IDF Approves Plans for ‘Offensive in Lebanon’; Senate Armed Services Committee proposes draft registration for Women in FY25 Defense Policy Bill
CLG: Kansas sues Pfizer over ‘misleading’ Covid-19 vaccine claims
Banzhaf: DoJ refuses to prosecute AG, but an SC could
GOP should ask Court to appoint a non-statutory Special Counsel
Fires and swimming are prohibited at Fishing Access Areas
VT Fish & Wildlife reminds people that open fires and swimming are prohibited at all Vermont state fishing access areas.
Vermonters best pistol shots in U.S.
The championships are designed to test and enhance the marksmanship skills of National Guard members across the United States.
Vermont’s baby blues
Democratic states lead the U.S. birth dearth.
Worries mount over landfill plans
A special meeting of the Thetford Selectboard was held Monday evening about planning and public health concerns around the now-closed Post Mills landfill.
Modern seeds aren’t ready for changing climate
In a changing climate, smallholder farmers hold the key to feeding the world: adapting our seeds, UVM evolutionary biologist Yolanda Chen says
Klar: Furor over fake-meat bans?
Banning and labeling cell-cultured meats take a political controversy to boiling point.
Bluegrass Green Mountain style at the 23rd Annual Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival
The Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival is back for its 23rd year, bringing together bluegrass enthusiasts from across the country.
Gov. Phil Scott announces $1.7 million in Downtown Transportation Fund Grants
Since its inception in 1999, the program has invested more than $16 million in Vermont’s downtowns and villages.
New data shows abortion migration trend
People are travelling to abortion-on-demand states like Vermont to circumvent state abortion bans.
Multiple arrests result from incident in Burlington’s City Hall Park
Multiple individuals impeded what should have been a simple arrest, some with violence towards officers.
Puerto Rico Primary marred by issues with voting machines
Voting machines from Dominion Voting Systems allegedly miscounted hundreds of votes during Puerto Rico’s primary election on Tuesday.
Mayor dodges media interviews
Mulvaney-Stanak and her office has refused to return phone calls to local media members and ignored them when they meet up with her at public events.
Lawmakers call buying down tax rate “fiscally irresponsible” while overriding vetoes on big spending
During Monday’s veto session, lawmakers vetoed six out of seven bills that were rejected at the governor’s desk, likely to substantially drive up cost of living.
Law enforcement to expand targeting of dangerous driving
SHARP is continuing its Route 105 pilot enforcement program and expanding it to include the Chimney Corners area.
House Candidate engaging with law enforcement while campaigning
A candidate for Vermont House Bruce Roy of Williston is running as a Republican for the Chittenden County Southeast District.
Baby born roadside in Fairlee
Last week, one local couple had to improvise when the birth of their second child arrived while they were en route to the hospital.
LCC announces graduates of new leadership development program
The Lake Champlain Chamber is delighted to announce the first graduating class of Advance Champlain, a new skills-focused leadership development offering.
Husock: Can local journalism be saved?
A promising approach uses local philanthropy and know-how to offer trustworthy coverage not driven by fashionable political trends.
SoBu preps for Juneteenth
More homeless than ever. Burlington moving bus depot to discourage tent camps there.
SHORTS: Pick-your-own season/ Echo Lake Color Challenge/ Dobbs’ Decision picnic
Dobbs’ Decision 2nd anniversary picnic June 22; Echo Lake Color Challenge, July 7; Idle hands? Time to pick your own
Lawmakers weigh in as Vermont House overrides most of Gov’s vetoes
Vetoes overridden include public education funding, overdose prevention centers, Act 250 modernization, renewable energy legislation.
Fish and Wildlife to conduct Intro to Fishing clinics
Three of the currently scheduled clinics focus on a general introduction to fishing while a fourth will highlight worm drifting for trout in mountain streams.
Bean: Bringing more balance to the Legislature
If Governor Scott really is America’s most popular Governor with an 83% approval rating, why do Vermonters elect a supermajority that negates his veto power?
Being Red in a Blue environment
The free work shop seeks to tackle the challenges of being a conservative in a liberal-dominated environment.
CLG: House passes automatic men-only military draft resolution
Anthony Fauci’s department tried to create mutant monkeypox virus; COVID vax mandates deemed unconstitutional; ICE arrests ISIS-tied illegal migrants
Breaking: House easily overrides vetoes on school tax, Act 250 reform, safe injection sites, Renewable Energy Standard
Breaking news: House overrides vetoes on Act 250 reform, property tax hike, and safe injection site. More override votes to come….
