Following a number of unusual weather events here in Vermont in the past year, more and more people are questioning the “natural” causes of these disasters.
‘Geoengineering Resistance’ group gathers
Bill promotes state loan forgiveness for Vermont Law School
A new bill would provide loan forgiveness to Vermont Law School graduates who pledge their services to the State.
CLG: Israel accepts ceasefire deal
U.S. set to strike Iraq and Syria over multiple days in response; U.S. has built up military stash for potential Taiwan war; Oregon Supreme Court stops 10 GOP lawmakers from running for re-election
Fired Woodstock Coach settles federal lawsuit
Terms will be announced later; doesn’t get job back
Did Boston Globe writer nudge woman to take her life under VT aide-in-dying law?
Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen signed a form, required under Vermont law, that Lynda Bluestein of Connecticut was in a clear state of mind when she made the decision to end her life.
Juvenile arrested for ‘Get Yours’ burglary, biting cop, stealing car
After the juvenile was in custody, he (or she) bit and assaulted two officers, police say.
Klar: Shockwaves coming from the commercial real estate crisis
Taxes, inflation, vacancies, and shoplifting becoming too hard to bear.
VT Headlines: Catamount Ski Trail celebrates 40 years of cross-country skiing across Vermont
Sen. Peter Welch calls on tech CEOs to protect children online; Mass. driver dies in crash with train in Royalton, 1st Breeze Airways flight lands at Burlington airport
JAM: Shouldn’t impeachment panel have known?
“Are you telling me the witch-hunt of Grismore conjured up by the Speaker, led by representatives Martin Lalonde and Mike McCarthy, held in secret behind closed doors, took over a year before they realized they couldn’t impeach him?” We’ll find out, Steve.
Bossange: The high cost of not developing low-income housing
We need to accept the reality that 71,500 Vermonters live in poverty, with too many now homelessness. All Vermonters need a place to call home. Either we pay now or we pay more later.
MacDonald: Democrats drove the Putney Paper Mill out of business
Every industry in the state except for the government is at risk; according to USA Facts, the government is the biggest business in Vermont and is only likely to get bigger.
McGuinness: Proposition 4 is reparations, Oprah-style
Victim mentality running amok.
Roper: The Mafia-style corruption in the Clean Heat Standard
Lawmakers to give cronies literal license to steal.
New biomass plant planned for NEK
A 2.2 megawatt wood-chip burning plant is proposed for the St. Johnsbury industrial park.
National militia ban bill resembles Vermont 2023 bill
A Vermont firearms policy expert warned that this bill could be used to suppress peaceful demonstrations.
Grismore impeachment unlikely, impeachment panel leaders say
The frustrated co-chair of the House impeachment investigation panel says Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore can’t be impeached under current Vermont law and Constitution.
VT Headlines: VT maple producers told to look out for invasive beetle
City workers clear out Battery Street Encampment; Life without a post office leaves Montpelier area residents scrambling; Rutland Regional Medical Center expands mental health services
Letter: S.5 data collection may violate right to privacy
Due to the reporting and video, it is clear the State of Vermont is collecting my data directly from fuel companies that I privately buy from.
Get your Vermont Strong-Darn Tough bundle while it lasts
Get your Vermont Strong license plate and Darn Tough sock bundle to help support flood victims before the Legislature puts a stop to it
All tax and fee revenues up in December
Good news for the big spenders in the Legislature, bad news for the austerity-minded.
Vermont habitat stamp raises $656,000 for conservation in 2023
Matching funds for habitat projects sponsored by the stamp have come from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program.
Education funding headed for cliff: why?
Act 127 has given everyone a perverse incentive to spend with abandon.
Burlington City Council punts on housing plan
Paul Bean reports on pushback against Burlington’s housing density plan. A taxpayer unhappy with big spending on diversity office. And a video on BPD Community Service Officers – all in today’s Burlington Daily News.
This week in Senate committees: STD shots without parental consent, wealth tax, Office of New Americans
Children 12 and over could receive treatment for STDs without parental consent if a bill under Senate committee review this week becomes law.
Conservative books ‘banned’ from Vermont school libraries
Banning conservative books by non-selection.
Baker: Shots fired, cops called, no-one came
The point of this true story is that no one is coming to save you. You must save yourself. We are inches away from a world where the Rule of Law is nonexistent.
Wilson: Chicken slaughter bill a bright spot
Not every bill in the Legislature is a bad idea…..
