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By Guy Page on January 12, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

In Committee: budget adjustment, crime victim notification, PCBs in schools, underused state buildings, climate plans & more

By Guy Page on January 12, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Video game reveals people value feeding their neighbors—even at a cost to themselves

By Timothy Page on January 12, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Soulia: VT taxpayers spent $500M on climate policies. The planet didn’t notice.

By Timothy Page on January 12, 2026 • ( 8 Comments )

State Treasurer accuses feds of ‘murdering’ Minneapolis activist

By Guy Page on January 12, 2026 • ( 25 Comments )

Man arrested for threatening federal agents

By Guy Page on January 12, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

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VT Headlines: 1 shot, 1 in custody after Barre shooting

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

Burlington police try to ID man accused of ‘inappropriate conduct’; Northfield residents turn out to support police chief who has allegedly faced racism, harassment; Sen. Anne Watson: A response to Sec. Moore’s commentary on the Global Warming Solutions Act

Rodgers: Building opportunities for our youth and businesses

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

The average age of a Vermont tradesman and woman is 56 years old. Our workforce shortage isn’t a distant threat; it’s a present-day reality.

Party-line Senate vote approves gun ban in Burlington bars

By Guy Page on April 25, 2025 • ( 23 Comments )

Brennan presented the flip-side of Vyhovsky’s public safety argument: that responsible people carrying guns makes them, and the community, safer.

Roper: Now a $17 million tax increase on beer, wine, & liquor?!

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2025 • ( 14 Comments )

It’s enough to drive you to drink.

Soulia: PCB panic? A closer look at VT’s extreme school air standards

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2025 • ( 7 Comments )

The EPA says 600 nanograms is safe. Vermont closes classrooms at 100. What do they know that the rest of the country doesn’t?

Burlington gun ban goes to Senate floor this afternoon

By Guy Page on April 24, 2025 • ( 23 Comments )

Supporters say it’s needed to reduce the increase in homicides in downtown Burlington and elsewhere. Critics say it violates a landmark 1987 state law pre-empting municipal gun control.

BLOTTER: Stolen truck, and attempted playground abduction

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

Stolen pickup truck with ladders on roof found in Lyndon after high-speed drive

Comment about ‘gangster’ police chief prompts DEI training in Northfield

By Paul Bean on April 24, 2025 • ( 17 Comments )

A citizen had asked the selectboard on April 8, “Why isn’t he wearing [his uniform] so he looks like a police chief and not a gangster off the street that’s just driving our cruisers around?”

VT Headlines: FEMA ended a grant program designed to help communities prevent disaster damages, incl. Vermont

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

Vermont and 11 other states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy

Milton cop shot in ambush, gunman takes his own life

By Guy Page on April 24, 2025 • ( 4 Comments )

Independent photojournalist Wayne Savage, who was at the scene, told Vermont News First that he estimated shortly before 8 p.m. that more than 100 police vehicles had responded from Chittenden and Franklin Counties, along with the ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, FBI and others.

MPI: Perfect storm led to anti-DEI Maine lawmaker’s censure and lawsuit

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

Rep. Libby’s censure removed her ability to vote or speak on the floor of the Maine House of Representatives. All for pointing out a transgender student athlete.

Second-degree murder suspect Mesick back in jail

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2025 • ( 9 Comments )

Mesick also has an earlier arrest in Burlington for aggravated assault for cutting open a man, organs hanging out, in 2013

Ellis: Grit and inspiration

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

In the past few weeks, a conversation kicked my ass. It’s about commitment, hard work, focus, and sacrifice.

CLG: Russia: Kiev using Taurus missiles against Russia would mean Berlin enters conflict

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

Klaus Schwab, architect of WEF’s dystopian ‘Great Reset,’ abruptly resigns following allegations of financial and ethical misconduct; Trump accuses Zelensky of harming peace talks 

Allbee: Immigrants essential to American food production

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2025 • ( 11 Comments )

According to Food Connects, 11.3% of farm work in Vermont is performed by H-2A seasonal workers.

