State workers back in the office, the Property Tax Letter, and the vote on Obamacare.

Victoria Thompson, a defendant facing a “death resulting” charge—a legal classification usually associated with the most severe penalties in the opioid crisis—will avoid any long-term incarceration.

The talking points for all sides are taking shape for next month’s likely congressional struggle over the future of subsidized health insurance – a/k/a Obamacare. 

The task force’s 10-to-1 split meant the legislature controlled nearly all the seats, while the Governor—a primary advocate for mandatory consolidation—had minimal influence.

Inflation, rising equipment costs, and the 2025 phaseout of legacy refrigerants are driving up the price of heat pump projects, while workforce shortages continue to pose challenges.

The Trump administration decision came just a few days after Grist reported that Vermont lost track of millions in FEMA funding it received for July 2024 flooding as the state burned through cash faster than anticipated. Vague contract terms, pricey consultants, and poor oversight appear to be at least some of the culprits. 

For the last several years, state politics has been defined by the dynamic between Governor Scott and the Democratic legislature. If Scott decides not to run, that entire dynamic vanishes.

“This is not a time for credit. This is a time to think about American policy,” said Sanders, claiming “The entire infrastructure of Gaza… have been destroyed under Trump,” and criticizing $22 billion given to Netanyahu’s government for policies that “have been starving children.” 

The $100,000 penalty, when viewed against the backdrop of multi-million dollar settlements, raises an important question: Was this a significant punishment or just the cost of doing business?

Unless bold measures are taken to attract a younger and more diverse population, the state risks facing a future that is both expensive and grim.

Telephone Gap Project balances timber, trails, and old-growth protection

The facts are complex, but one thing is clear: The claim that illegal immigrants are paying their fair share is not supported by the math.

The listening session report makes clear that while the survey showed respondents favoring Vermont’s geography, farms, forests, and history, the handful of attendees at the closed-door listening sessions voiced concern that such imagery was “overused” or “not inclusive.”

Lumping together high-crime metro areas with low-crime rural states may make for easy national statistics, but it doesn’t help us understand the problem. Worse, it leads to policy debates that treat Vermont like Chicago or Montana like Baltimore — even though the lived reality is worlds apart.

What changes and what doesn’t

Will Vermont get on board?

A regional war could break out if Iran responds by targeting American allies and assets, including the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Iran could also close the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s oil flows.

As various studies and reports come back in, there will also likely be adjustments, potential detours and even offramps along the way.

The matter, according to the Court, is one for individual states and their residents to decide.

S.131 and the end of Dillon’s Rule? Burlington gun ban tests Vermont’s Constitution and State authority

“The Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house…”

There are no reports indicating that Mahdawi was physically mistreated, verbally abused, or otherwise handled roughly during his arrest. He was subsequently transported to a detention facility pending immigration proceedings. 

The Vermont House Appropriations Committee got more granular on the one-third of the state’s budget that comes from federal funding, which is a source of vulnerability and concern.

Legal precedent from court cases across the nation further establishes that Vermont is positioning itself unfavorably if its pro-DEI stance were put to the scrutiny of courts.

Vermont’s typically steady economic boat won’t have as much federal money to keep her afloat if a stormy recession hits. Also, ‘Medicaid cuts’ talk explained.

House passes stormwater revision, ’26 budget, yield bill, and housing and data privacy bills.

The chorus was picked up by many members of the cheering crowd – as its simple, repetitive nature suggests it was meant to be. 

Understanding the ongoing challenge facing Americans, including Green Mountain State residents, due to the National Public Data Breach.

With the session now seven weeks old, Senate Republicans are getting impatient with lack of consideration to changes to any of the previously passed energy bills that had been enacted by overriding gubernatorial vetoes.

If you’re an employer or an employee, this will affect your paycheck and business operations starting in July 2025.

Vermont’s education funding reform is a work in progress. An exchange at a Jan. 31 Senate Education Committee is not encouraging for supporters of public funding for independent religious schools.

It is unclear why the press release is missing the standard information for a somewhat routine case. Is it due to poor drafting by BPD’s Public Information Officer? Or was the news release slashed by the red editing pen wielded by the Mayor?

VT had the third highest population increase via migration in the nation. Only SC and ND experienced greater population increases due to migration.

There was no mention by Hass of the more than 250,000 Israelis displaced from their homes since October 7th.

Lobbyists and environmental groups are quietly pushing to sideline firewood as a heating option, arguing it contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and local air quality issues.

The roots of the school over-spending tree stump go very deep indeed, branch off in many directions. A blast of legislative Round-Up won’t get the job done. We’re talking backhoe, maybe dynamite.

A bill introduced in January providing state-funded health care benefits to adults ‘regardless of immigration status’ could be re-introduced in 2025.

Democrats lost two Committee Chairs, an Assistant Majority Leader, and a Vice-Chair of the only committee chaired by a Republican.

Less federal aid, negative impact of tariffs, fewer foreign worker visas projected.

In Vermont, we see a clear pattern of policies and laws that mirror the goals of Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030.