Fatal lung disease found in Vermont
Cases of a sometimes fatal lung disease normally found along the nation’s major lakes and rivers are being seen in north-central Vermont. Researchers don’t know why.
Fireovid: Legislature considers Defend the Guard Act
The Vermont Defend the Guard Act is part of a nationwide effort to return control of state militias to the states and to the U.S. Congress as specified in the U.S. Constitution
VT Headlines: Uncovered email of former Newport mayor raises ethical, legal concerns
VTSU announces 3.5% tuition hike; Anglers celebrate annual ice fishing festival; Forestry experts meet to discuss industry issues; Drone flying tournament takes place in Springfield
McCormick: Weatherization crews deserve our respect
The General Assembly (G.A.) cannot enforce us to abandon our cars or oil heaters.
Harrison: Budget and barb
In his Budget address, Gov. Scott called for cooperation and urged the Legislature to recognize the budget pressures in a year after record spending and with pandemic aid drying up.
Ambulance thief suspect found dead of OD in car
Police say the man who stole and crashed the Burlington ambulance sent to save his life in November died of an overdose in his vehicle in Colchester.
Understaffed Orange County Sheriff’s Dept. loses county seat contract to Windsor
The county sheriff’s budget hole got deeper when the selectboard of Chelsea, the county seat, contracted for police coverage with nearby Windsor County.
Roper: Clean Heat Standard exploding on the launch pad
A perfect storm of legislative incompetence and bureaucratic bumbling.
Readers wonder why Phil Scott didn’t sign Texas border letter. Guv explains why
“The Governor is asked to join on to many national-level letters, and we decided long ago to prioritize bipartisan requests that originate from the National Governors Association,” Maulucci said.
Expand Dr. Dynasaur to age 26, Committee chair urges her committee
H721 also would increase DD reimbursement rates to health care providers.
Warner: At Hartford selectboard, views exchanged over Drag Story Hour
Several Hartford residents chided Selectboard Member Lannie Collins for his statement made regarding Drag Queen Story Hour.
Bill requires universal mental health screening in schools
Powerful legislators say ‘hold up there, friend!’ to school boards padding their budgets at the expense of other school districts.
Illegal immigrant smuggler suspect earned $1,000 per person
Garcia-Flores reported it was his fourth time recently guiding illegal immigrants into the United States. He had brought nine undocumented aliens during the three earlier operations. He said he is paid $1,000 per illegal immigrant.
VT Headlines: Statehouse honors Holocaust Remembrance Day
Sen. Sanders to meet with first responders, hoping for federal support; Schools adopt new suicide prevention guidelines; Vermont College of Fine Arts Is Looking for a Buyer
Student praises school choice to Legislature
“I think there’s a misconception that private schools are just for rich, privileged kids,” the eighth grader said.
“Work for us instead of against us,” CFV Petition to Listen asks legislators
“We need to shift our climate change strategy towards resiliency efforts – building dams, flood barriers, and other infrastructure to protect us from the impacts of climate change,” the petition urges the Legislature.
CLG: U.S. to redeploy nuclear weapons in UK
Sky News apologizes over IDF ‘Nazi’ comparison; Record 302,000 migrants crossed the border in December – including 19 on FBI terror watchlist; RFK Jr. signals he’s open to running Libertarian in 2024
McEnany: In memory of Martin Luther King Jr.
His work is a stark contrast to what we see today in the U.S., with any and every excuse given to divide us. We seem to have turned to violence and destruction with very little regard for humanity.
Bananas: Journalism lay-off pandemic sweeps across America to Vermont
Investigative journalists are dropping like a congressional aide’s pants across the U.S. as main stream media lays-off thousands.
Arson in Randolph
Police say he entered the home and lit the flammable device.
Feds charge Hardwick man in joyride
A well-traveled man has been ordered jailed after authorities said he stole a U.S. Forest Service vehicle in Manchester, took it on a joy ride throughout Vermont and the Northeast.
Fernandez: October 7, or what’s behind Israel’s 9/11?
October 7th was about Arabs taking Palestine back by force and moving it back into the House of Islam, or Dar Al Islam.
Shot to death in car, bludgeoned to death for mistaken drug debt
A Glover man was bludgeoned to death in a case of mistaken identity. Until recently the cause of death also was mistaken.
Lawmakers considering having Vermont taxpayers pay for slavery
One point emphasized by Legislative Counsel Tucker Anderson was that the task force can only make recommendations, the power to set policy remains with elected legislators.