Border czar Tom Homan asks angry media, ‘where were you?’

By Guy Page on April 23, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

“Maybe we gotta hold off on some of the deportation operation we’re doing. But it’s not gonna stop us from seeking these people now, arresting them and take them off the street to United States while we’re waiting for the courts to decide.”

Food Stamp fights

By Timothy Page on April 23, 2025 • ( 17 Comments )

Should SNAP food benefits be used to buy restaurant meals?

Farm workers mistaken for border crossers prompted call to Border Patrol

By Guy Page on April 23, 2025 • ( 28 Comments )

Border Patrol was called after people with backpacks emerged from the woodline. In fact, they were farm workers.

VT Headlines: Police ID victim in Rutland shooting

By Timothy Page on April 23, 2025

Vermont School Board Asso. supports H.454 ed plan; Rural Schools Alliance wants voice in education reform; Rutland affordable housing project earns state award for energy excellence

Homelessness up by 212% in VT since 2020 – tops in nation

By Timothy Page on April 23, 2025 • ( 22 Comments )

The report, by the free-enterprise Common Sense Institute, also called into question most of the state’s “housing first” approach, saying it “may not be the best approach to addressing this challenge.”

Lamprey controlled, lake trout stocking to end

By Timothy Page on April 23, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

The effort has been greatly helped be targeting sea lamprey which were attacking the trout.

Bomb Squad called for “grenade in a container” in Woodford

By Timothy Page on April 23, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

At about 3:25 in the afternoon, State Police were contacted by the property management of the Prospect Mountain Ski Area in Woodford. Police say that the resort crew “reported finding a suspected hand grenade in a container while conducting cleanup near the parking lot.”

Burlington man accused of repeated sexual abuse of minors over several years

By Guy Page on April 23, 2025 • ( 10 Comments )

Detective Joanna Morse of CUSI, along with a DCF Family Services Worker, led the investigation, which revealed probable cause that McCoy engaged in repeated sexual acts with multiple young victims over several years.

Soulia: Aid on autopilot

By Timothy Page on April 23, 2025 • ( 9 Comments )

Vermont grows programs without data or limits

Bill on AI political ads passes into House, awakens First Amendment concerns

By Timothy Page on April 23, 2025 • ( 4 Comments )

Most witnesses have supported the bill, but a few concerns have come up about free speech and news media’s liabilities.

BREAKING: Feds raid biggest dairy farm in Vermont, arrest migrant workers

By Guy Page on April 22, 2025 • ( 44 Comments )

Border Patrol saw three migrant workers walking down the driveway on the premises of the farm. The agents then pursued the migrants through the milking parlor.

Former lawmaker/Navy Officer challenges Scott admin claim of lawful cooperation with feds

By Timothy Page on April 22, 2025 • ( 13 Comments )

Tate is a former Republican two-term representative from Killington in the Vermont House from 2015 to 2017. During his second term, he resigned his seat to serve overseas in the Navy.

Roper: Could Federal spending cuts end VT vote-by-mail?

By Timothy Page on April 22, 2025 • ( 12 Comments )

Or will the policy expand to cover school board elections and more?

VT Headlines: Police investigate possible shooting in Rutland, ask public to avoid Summer St.

By Timothy Page on April 22, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Environmental advocates rally outside of Montpelier State House lawn for Earth Day; Underhill Central School wins battery recycling contest

Jury finds fake doctor guilty in Vermont murder-for-hire case

By Timothy Page on April 22, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

An internationally known scientist based in Los Angeles was found guilty Friday in federal court in Burlington on all 3 counts in a “Murder for Hire” and wire fraud case that showed he was the mastermind in the killing seven years ago in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

UVM achieves Carnegie R1 designation, joining highest level of U.S. research institutions

By Timothy Page on April 22, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

“Attaining R1 status will extend UVM’s ability to attract the best talent, secure groundbreaking grants, and contribute to solving global challenges.”

