Work permits for undocumented workers, ghost guns, and government meeting in private all progressing thru Legislature.
Lawmakers moving bills on private govt. meetings, work permits for undocumented immigrants, and gun serialization
Democrat supermajority has no interest in solving property tax mess they made
Vermonters worried we are about to be taxed out of our homes come July are now being told not to expect any sort of relief for at least three years while they study the issue. News flash: we can’t afford the bill this year! Fix your mess now.
House GOP pans new school tax plan, suggests spending cuts
A 15% property tax increase and the creation of two new taxes isn’t the solution to Vermont’s school funding crisis, GOP leaders said Thursday.
Suspect in Sanders office torching has history of mental illness
Soghomonian had self-reported to the FBI in Los Angeles that the government had been hacking into his devices and that he also had claimed drones were reading his mind.
Legislators shorten Homeless Bill of Rights
The Homeless Bill of Rights made it through the House, but only after the Controversial ‘right’ to panhandle in public was removed.
McGuinness: New WPATH documents expose medical mistreatment of patients with gender dysphoria
Internal documents reveal that gender-affirming care “will go down as one of the worst medical scandals in history.”
Parole granted for man convicted in killings of Dartmouth professors
A Chelsea man who was 16 when he helped kill two Dartmouth College professors has been granted parole – about a year shy of serving the minimum 25 year sentence. News also of a child sex assault arrest and ‘porch piracy’ in Cambridge.
VT Headlines: Roxbury suing Montpelier over school closure
Because of the failed Montpelier/Roxbury school budget, the tiny town of Roxbury could lose its local school. Now they’re fighting back.
Video: Cleese: Cancel the censors!
Dame: G.E.T. R.E.A.L! T: Transportation Infrastructure (Fix the Roads!)
Government is supposed to provide some basic, universal services and maintaining the state’s roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure is one of them.
Dawson: Fitness for all
Vermont’s approach to safer and happier work environments.
Controversial Vermont publisher to be sold
The Vermont publisher of Dr. Joseph Mercola’s ‘The Truth About Covid-19’ is scheduled to be sold.
Senate candidates announce
Major graduated with a BA in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University in 1987 and is a former U.S. Army officer.
Keelan: Desperate Legislature trolls for $$
In its search for new revenue, Vermont has become desperate for financial resources. What a terrible state of affairs, and it is only becoming more dire.
Wilson: Compromise is a trap
Those who want to “Get Real” need to walk across the aisle and help the Left see that they are living and promoting untruths.
Legislature honors ‘Big Sugar’ with USS Vermont Day
The officers and crew of the USS Vermont honor Vermont traditions with the moniker Big Sugar and the motto Freedom and Unity.
Shorts: Chess and festivity
Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival on May 5; Bernie Sanders’ Second Annual Youth Chess Day; Burlington PD releases new recruitment video
Bananas’ guide to joining a cult
The Bananas Guide to Joining A Cult will have you swallowed up by an amorphous mass of bot-people in no-time.
New school funding plan creates two new taxes, boosts property tax 15%
Two new taxes and a 15% property tax is the latest House response to the slew of rejected school budgets that one Republican lawmaker calls “an old-fashioned revolt” by taxpayers.
Act 250/housing merger bill must move quickly to build housing, guv says
Any bill that takes years to allow more housing construction under Act 250 faces a veto, Gov. Phil Scott said.
Bullied Cabot schoolgirl has nowhere else to go
“Trauma kids” – including students living in homes where substance abuse is prevalent – are responsible for some of the chaotic conditions in Cabot schools.
Gender indoctrination in Vermont schools
A Study of informed consent for minors.
(Originally published at True North Reports on December 1, 2021.)
New Jersey man shot in Hardwick
Hardwick Police Chief Michael Henry said Wednesday morning that nobody was in custody and officers were seeking the shooter.
Super Tuesday school budget revote results: two yes, six no
Yesterday, six school budget revotes went down to defeat, bringing the total number of twice-rejected budgets to 11 statewide.
VT Headlines: Family of 4 earning $124,000 qualifies for child care subsidy
In October, families of four earning $179,000 will be eligible for state child care assistance.
