1960-61 McClaughry was a reactor physicist in GE’s Atomic Power Equipment Division.
Covey: In hunting predators, what is ‘fair’?
Bill supporters have consistently stated their opinion that all the tools we use to hunt predators are “unfair”, and we shouldn’t be allowed to hunt them at all. Activism-driven bills like this are a waste of the legislature’s time, a waste of the taxpayers money, and a disservice to the people.
Thayer: Vermont’s path to tax simplicity
Funding government with a Unified Consumption Tax
Soulia: Residents consider recount and revote after school budget passes by one vote
Otter Valley Unified Union School District residents are weighing their options after the district’s proposed $28 million budget was approved by just one vote.
Watson: Thetford vote ignores ‘death to Israel’ pledge
If Hamas stopped fighting, there would be no war. If Israel stopped fighting, there would be no Israel.
Roper: Attorney General fiddles while Vermont burns
State’s Attorneys trying to push back the rising tide of crime with a broom.
Beck: The canaries are getting loud
The work is very difficult and at times overwhelming, but it is what every elected official signed up for when they asked Vermonters for their vote.
Klar: Fixing public schools by returning to core learning
The ideological brainwashing is over!
Thayer: Pro-Vance rally organizer ‘disgusted’ by tactics of the left
It’s time for the Left to stop the nasty behavior and work together with all Vermonters. Stop taking your orders from the Bernies of our great little state.
MacDonald: VT wants to put more women in harms way
Lawmakers claim that they are making prostitution “not illegal” while pretending they are also protecting sex workers from human trafficking.
Klar: Morristown student punished for “there are only two genders” shirt
Even though the school had relented, the student was threatened with discipline yet again by a teacher when M.P. next wore the shirt to school the next week.
Letter: An English take on Trump, Vance
Briton: Trump, Vance ignorant of history
Scott: Getting to quality, affordable education for all
Vermonters made it clear that we need to make major changes to a system that no longer meets the needs of our students, educators or taxpayers.
Roper: Senate Democrats block vote to repeal Clean Heat Standard
Vermonters expected quick action in 2025 to wipe Act 18 (the Clean Heat Standard law) from the books. That has not happened.
Soulia: VT lawmakers target farmers instead of pushing back against the Feds
If lawmakers truly want to stand up for Vermont’s future, they need to stop caving to EPA pressure and start holding Washington accountable.
Bossange: The real goal of DOGE
The President, Musk and their MAGA advisors need to realize the rest of us are on to their game. It’s time they feel the sledgehammer of our resistance.
McClaughry: Where Gov. Scott’s education transformation leads
When it came to education financing, however, the governor proposed what he called “incredibly strong measures” that vaulted him well into high-risk territory.
Posley: A plea on behalf of marginalized and underrepresented people
Posley: ‘With each bill I beg you to ask yourself, “How will this impact the lives of underrepresented people?”’
Klar: Rural Vermont attacks Trump policies for federal workers
Helping farmers, or federal bureaucrats?
Roper: Destroying school choice in Vermont
Governor’s education plan “fixes” too many things that don’t need fixing
Soulia: Lawmakers propose 32-hour workweek
The bill does not require businesses to maintain a 40-hour pay structure for a 32-hour schedule, leaving the door open for less hours rather than increased pay.
Page: Booker T. Washington’s shining example
Booker T. Washington believed in the ability of blacks to succeed by their own merits, despite the obstacles they faced.
Soulia: H.298: Bad-faith bill that shields illegal aliens while pretending to follow the law
H.298 will classify Vermont as a full-fledged sanctuary state, potentially costing it millions in federal law enforcement funding.
Iadarola: On the FY26 Slate Valley Unified Union school district budget vote
The current model of education funding is inefficient and unsustainable. There are clear areas for significant saving that will make VT more affordable for all.
Roper: GWSA transportation mandates will cost more than $177M per year
Tax on gas & diesel could start at 26 cents per gallon.
Keelan: Let’s stop talking and start building
To develop housing in Vermont, the hurdles have increased and are much higher, making the housing crisis all the more dire.