Local food program seeks state money amid funding worries

By Timothy Page on April 22, 2025 • ( 11 Comments )

Farmers say it helps secure their bottom line, and officials in and outside the Legislature say it’s vital to curbing hunger. 

Debate surfaces over Vermont’s for-profit prison contracts

By Timothy Page on April 22, 2025 • ( 9 Comments )

Lawmakers and officials agree it isn’t ideal to imprison Vermonters out of state, but they say bringing them back would put in-state prisons dangerously over capacity. 

Keelan: The deaths of FDR and Nazi Germany

By Timothy Page on April 22, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

The 80th anniversary of two significant events, this Spring.

More about Mohsen Mahdawi – and two corrections

By Guy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

Mohsen Mahdawi was a member, but not co-president, of CSJP, and was an early, active leader in pro-Palestine, anti-Israeli military activities at Columbia.

VT Headlines: Burlington Diocese responds to Pope’s death

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Dead body found floating in Lake Champlain, police say; Marijuana hospital visits linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years, study finds

Private donors save DOGE’d Vermont history program

By Guy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

Multiple private donors, including Marilyn Blackwell and George Burrill, stepped forward with generous contributions to underwrite the program through October.

Vermont’s homeless are “nearly 50% with mental health” issues, senators learn 

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 14 Comments )

“So we’re looking at nearly 50% with mental health [needs]… Large numbers, one in five with a developmental disability, nearly one in three with a physical disability. And so that is the type of people that this legislation would impact.”

When will Legislature adjourn?

By Guy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )
brown and gold gavel on brown wooden table

Legislative leadership reaffirmed their aim to adjourn by the end of May, despite rumors that the session could go into June. 

Letters: Pratt on suing doctors/ Mazur on Stacey Abrams/ Kelly on gender-prying/ Smith on Caesar

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Kelly on the Red Cross prying into gender; Smith on blind obedience to the State

Woman ordered into federal court when she fails to show for jury selection

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

Alissa Butkovich of Colchester was among about 80 people across 8 northern Vermont counties directed to report March 14 for possible jury selection in a criminal case.

Soulia: Look both ways: Paint doesn’t stop traffic

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

How modern pedestrian policy forgot common sense and made walking more dangerous

KVS: $30,000 in equipment stolen from Sutton farm

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2025

Numerous stolen vehicles statewide, and an international speeder.

Bossange: The political coup has been completed

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 22 Comments )

With a President seemingly above the law, what’s next?

Pitre: Are Palestine-reactionaries good for Vermont?

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 17 Comments )

Outright Vermont is betraying its own principles as it champions Palestine over Israel

Illegal alien with prior busted on gun charge in Windsor County

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2025 • ( 6 Comments )

Santos, if convicted, faces up to 15 years of imprisonment and deportation.  He is detained at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans.

Lawsuit: Columbia student group cooperated with Hamas right after October 7 attack

By Guy Page on April 18, 2025 • ( 7 Comments )

It is possible, even likely these officials are unaware of SJP’s alleged participation with Hamas of spreading pro-Hamas propaganda immediately following the attack, according to a March, 2025 lawsuit filed by victims of the attack that killed more than 1,000 Israelis and an estimated 45 Americans.

VT Headlines: St. Albans man arrested for bank robberies in Winooski, Essex Jct.

By Timothy Page on April 18, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Vermont Sen. Peter Welch, NY Rep. Paul Tonko to hold joint rally in Plattsburgh; Vermonters set to rally in support of Palestinian student detained by ICE

On Good Friday, final vote set for ‘muzzle bill’ shielding abortion, transgender services

By Guy Page on April 18, 2025 • ( 11 Comments )

“I also speak as a reminder that some cannot speak for themselves and that not all decisions are in our jurisdiction,” Rep. Tom Charlton explained his no vote.