Vermont’s only billionaire overcame death of father in WWII, crippling childhood disease
His father commanded a WWII submarine that sank in 1942 with all hands. As a boy he suffered osteomyelitis, requiring surgeries and years of walking on crutches.
Here she is! Miss Vermont crowned April 14
With a Community Service Initiative called “Green for Good,” Seery plans to advocate for sustainable practices.
Advocates press for Universal Holocaust Education
Can history be taught in Vermont schools without teaching the Holocaust?
Roper: Clean Heat Standard too complicated to implement
Nearly a year after passage the most basic concepts around “the plan” remain unaddressed.
Teen entrepreneur wins full ride to UVM with ‘Shark Tank’ style win
UVM’s new ‘Shark Tank’-style competition rewards high school entrepreneurs making a difference in their communities.
As ‘Super Tuesday’ looms, three school budgets pass Monday
SUPER TUESDAY – how voters decide on seven school budgets today could affect educational funding reform coming out of the State House.
A message from incoming Education Secretary Zoie Saunders
“I know that when we come together as a community, our students’ potential is limitless. I look forward to earning – and keeping – your trust.”
Student documentary looks at VTSU library controversy
Five VTSU Castleton students, professor have created a documentary following the controversial, and now rescinded, decision to get rid of all VTSU libraries.
Homes for sale down 86% since 2016/ Crumbling schools need $6 billion
Faced with an 86% shrinkage in homes for sale, the Legislature is looking at Act 250 reforms and increasing temporary housing funding.
VT Headlines: BIPOC homeowner program grows
BIPOC Vermonters are getting a hand up in first-time homeowning.
Judge orders teen gang member detained
Concepcion is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of store clerk Daryus “Swaggy” Clarke at a smoke-shop known as “The Plug” in the Richmond Hills section of Queens, N.Y. in March 2023.
Vermont allocates moose hunting permits for 2024
The science-based hunt is expected to result in a harvest of about 94 moose, or about 10 percent of the current moose population in Wildlife Management Unit E.
Brothers from Vermont light up Taylor Swift…and the world
The brothers’ art-filled upbringings have taken them from auditoriums in Randolph to arenas and stages worldwide.
Connelly: Homeless suffer under broken system
A quick look at the Internet provides ample evidence a lot of people in Vermont and around the country don’t have a place to live or enough food to eat.
Harrison: Now you see it, now you don’t
The House Ways & Means Committee proposed significant changes to Vermont’s education financing system, incl. limits on
future school budget increases.
Comedian to speak at Pregnancy Center banquet
Guest speaker Mike G. Williams is a nationally known comedian and writer who has a passion for life.
CLG: U.S. renews domestic spying program
Bird flu spreads to 3 more Michigan commercial dairy farms; Iran attacks Israel: Tehran launches retaliatory strikes after airstrike on its consulate in Syria
Fish & Wildlife/coyote bill, ghost guns, fossil fuel divestment in House committees
A hunting ‘reform’ bill that passed with tepid support in the Senate will be discussed in a House committee this week.
Collective bargaining constitutional amendment hearing Tuesday night
Should the right to collective bargaining be enshrined in the Constitution?
Supreme Court says VT Gas pipeline changes needed state OK
The Public Utilities Commission shouldn’t have given Vermont Gas a pass on post-permit changes to its pipeline construction, the Vermont Supreme Court says.
Property tax revolt continues Saturday with another No
Voters in the only interstate school district rejected their school budget Saturday. So did Essex/Westford voters last Tuesday. Revised budgets in six school districts will go before voters on Tuesday.
It’s not the Eclipse, but….
Annual spectacle of steelhead trout at Willoughby Falls. 100th anniversary of Burlington Country Club. Rescue horses looking for new home. Federal Farm Bill review.
High court rules against Good Samaritan PTSD suit
Five months after the brain matter of a Middlebury highway flagger splattered her clothing, the plaintiff was diagnosed with PTSD.
Driver throws youth from truck
Police seeking the driver of the pickup truck from which a youth was thrown.