VT Secretary of State promotes college student voter registration
The founder of the national group invited to register Vermont college students is a former senior campaign aide to Hillary Clinton and New Jersey Sen. Corey Booker.
Brennan: It’s time for Vermont lawmakers to put flavor bans to rest
Legislators would be well served to consider policies that would bolster education and training practices that continue to meet the objective, drive down youth tobacco use.
Roper: Get ready for $800 million in higher electric costs, just cuz
More ideological virtue signaling with other people’s money.
VT Headlines: Library pays century-old debt to help with flood recovery
House advances ‘life raft’ budget adjustment to help flood-affected municipalities; Proposed agreement to expand UVM student housing moves forward
Vermont prosecutor arrested for DUI
Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos was arrested for suspicion of driving while under the influence Thursday evening after she showed up at the scene of a suspicious death in Bridport.
Klar: A tale of two billionaire farmers
What Mark Zuckerberg’s cows tell us.
Green: Crime and Concerns in Morristown
Morristown held its second community Crime and Concerns meeting at the People’s Academy auditorium this past Monday night.
Despathy: Moving past the covid hysteria, settling back into the science
As the censorship stranglehold loosens, risks, impacts and new findings related to covid injections are surfacing.
Five Burlington students named 2024 Presidential Scholars
Five Vermont Presidential Scholars from Burlington were honored at the Vermont State House January 22.
Accused drug dealer ‘Stop Sign’ faces 20 years
About 85 grams of suspected cocaine base, 25 grams of suspected fentanyl, and multiple digital scales were found.
Homeless hotel residents to get back ‘their’ $3,300 security deposit
The State of Vermont paid $3300 security deposits to a homeless hotel owner. He kept some of the money. Now he has to give it back – to the former residents.
Feds, banks colluded to snoop on religious, gun-owning Americans without warrant
If the FBI’s and FinCEN’s collusion with banks is any indication, the Left plan to “extinguish all bigoted beliefs” involves extinguishing one constitutionally guaranteed freedom at a time.
Urgent care mental health clinic gets private grant
The clinic is billed as an alternative to going to hospital emergency rooms, where a crush of people in mental health crisis have overwhelmed staff and services, leading to ‘wait times’ of hours and in some cases days.
VT Headlines: Burlington authorities try to clear Battery Street homeless encampment
Implementation of Vt. nursing licensure compact proves costly; Bristol woman pleads guilty to plotting with son to kill her husband in Hinesburg; Vt. health officials tell lawmakers to reject cannabis potency proposal
Gorman: Energy industry bill disenfranchises Vermonters
Rather than replace wild living trees with industrial dead solar panels, rather than surrender the Biosphere and the Ethnosphere to the Technosphere, we need to start saving every wild acre left.
Economists bullish about Vermont’s economy
Brushing aside previous concerns about a mild recession, Vermont’s economists told panel members that the economy and the state’s revenues are strengthening.
What’s a mobile home park? A Vermont House bill could change the definition
The bill, H.618, aims to expand the legal definition of mobile home parks to include communities of mobile home owners who own their own lots.
Walgreens in Vermont fined for Covid-era ‘vaccination errors’
Covid-era labor shortages and high demand for vaccines led to poor working conditions and medication/vaccination errors at Vermont’s largest drug store chain.
Stack: Vermont’s education-budget sausage grinding continues
The Act 127 & 173 Follies!
Goddard College closes campus, uninhabited residence halls remain
On Tuesday Goddard College in Plainfield formally shut down on-campus programs in favor of an online-only model which is anticipated to last at least a year.
NRA to testify against ‘ghost gun’ bill
A ‘ghost gun’ and juvenile crime bill appealing to both gun controllers and law ‘n order conservatives will be reviewed in Senate Judiciary Thursday.
Bennington bomb suspect detained
Hayes, 41, intended to use the bomb against the next person who angered him or disrespected him, court records allege.
No place to treat Vermont’s violent children
“In the last year we have seen a higher prevalence of gang activity amongst our youth where they are making videos talking about killing one another, we have seen in the news kids dying, being shot either accidentally or as a result of homicide,” a DCF worker reported to the Legislature.
Scott budgets for psychiatric youth facility, housing and disaster relief – but no new taxes and fees
“Our communities and all those looking for, or struggling to afford, a decent home – they don’t have the lobbyists, the money, or the time to push back on the campaigns we’ve already started to see, to keep you from taking action,” Scott told legislators.
Wilson: VPIRG wants Climate Superfund to pay for U.N. agenda
Everything runs on oil products – right or wrong – and no one can change the whole world.