Roper: We are spending a half billion on climate change policies!

By Timothy Page on April 18, 2025 • ( 7 Comments )

And it’s not even working to reduce fossil fuel use.

Gassett: Is VT Attorney General, Charity Clark above the law? 

By Timothy Page on April 18, 2025 • ( 15 Comments )

An open letter to Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark.

BREAKING: Closing arguments held in 2018 Murder for Hire case

By Timothy Page on April 18, 2025

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary Stendig said in his 40-minute rebuttal the criminal case came down to three M words: “Money, manipulation, murder.”

Bills Lumber, the movie, at MHCA DOVER Cinema and Arts 27 April 2025

By Timothy Page on April 18, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

The 45-minute video follows the Bills brothers and their co-owner niece, Debbie (Bills) Bauer, during the last days of their sawmill, founded in 1936 by their intrepid father, Melbourne Bills.

Killer of transgender man gets no more jail time due to deputy’s error

By Guy Page on April 18, 2025 • ( 4 Comments )

Both the prosecution and defense decried the deputy’s actions.

BREAKING: Suspect in Danville murder for hire testifies

By Timothy Page on April 18, 2025

Prosecution claims he lies and defrauds people

Fort Ticonderoga attack prep re-enactment May 9 in Castleton

By Timothy Page on April 18, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

“Ethan Allen in Castleton” is a 250th anniversary event that is set to begin with a 6 PM patriotic parade in the village of Castleton on Friday, May 9.

Orgs across Vermont mark Sexual Violence Awareness Month

By Timothy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 6 Comments )

Here are four groups across the state that are fighting for a safer, more just Vermont.

Trump asked by Italian press if he steps on ants

By Guy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

The president commented on recent report that he had waved off an Israeli strike on Iran, saying it was not his first choice, but he appeared to leave open the possibility of a strike if negotiations did not go well. 

$850,000K for syringe services/ Miss VT honored

By Guy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 10 Comments )

The next discarded syringe you see in a park or in the street may have been paid for by Vermont taxpayers in the name of infectious disease and overdose protection.

Has Mohsen Mahdawi done anything worthy of arrest and deportation? You decide….

By Guy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 15 Comments )

Are we living in a terrifying new age of federal fascist authoritarianism? Or is the federal government appropriately enforcing the law?

Bananas: Take a giant leap  

By Timothy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 4 Comments )

Blue Horizon made herstory this past week by having an all-female crew pierce the atmosphere to become only the third such gynocentric space mission.

Vermont cops can’t enforce federal civil immigration law

By Timothy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 16 Comments )

The state board that makes and enforces policing policies today emphasized and clarified when Vermont police may and may not cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Bucknam: Vermont lawyers sign anti-Trump manifesto  

By Timothy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 19 Comments )

The Statement is not a lawyerly support of the rule of law; it is a political manifesto.  

VT Headlines: Burlington Interim Police Chief Burke lays out priorities

By Timothy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

Killington’s $3 billion expansion aims for world-class appeal and economic impact; New England man, US citizen, says VT border agents detained him for hours

One-time recipient works for Make-A-Wish

By Timothy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Now, she makes their wishes come true

Willoughby Steelhead Rainbow Trout will be jumping

By Timothy Page on April 17, 2025

Steelhead can be spotted moving up the falls during warmer days in mid-to-late April and sometimes into early May.

Baker: Disruptor Balint tells Town Hall attendees, ‘let’s throw some punches’

By Timothy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 21 Comments )

We deserve a representative who works for all of us — not just those who agree with her.

Soulia: Instagram isn’t Congress

By Timothy Page on April 17, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

America isn’t broken because the law was enforced. It’s broken because the people who write the laws won’t do their jobs.