Data privacy bill prohibits parental monitoring of minor’s data or location
The bill states that a parent shall not “monitor the online activity of a minor consumer or to track the location of the minor consumer without providing a conspicuous signal to the minor consumer when the minor consumer is being monitored or tracked.”
VT Headlines: Toll, Marcoux to lead Jenna’s Promise
The parents of Jenna Tatro, who died of a drug overdose, will hand over the reins of Jenna’s House to former Rep. Kitty Toll and county sheriff Roger Marcoux.
Out-of-state teens bagged in rural manhunt
The three teens are all due in criminal court on Monday after the Orleans County State’s Attorney’s Office decided they should be treated as adults for their dangerous misconduct, state police said.
Masked man robs vape store
Police and parents looking for teenager girl and boyfriend. Hardware store fire. Gunshots in Montpelier.
Act 250, housing, future of renewable power, on veto agenda Monday
Safe injection sites’, Act 250, and renewable power mandates and more were vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott. Will the Legislature override?
Help keep freedom alive: Share, Subscribe, Support
When the press can be counted on to take the government’s side, the cronies, corrupters, and grifters inside the government breathe a sigh of relief.
H. Brooke Paige withdraws from treasurer race, will focus on Secretary of state
Mr. Paige’s willingness to withdraw demonstrates the opportunity that young people have in the Republican party.
In remade studio, Friday at Four covers Plattergate, veto session, and iSun bankruptcy
What did House Speaker Jill Krowinski do to kill any hope of a negotiated property tax decrease? Also, Paul and Guy dish on Plattergate.
Plattergate! Veto Session maneuvering! Friday at Four airs in 30 minutes
Hopes to avoid a ruinous tax hike and elected officials’ entitlement are front and center on today’s Friday at Four.
Letters: GET REAL in Southern VT/ Biden’s house of cards is falling/ Plattergate response
The beginning of the Biden family’s fall.
A single-digit vs. double-digit property tax increase should be a simple choice
“Let me be clear: while the responsibility for rising property taxes rests squarely upon the shoulders of the Democrat supermajority”
Scott vetoes Act 250 reform
Supporters say it will spur much-needed housing construction, but critics (including Gov. Scott) say H.687 will do the opposite.
POLICE SHORTS: Kidnapping suspects caught, St. J. smokes robber on the loose
According to investigators, Seagroves had forcibly ordered a household member into a vehicle at baseball bat-point, driving off and causing bodily injury while restraining the victim.
Pipes: Why white men should celebrate Juneteenth
On Juneteenth, we should remember not only those freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, but those who fought and died to make it happen.
Vermont High School Rodeo Association sends nine riders to nationals
This competition in Iowa will allow for thousands of dollars in scholarships to be distributed to students of all different backgrounds.
Roper: Equity Advisory committee members souring on Clean Heat Standard
“A boondoggle that really is designed to support entrenched interests.”
VT Headlines: Mendon school budget passes
Another of the schools that voted against the school budget at Town Meeting votes yes on reconsideration of a revised budget.
Guy and Paul to guest host 9-11 AM today on WDEV ‘Vermont Viewpoint’
It’s Doubleheader Day for Guy and Paul today as we guest-host Vermont Viewpoint at 9 AM today on WDEV, and then go live for Friday at Four. Listen, call, comment!
Trooper, shooting victim ID’ed
Victim died of gunshots to neck and torso.
Reddit readers dish it out over Mulvaney-Stanak’s Plattergate
Plattergate? Reddit readers are eating it up, and dishing it out.
Creemee Cast: Talk about countercultural! Blue meets Red at Braver Angels
“If someone heard you talking about them, would they feel respected and understood?” The state coordinator of Braver Angels describes how red can talk with blue, and vice-versa.
Page: Property tax relief dies in petty act of arrogance
Krowinski blamed the governor for the coming train wreck of unaffordability, because – wait for it – Gov. Scott Didn’t Attend The Meeting In Person.
Burlington Mayor doubles down on free meals
“This is about community support and making sure people like me who are women, and a mom of young kids are able to serve,” Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak said.
Headlines: Suspected of ISIS ties, arrested on immigration violations
UVM seeks to double graduate school enrollment.
Wanted murderer arrested in Lunenburg
59-year-old William Hewlett and another man were found stabbed at Melrose Avenue in Brockton. Hewlett later died at the hospital.