VT Headlines: More E-bikes mean more ER visits
Fun, fuel-efficient….and potentially fatal.
Dems hold unpublicized meetings to pick Mazza successor
The executive committees in Colchester and Grand Isle counties both moved quickly and quietly to begin the process of picking a new state senator.
Friday at Four: White, gun-totin’ liberal crimewave?/ 2024 Property Tax Revolt continues/ EVs and the Eclipse
First it was the shooting of three Palestinians. Then someone set Bernie Sanders’ outer office on fire. What do the suspects have in common?
NYC teen gang member sought for killing arrested in Enosburg
Concepcion allegedly shot a man during robbery of a NYC marijuana dispensary. He’s also a person of interest in two Burlington slayings.
Senate passes bill banning ‘stealthing’ — tampering with condoms without consent
The bill says if people agree to use protection before or during sex, neither party can remove or tamper with the condom without the other’s consent.
Tune in for Episode #2 of VDC TV’s “Friday at Four”
On today’s Friday at Four, we look at – Crazy, white, gun-totin’ liberals / Don’t look now, the Taxpayer Revolt continues/ Getting it Wrong with Hydro/ The eclipse and EV Fragility. Your real-time, online comments welcome!
School funding bill would raise property taxes, with bigger increase for business and renters
What is almost certain about the ‘foundational funding’ bill is the non-homestead rate will be increased to 18.57% while the homestead yield is 15.54%.
Evslin: Human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence
Teams of humans and AI agents will be the model for the organization of the future.
Another ‘second-try’ school budget rejected by voters
Yesterday, a Rutland-Addison school district became the latest to see its second-try school budget go down in flames.
Vermont tax proposals would leave the State and Vermonters behind
Even more concerning for Vermont is the research showing the negative relationship between income tax rates and gross domestic product.
“Existential threat’ of climate change, ratepayer shock won’t save Green River Hydro from state regulators
So what’s really going on here? Why is the State of Vermont willing to flick away a source of affordable, carbon free power that promotes tourism, created a beautiful state park, and even protects loons?
VT Headlines: Tesla holds grand opening in SoBu
The 1,000 current Tesla drivers in Vermont now have an instate service center.
The Manchester vampire menace
In the early 19th century, Manchester was gripped in fear and fascination by accounts of a vampire.
Thayer: Make Vermont affordable!
Vermont’s current tax system employed by the Legislature needs a true, absolute overhaul!
Fernandez: Bernie Sanders hates Israel
Bernie Sanders, like so many of his blue-hued fans, is blinded by Hamas’ heavyweight winning propaganda war against the featherweight of political fiction, Israel.
Roper: Lessons from the eclipse
Like Icarus consumed by arrogance, our elected representatives are heedless of the warnings, are taking us too close to the sun.
Tractor-trailer hits car head-on, kills Waitsfield woman
For reasons unknown, the TT left its lane and struck the Subaru head-on.
Senate bill targeting drug dealers would delay ‘raise the age’ law
The bill would hold drug sellers responsible for deaths caused by their distribution of laced drugs, even if doing so was down to mere carelessness.
Klar: New SEC climate rules are burdensome–but are they Constitutional?
Abusing power to strangle farms and the economy.
Burlington man arrested for threatening with knives / Feces dumped on car
Eww….Someone must have been pretty mad to do that.
Post office closes due to asbestos
Bernie wants a billion every year for Long Covid. Asbestos claims another public building, for a few months. Family Research Council comes to Waterbury. And ‘young Tom’ Salmon offers his problem-solving skills for conflict resolution of all kinds.
Fund education with 1% ‘transaction’ tax, senator proposes
The philosophy behind the broad-based transaction tax appears to be “many hands make light work.”
VT Headlines: Fed water rule means tighter control of PFAs
A new federal clean water rule could require more spending to reduce PFAs in Vermont drinking water.
Far-left liberal arts school closes its doors after declining enrollment
After more than 80 years of educating Vermonters and those from elsewhere, Goddard College is shutting down.
Dodge: Reforming Act 250
A path towards solving Vermont’s housing crisis.