POTUS Press Pool: Mom of murdered Rachel Morin urges press to tell the truth

By Guy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

The murdered woman’s mother told the press: “Please tell the truth. Tell the truth. Tell how violent it really is. It’s more than politics. It’s about national security. It’s about protecting Americans. It’s about protecting the children.”

VT Headlines: Vermont education secretary defends DEI in fed certification

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 14 Comments )

Hinesburg’s Graham Walker is closing in on his NFL dream; Montpelier Singer-Songwriter Mark LeGrand dies; Inside ReSource, where thrifting is a booming business

Cavanaugh & Sweeney: It’s time to cut the Certificate of Need requirement

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

CON laws limit the supply of healthcare services in roughly two-thirds of the states, limiting patients’ healthcare options and preventing innovation in the industry. 

Roper: Some on the Left admit climate change policy is Robin Hood in reverse

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 4 Comments )

Impacts on low-income Vermonters “will be ignored.”

Klar: Supreme Court defers to President Trump’s deportations

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 7 Comments )

Executive power respected above patchwork of liberal lower court judges.

Vermont Senate leader calls federal arrest ‘fascist, authoritarian’

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 34 Comments )

Senate leaders call for governor to stop allowing feds to house detainees in VT prisons

With Vermont sicker than ever, insurers and hospitals struggle to stay afloat

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 15 Comments )

“In 2024, claims were up more than 15% from the previous year as part of an unprecedented and sustained three-year cost surge,” the report states. The report does not speculate as to why there was a sudden uptick starting three years ago.

Letter: Reps explain “No” vote on school bill

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

Also: Health committee is in violation of the US, Vermont Constitutions, wherein the people have an unbridgeable right to petition the government.

California scientist testifies in Danville hitman murder case

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

The hitman, Jerry Banks, 37, of Garland, CO, and two others involved in the case, have each testified against Gumrukcu.

UPDATE: One of two arrested in attempted Colchester homicide

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 4 Comments )

Colchester Police have arrested one of two masked men wanted for a near-fatal shooting in old Fort Ethan Allen over the weekend.

CLG: Biden admin. concealed report on earliest suspected American COVID cases 

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Hungary suggests ‘biological attack’ could be source of foot-and-mouth outbreak; U.S. blocks G7 condemnation of Russia over Sumy strike

Health care advertising ‘muzzle bill’ goes to House floor

By Timothy Page on April 16, 2025 • ( 7 Comments )

Also, the Senate on Friday, April 11 approved a resolution congratulating Kathleen Lynch of Burlington as the 2025 Mother of the Year. 

DOGE could cut into VT public radio, TV budget – but not right away

By Guy Page on April 15, 2025 • ( 27 Comments )

According to a February 2025 article on Vermont Public, losing this 10% could mean cuts to local journalism or educational programs, with rural stations hit hardest.

Palestinian activist arrested by DHS in Colchester vowed revenge on Israel when he was 10 years old

By Guy Page on April 15, 2025 • ( 33 Comments )

‘ I was ten years old. And I still remember when we put him in the grave, I held him and I shook him,” Mahdawi said of his friend shot by an Israeli soldier. “I said, “Hemida, wake up, wake up.” He didn’t wake up, and I told him, “I promise, I promise, I will revenge.”

Vermont sees three school threat incidents in as many weeks

By Timothy Page on April 15, 2025 • ( 4 Comments )

In recent weeks, multiple Vermont schools have received various threats, none of them followed by physical attacks.

VT Headlines: Jury selected for trial of man accused of killing Fern Feather

By Timothy Page on April 15, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

No injuries reported after train engine catches fire in Bellows Falls; U.S. Rep. Becca Balint holds town hall in southern Vermont

Trump signals cuts to NPR & PBS

By Paul Bean on April 15, 2025 • ( 9 Comments )

“The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long,” said a press release from the Trump administration this morning including a list of news stories as examples of ‘extremely bad reporting’ by public resources.