Man drowns carrying daughter at Mad River swimming hole
Witnesses at the scene reported that Goddard was attempting to swim across the river with his young daughter on his back when he began to struggle.
Apparent drug user killed by state cop in struggle over shotgun
A struggle occurred between the man and the trooper while the trooper was attempting to secure the shotgun from within the man’s vehicle.
Bananas: Welcome to the Jungle
Hi on energy drinks, ambition and the need to save people from seclusion, the princess of fertility kindly donated multiple Starlink setups to the indigenous people of the Marubo tribe, known mostly for living off the land and minding their own business.
Sanders urges global tax on the ultrarich
Globalists want to tax the ultrawealthy.
Winooski market tends to immigrants’ tastes
Immigrant entrepreneur helps New Americans access the foods of their homelands and honor their heritage.
Dem House Speaker dismisses guv’s plan to cut 13.8% school tax hike as ‘election year politics’
Krowinski dismissed Scott’s proposed $124 million in savings as “nothing more than election year politics” because the governor didn’t deliver them in person.
State recognizes local foods incentive grantees
The Local Foods Incentive Grant program established in 2021 to encourage schools’ buying of local products.
Veto rally Saturday to precede Monday’s veto session
Activists and a legislator to speak at rally Saturday about veto session Monday.
CLG: Ukraine regime declares Trump, Ron Paul, and Libertarians “enemies”
Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan, U.S. cites ‘hopeful sign’; 4 Democratic leaders arrested, charged with ballot fraud in Bridgeport, CT
Bear with milk bucket on head rescued
“While we’re unsure of how the bear got stuck in the can and why it was drawn to it, this story serves as an important reminder of how curious and food-driven bears are,” Fish & Wildlife said.
Ellis: The Old Guard has departed, political realignment looms
The Vermont Democratic Party has decided not to send established figures like Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Instead, they are sending a group of very young delegates that includes a host of next-generation political activists.
DCF, Outright Vermont defend foster parent trans policy
Vermont Law and Graduate School Professor Jared Carter said this case is a test, questioning just how far the protections of the First Amendment really go.
Woman who shot firearms instructor charged with beating sleeping cellmate
The attack was made with a facility-issued tablet computing device and a lock that had been placed inside a sock, according to VSP Detective Trooper Vienna Gildea.
Creemee Cast: Rob Williams and Ian Baldwin of Our Geoengineering Age talk Green New Deal and real environmentalism
Our Geoengineering Age is a website dedicated to Geoengineering, practice that involves deliberate activities to change any of Earth’s biogeochemical systems, preeminently the climate, either through manipulation of the atmosphere’s chemical composition or through heating the upper atmosphere with electromagnetic technologies.
Newport-linked defense contractor to pay $2.5M to resolve false claims allegations
Galvion, headquartered in Montreal, manufactures protective head systems for use by law enforcement and military personnel, including the U.S. military.
SHORTS: Presidential elections & civil war/ Barre bust/ Prosecutor, policeman promoted/ Rutland rental rehab $$
We are hearing threats of civil war if our current presidential election doesn’t go a certain way. Lest we think this was unique, an Ethan Allen Homestead presentation will analyze the elections of 1800, 1824, and 1876 which threatened similar results – and the 1860 election that did.
MacDonald: Of course, Vermont has an unconstitutional religious test
The religious test is not a fluke. It is evidence that the patients are running the asylum. You can see the results. Higher taxes. Declining services. Dumber students. Increased lawlessness. Drug crimes. Drug deaths. And the only answer the inmates can think of is for you to give them more money and power.
Jury finds Hunter Biden guilty in Delaware gun case
Hunter Biden faces up to 10 years in prison on the first two counts and five years on the third count. President Joe Biden claims he won’t intervene.
Campus food pantries meet hidden needs of VT college students
These types of food pantries exist on college campuses across Vermont. And they’re fairly new — the one here didn’t exist until 2020.
Free meal train set up for Burlington mayor’s family
Free meals for the busy young couple earning $250K between them, bestowed by what the meal-train organizer refers to as the mayor’s ‘entourage.’
Roper: Who’s banning books now?
Burlington library won’t share women’s rights advocate Riley Gaines’ “Swimming Against the Current”
Dame: VTGOP chair responds to party rule prohibiting support for convicted felons
It’s worth noting that Several Vermont Democrats have committed crimes and Democrat party rules have not prevented them from serving.