Lyndon, St J. schools continue taxpayer revolt
School voters in the Northeast Kingdom joined voters in South Burlington and Georgia voting no, for a second time, on proposed school budgets.
Malone: EPA threatens locally produced beef
Mission Creep: Proposed EPA rule shuts down small meat producers
CLG: RFK Jr. will seek Libertarian Party Presidential nomination
Ukraine sponsoring terror in Russia; FBI agent reveals agents in January 6 protests, goading crowd to act criminally
Sanders torch suspect had AK-47, climate activist bomber book in Illinois cop stop
When stopped by police last year, Soghomonian had an AK-47 with two loaded magazines, 12 ounces of cannabis, and a book advocating sabotage as a form of climate activism.
Secretary of State Hanzas promotes ranked-choice voting
f a candidate receives more than half of the first choices, that candidate wins, just like in any other election. However, if there is no majority winner after counting the first choices, the race is decided by an instant runoff.
VT Headlines: USPS seeks 73-cent first class stamps
Better buy a few rolls of those Forever stamps soon.
Driving down memory lane at classic car shows
Exploring Vermont’s classic car events and shows.
Commodities broker would cause ecological devastation in Shaftsbury
These solar panel fields belong with the same type of construction that they embody, not in the middle of our natural landscapes, an opponent of an industrial solar plan says.
Legislators avoid pro-S.258 press conference
Bills with legs usually have a dozen or so legislators proudly standing in support at press conferences. Then, there’s S.258.
No impeachment for Grismore
Grismore’s alleged offenses “don’t meet the high bar for impeachment,” but he really should resign anyway, House Speaker Jill Krowinski said.
Sanders office torch suspect barricaded hotel door
Records show Soghomonian, 35, formerly of Northridge, CA, had lived for much of February and March at an inn on Williston Road in South Burlington.
Otterman: “Way up in Old Vermont”
Adapted from a poem by Eva Edgerton Ames circa 1924, from “Vermont Verse * An Anthology
LaMarche: A flawed attempt at inclusivity
Vermont’s Prop 4 represents a failed opportunity to truly move the needle in advancing justice and liberty for all.
Senators look to draft “Officers’ Code of Conduct,” support adult education, attract new workers
Do Vermont police need a code of conduct?
Vermont students to show off Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) skills
Bennington County Sheriff, James Gulley, Jr., who has headed up this competition for the past two years, as well as representatives of the Vermont Sheriff’s Association and Vermont State Police will be on hand to judge the competitions.
VT Headlines: CVU blows out SoBu to win Scholars Bowl crown
Redhawks win another title on the Gray Matter Gridiron. And….something about an eclipse?
Letter: The cost of the “equality” revolution
How I wish I had known what the “equality” revolution would cost Vermont and pay the likes of Bernie Sanders.
Vermont’s senators pitch bill to create extreme weather insurance for farms
In a survey by the state after last summer’s flooding, 70% of farmers said they didn’t have crop or livestock insurance.
Green Mountain Film Festival reboots after 4-year Covid break
The festival was on pause during the Covid-19 pandemic, and reviving it was no small feat.
Police interrogation bill faces veto risk
The bill would limit Vermont police interrogators from lying to detainees. But lawmakers doubled down on details that got last year’s version shot down.
Tax troubles? Vermont’s taxpayer advocate wants to help
He can’t fly or shoot lasers out his eyes, but he can do what many dread and few understand: taxes.
Dick Mazza resigns from Senate
“The Conscience of the Senate” has stepped down.
Roper: Left-wing logic: Nothing in Vermont Is affordable, why should energy be?
The bizarre testimony of the Renewable Energy Vermont executive director.
Mac Donald: Disparate impact thinking is destroying our civilization
The most consequential falsehood in American public policy today is the idea that any racial disparity in any institution is the result of racial discrimination
Klar: New ‘green’ building code to dominate housing construction
Consumers and local governments must bow to more government overreach.
CLG: Three injured in Ukrainian attack on Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant
CDC issues bird flu health alert to clinicians, state health departments, public after TX farmer infected; TN passes chemtrail bill banning airborne chemicals.
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