Galfetti: A Hail Mary pass on education reform

By Timothy Page on April 15, 2025 • ( 6 Comments )

In a bold move, House Republicans, working closely with the Scott administration, gave the green light to advance H. 454, the education reform bill.

Son arrested on murder charge for dad’s death in Bridport

By Timothy Page on April 15, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

Case sparked DUI against state prosecutor in January 2024

With Republican help, school reform bill advances to Senate

By Guy Page on April 15, 2025 • ( 4 Comments )

in hopes of a better bill out of the Senate, a handful of Republicans helped the defection-plagued Democrat House leadership pass the controversial educational reform bill.

KVS: Brooklyn man indicted for manufacturing and distributing cocaine and fentanyl

By Timothy Page on April 15, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

If convicted, Thomas faces a minimum of five years and up to 40 years in federal prison.

POTUS Press Pool: El Salvador president won’t return suspected gang member

By Guy Page on April 14, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

Video, quotes from the White House press pool today.

Ignore future at your own peril, Sanders tells young crowd at California music festival

By Paul Bean on April 14, 2025 • ( 21 Comments )

Before music performer Clairo’s performance Saturday evening, he made a surprise appearance at Coachella, urging young festival-goers to stand up against ‘economic inequality, climate change, and threats to women’s rights.’

Friday at Four: Reaction to Lt. Gov. John Rodgers trashing Trump

By Guy Page on April 14, 2025 • ( 29 Comments )

Paul Bean says Vermont Republican Lt. Gov. John Rodgers speech felt like a betrayal. Guy Page says Rodgers never said he was pro-Trump. More viewers than ever weigh in with their opinions.

CVU students targeted for deportation

By Timothy Page on April 14, 2025 • ( 9 Comments )

95.8% of all otherwise “inadmissible aliens” who scheduled appointments using the app were simply issued a “Notice to Appear” and then released into the country.

Drop tariffs on Canada, solons tell Trump

By Guy Page on April 14, 2025 • ( 8 Comments )

The resolution was signed by all 30 senators except. Sen. Russ Ingalls (R-Essex) and Rutland County Republican senators Dave Weeks and Terry Williams. 

VT Headlines: Two North Troy men charged in municipal building break-in

By Timothy Page on April 14, 2025

Vermont Rescue Team returns after 11-day deployment in the South; Vigil held for fair treatment of refugees and migrants

Autopsies confirm murder-suicide in Eden

By Guy Page on April 14, 2025

David Buchanon fatally shot Karol before turning the gun on himself, police say.

Davis: Decreased Dollars From D.C. 

By Guy Page on April 14, 2025 • ( 6 Comments )

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.

BREAKING: Man critically injured in Colchester shooting

By Timothy Page on April 14, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Police have names of possible suspects and are looking for an orange colored car with Vermont plates, possibly a Ford Flex, that fled the scene.  

Young wildlife belong in the wild

By Timothy Page on April 14, 2025

Picking up young wildlife can do more harm than good, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, and it is also against the law.

Harrison: Moving Day

By Timothy Page on April 14, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

At the State House, you might refer to last Friday as “Moving Day” when the session’s big issue of education reform passed the House and is now moving to the Senate. 

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Soulia: VT taxpayers spent $500M on climate policies. The planet didn’t notice.

Beck: GOP Senate leader concerned about ICE due process infractions 

White House: Walz is wrong – immigration policies are saving lives

Soulia: VT’s new land-use map rewrites Rutland County, town by town

Election Integrity Network-Vermont calls for voter ID law

Banzhaf: Three major legal issues in the Minneapolis killing

Roper: Freeze taxes? Cap spending? How ‘bout both!

Spear and Sullivan: A unified path toward affordability and economic resilience

McGuinness: Transgender persons would be state trust fund recipients, choose prison cell placement under H.576 and H.550

Blakeman: Punishing landlords won’t solve housing crisis

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