Klar: HHS cuts CDC ‘disease detectives’
Where were they during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Davis: Many reasons for Legislature’s slow start
March 14 is the deadline for a federal government shutdown, and at that time, we will get a first glance at the political potential for proposed massive cuts in national spending.
Thayer: Advocating for parents’ rights in Vermont’s public schools
A call for parent-school collaboration and transparency.
Soulia: 10 acres for $1. $12M in debt. And a quiet vote.
A proposal to build a $12.1M Valley Community Center (VCC) is moving forward across multiple towns, with funding to come primarily from taxpayer-backed bonds.
Jesses: DEI is Detrimental to Essex Instruction
DEI is inculcated into the lives of our EWSD students day in and day out, but show little to no academic benefits.
Roper: VT Democrats need to fish or cut bait on climate policies
Either pass laws that will meet GWSA mandates or repeal the mandates.
Soulia: VT’s PILOT Program: What it is and how it affects taxpayers
Vermont’s rural taxpayers are subsidizing PILOT payments that disproportionately go to larger municipalities, despite their own financial challenges.
McCann: The dire cost of getting well
Increasing healthcare and hospital costs pose a greater challenge than education
Crispe: The future of Vermont education reimagined
We can achieve new educational heights without draining our pocketbooks.
Soulia: The Rutland Forward enigma
A PAC with missing money, unfiled reports, and unanswered questions
Klar: Bernie Sanders’s ‘onesies’ rant displayed his animosity for free speech
Demanding Bobby Kennedy cancels others’ messaging is absurd!
Gervais: Can the feds save Vermont’s power grid?
Vermont’s legislature continues the race to the precipice.
Lawrence: What’s wrong with a little “Communism”?
Communism and DEI are identical in philosophy and execution.
Fireovid: Anti-Trump Vermont might consider the Secession Solution
In my day, it was called a “reduction in force.” For sure, almost no one likes losing their job. But it’s a fact of life in a free society, and I’d much rather be a free individual in a free society than a hamstrung subject in a socialist society.
Klar: Defending free speech in America
The First Amendment seemed forgotten under the Biden Administration, but it’s back.
Soulia: DOGE constitutional? Legal? And who’s cutting what?
Is DOGE constitutional? Legal? And who’s actually cutting what?
Bossange: Trump’s own MAGA Deep State
After a month in office, it is clear that the President and his MAGA leadership team and a new group of “elites,” are quickly establishing their own Deep State.
Despathy: Death of Barton child shows vaccine injury is real
In 2011, Nicole Matten of Barton, Vermont brought her healthy, seven year old daughter Kaylynne to the doctor for a “well-check up” where she was injected with a Fluzone influenza vaccine. A few days later, her daughter died in her arms on the way to the hospital.
Krowinski: Education transformation will take all of us
One challenge for Vermont has risen above all others: the state of our public education system.
Keelan: The beginning of the end of Vermont’s rurality
During the last forty years, events have been taking place that have forever changed our rural character.
Page: Mind, mindset, and political identity
Why we literally think differently about politics
Roper: Pucker up for kissing your sister
Thoughts on Education and Property Tax Reform, Part 1
Whitworth: Punching myself in the face
“I’m gonna flap my arms and fly over the Statehouse dome. And if I should fail, I will punch myself in the face.” That is the essence of Vermont’s Global Warming Solutions Act.
Eshelman: A wolf in sheep’s clothing
In response to “Gov. Phil Scott’s education plan would create an optional school choice lottery in every district” (VT Digger, 2/6/25)
Steidler: U.S. is the global AI leader
J.D. Vance must tell EU to not mess with us.
Perlin: Who needs the Electoral College? Vermont.
When Peter Welch, or anyone, calls for abolishing the electoral college, ask them how this would help Vermont.
Swenson: Bernie Sanders’ Vermont
For Vermont’s most famous politico, the answer is always the same: blame billionaires, blame capitalism, blame everyone except the people actually in charge.
Thayer: A continued call to action
Vermont needs genuine people with real vision; with fight and courage to make Vermont the best place to live, work, and play.
Ingalls: VT needs Guest Worker program for immigrant farm laborers
Farmers fear what could happen in the blink of an eye to the workers they have now.