Vermont tops nation in fastest-rising home prices
“The average Vermont home value is $392,682, up 4.7% over the past year and goes to pending in around 9 days,” -Zillow
Despathy: Details matter
Plain and simple, the supermajority chose REV and VPIRG, special interest groups, and their high cost, impulsive Renewable Energy Standard.
New state laws fight back against out-of-state drug gangs
Drug crime – trafficking and drug use itself, dealers’ violence, desperate customers committing property crimes – is up. Police hiring is still down.
VT Headlines: mapping wildlife routes
State keeping track of wildlife crossings.
Burlington Police dealing with “more incidents than at any point in half a decade”
KeepVermontSafe.com tracks the work of law enforcement across Vermont. A recent report focuses on Burlington’s continued struggle to staff the BPD following the 2020 defunding initiative.
Chaotic night stretches Burlington Police resources thin
Lack of staffing led to Burlington PD almost being overwhelmed last night in a flurry of mayhem.
Letters: Brook on global war/ Ericson on pot party/ Mauti on Payne
Global war is worse for the environment than CO2 emissions; Cris Ericson for US Senate running under new VT Marijuana Party; Jan Payne of Andover for State Rep.
Fire breaks out at encampment under Blue Bridge, man injured
Crews from both the Burlington and Winooski Fire Departments worked together to evacuate the area and quickly extinguish the flames before they could spread further.
Hartford High School pushes DEI & failed pseudo-science in school
Hartford HS’s DEI survey uses leading questions to justify school policies, not seek straightforward feedback.
Federal judge sides with Okemo, rejects latest claim for paralyzed skier
The court case stems from a ski accident on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Richard Grajeda, then 21, was heading down a beginner’s trail at Okemo about 10 a.m. when he fell.
NY joins VT in its ban on ‘addictive’ social media algorithms for minors
The “New York Child Data Protection Act” was approved by the NY State Legislature on Friday.
Rising interest rates, falling rate subsidy plague SunCommon parent filing for bankruptcy
“These cuts represent the seventh reduction to net metering compensation since 2017, a period that has seen a 32% drop in net metering installations,” Peter Sterling of industry trade group Renewable Energy Vermont said June 5.
School community frazzled after anonymous social media site abused by students
The app Fizz has now been banned from use at the school. The whole scandal caught the attention of national media. “Anonymity and youth, what could go wrong?”
Despathy: Advice from a Vermont environmentalist
The RES Series, Part II: The advice of Annette Smith, Executive Director, Vermonters for a Clean Environment (VCE).
VT Headlines: DCF too zealous in taking children from parents
In just over four years, all 30 abuse substantiations appeals were overturned or dismissed. The incentive for DCF workers to take children into custody relates back to a case in 2014 when a child was killed.
Thurston: Vermont’s largest solar company on verge of collapse. Time to rethink energy policy
With iSun filing for bankruptcy, one might wonder if legislators will think twice about overriding the Governor’s veto of H.289.
Berlin auto parts manager to plead to $600K fraud
McLane would order vehicle suspension lift kits valued at $2,300 to $2,900 each and then steal them by selling them on Facebook at substantially discounted prices, the criminal charge notes.
LaMarche: Decency in decay
Mayor Stanak is knowingly eliciting another eventual confrontation and dispersant of at least one if not many, encampments.
BSD and BPD joint statement regarding incident in YES Program
Friday, BPD and representatives met with the students impacted by this situation for a restorative circle.
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Vermont
This week we celebrate the first Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) in Vermont starting work in Danby, June 5, 1933.
Sentenced in 2010 for coke, Kajuan Woods of Brooklyn busted this month for selling fentanyl
Kajuan Woods, 35, appeared briefly before Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle in federal court late Thursday afternoon
Despathy: Steamrolling Vermonters one law at a time
The RES Series Part I: The interests of renewable energy industrialists versus those of Vermont and the the environment.
Roper: Who wins “Biggest Dunce” award for the Biennium?
To celebrate BTL’s 150th post, cast your vote for who made the biggest ass of themselves in the 2023-4 legislative session.
Scott vetoes school tax bill
“Vermonters cannot afford a double-digit property tax increase. Especially while facing a historic eight-percent property tax increase last year, a 20% increase in DMV fees, a new payroll tax taking effect July 1, increased fuel costs to heat homes and businesses from the Clean Heat Standard, and increased electric costs if my veto of the Renewable Energy Standard is not sustained,” Scott said.
Stefanik, whose district borders Vermont, on VP shortlist
A faithful Trump supporter in Congress, Elise Stefanik could become the first Republican woman vice-president.
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