VT Headlines: Bennington Man charged with possession of a bomb
Vermont woman admits to planning husband’s death; Slate Ridge case now before the Vermont Supreme Court; GlobalFoundries donates high-tech equipment to local high school
Proposed constitutional amendment enhances equality – but not for religion
A previous version of Proposition 4 from 2019 included “religion” between “sex” and “disability.” No more. Some demand to know why.
CLG: Trump cruises in New Hampshire primary election, Haley vows to fight on
Biden wins write-in vote in New Hampshire; U.S. launches new round of airstrikes in Iraq; U.S., Allies Conduct New Strikes Against 8 Houthi Targets in Yemen; Ocean freight rates skyrocketing
Keelan: Requirements to become a town treasurer: not much
Your local licensed barber has far greater required qualifications.
BREAKING NEWS: Senate sustains bottle bill veto
The bottle bill reform bill has failed, thanks to the Senate this morning sustaining Gov. Phil Scott’s veto. No 5 cents back for fruit drink bottles and cans.
Lawmakers will tackle carbon reductions, slavery reparations, library book controversies and more
These bills will be reviewed in legislative committees this week. For more information, including times and agenda, see weekly schedule.
Constitution change would give Legislature more power over sheriffs
“The General Assembly may establish by law qualifications for the election to and holding of such office and procedures for removal from such office for failure to meet or to maintain the required qualifications.”
“You’re all snakes, bro,” 8X F’bomber tells federal court
“I’m done. You all are snakes, bro. You’re (expletive) snakes,” the accused drug dealer and killer said during a 41-minute hearing in U.S. District Court on Friday afternoon.
After Netanyahu rejects two-state solution, Bernie calls for funding cuts
Netanyahu says a Palestinian state would become a launching ground for further attacks against Israel.
Suspect took bar patrons hostage, made Molotov cocktails
A woman inside with her friend described the moment when Lee, amidst a police presence outside, began crafting Molotov cocktails. Reacting to the escalating danger, she grabbed a bar stool, struck Lee, and fled with her friend.
VT Headlines: Vermont public transit system faces funding crisis
21 skiers and snowboarders rescued from Killington’s backcountry Saturday; Northfield woman receives nearly 170 gallons of free fuel from nonprofit; Vt. Organic Farming Association receives $1 million
Feds spend big for Vermont climate mitigation planning
The $2.5 million grant (plus $456K for staff) is “phase one of a two-phase funding opportunity aimed to support Vermont with climate change mitigation planning efforts.”
Eshelman: School closing bill the point of the tyrannical spear
H.634 is the point of the tyrannical spear aimed to eliminate the statutory language that has empowered Vermont’s School Choice programs for decades.
Head-on collision in fourth DUI
An Island Pond man pleaded guilty to DUI-4 and other charges almost three years after his truck collided with a van.
Three dead in Littleton
Especially lethal drugs are suspected. Tell your drug-abusing friends and loved ones.
Roper: The last Democrat pay raise bill was greedy. This one’s also corrupt.
“Poverty for thee, but not for me!”
Mary Fletcher Hospital opened 145 years ago today
Pioneering medical education in Vermont: January 22, 1879
State climate agenda required to deliver federal $$$, Climate councilor tells legislature
Vermont received $32 million of federal carrots to set carbon reduction goals.
Eviction not allowed because lease expires, Montpelier charter change proposes
Landlords won’t be allowed to make tenants leave just because their lease has expired, a proposed Montpelier city charter change says.
VT Headlines: Mayor Miro Weinberger proposes increase of public safety tax
VTSU offers free tuition for some in-state students; More Vermont police departments eyeing EVs; Stolen car damages South Burlington Police cruisers
CLG: Florida Gov. DeSantis drops out, endorses Trump
WHO director calls for world pandemic treaty to prepare for Disease X; UN condemns Ukrainian attack that killed 27 civilians in Russian city; U.S. preparing for ‘sustained’ Yemen bombing campaign
MacDonald: NH seeks to ban cloud seeding and other atmospheric geoengineering
If we lack any sense of transparency, limits, or regulation, we might find ourselves subject to man-caused atmospheric effects without knowledge of recourse.
No law against snow on your car, but….
There’s no law (yet) against driving your car with a foot of snow on the roof. But Montpelier police warn what can happen if you do.
Paul: Lessons from the Great Covid Cover-up
We the American people must not allow bureaucratic “experts” to endanger our lives, lie to us, or curtail our constitutional rights. Never again.
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