Stephens: ‘Make War Great Again’?
You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death -James 4:1-2 BBE
Flannery: VT Democrats should heed grim Mike Bloomberg warning on education
Vermont, already burdened with some of the country’s highest taxes and biggest per-student spending, is studying reforms at the state legislature this session.
Green & Sheets: Trump ‘the Great Architect’
At this point in history, America does not need a statesman. And we certainly do not need a politician. Frankly, we do not need a peacemaker.
Fernandez: The disintegration and decay of the West
The Left resembles medieval Christianity, promoting dogmatic beliefs that are deemed unchallengeable and regarding all who dissent as heretics to be destroyed.
Baker: Former teacher Balint should know better
Balint states that under the “cruel executive orders” from President Trump with the Constitution under attack, we are in an “urgent Constitutional” crisis.
MacDonald: Vermont at war with its own ‘reproductive freedom’ rights
Reproductive freedom has nothing to do with reproduction, but it could.
Soulia: Manipulated crime data
The deceptive national push for “smart justice”
Soulia: Vermont’s “temporary” hotel voucher program
Originally designed to provide shelter during severe weather, the program’s cost has skyrocketed to tens of millions of dollars annually.
Klar: Do public school students have a right to decline COVID-19 vaccines?
6-year-old Leo Politella was forcibly administered an experimental COVID-19 shot in 2021 at a clinic at his VT public school despite vocal protests, assurances.
McClaughry: One big school system
Originally released Tuesday, January 1, 2002. Although specific statistics are, by their nature, two decades out of date, the principles remain firm.
Stack: Vermont’s days of federal “Wine and Roses” are coming to an end
Vermont bet big on the wrong horse, and unfortunately the horse that won is keen on loyalty.
Warner: Hartford school supe fears for children and blames Trump
An email was sent out recently by the Hartford Interim Superintendent Caty Sutton, raising questions about the safety of Hartford area students at school.
Roper: VT Dems’ “Green” agenda is driving the housing crisis
Climate mandates account for $30-$40K additional cost per unit, are chasing away construction workers.
Soulia: How Vermont’s bail reform led to a crime surge (and the ACLU won’t admit it)
Reform advocates remain silent, dismissing the concerns of law-abiding citizens who are forced to deal with the consequences of these misguided policies.
Klar: An object lesson in coddling insane murderers
The victim’s family may object strenuously, but Connecticut law does not grant them anything more than a symbolic voice of protest.
Bradley: firearms ban in municipal buildings report ‘tragically flawed’
Such laws are unconstitutional, they are against the public welfare, they are prejudicial and increase danger to the public – especially in “sensitive places” – by depriving those who are subject to sudden acts of evil from the basic right of self-defense.
Soulia: Selective accountability: Why is VT only targeting law enforcement?
While accountability is essential, Act 124 unfairly singles out law enforcement officers while ignoring judges, attorneys, and legislators.
Beck: Fix low-performing State programs, repeal those that don’t work
Governor Scott noted the importance in not just funding existing programs by throwing money at those that don’t function properly, but actually fixing programs.
Bufka: Be your own lobbyist
About those State House lobbyists….
Roper on Battle for Bennington-1: So much for “saving democracy”!
House Democrats poised to disenfranchise Bennington 1 voters?
Bossange: The Hypocritical world of MAGA Christianity
Showing mercy is an act of compassion and forgiveness. “But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” Matt. 6:15 NIV
Devine: A great day for UVM and downtown
This weekend Church Street is hosting the Sweet Stroll and Mother of All Sales, next weekend Burlington is host to the Penguin Plunge.
Klar: A Vermont political celebration?
Yes, and you are invited!
Keelan: Is Vermont still producing Jimmy Fishers?
Vermont has many young men and women who, in every way, will emulate Jimmy Fisher’s kindness, dedication, and sacrifice.
Roper: Replacing the “It’s Not a Carbon Tax” with a Carbon Tax
CHS may have flatlined, but we’re still stuck with the GWSA mandates.
Soulia: Bureaucracy gone wild
VT legislators propose local zoning Board of Appeals
McClaughry: Perils of school consolidation
The 17 year locusts of school consolidation is back – again.
