The Vermont House of Representatives passed S.18 – An act relating to banning flavored tobacco products and e-liquids. The roll call vote was 83-53, with a handful of Democrats and Progressives joining all but one Republican in opposing the measure.
Cows on Trial in New York
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed suit against the world’s largest beef producer, JBS USA Food Company, claiming its false advertising of climate-remediation efforts induced consumers to purchase products that are not environmentally friendly.
Rearranging One Deck Chair on the Sinking Clean Heat Standard
With just a few days to go before crossover (the day the Senate has to pass its bills over to the House for consideration and vice versa), the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee finally took up discussion of the glaring defects – or, well, maybe one of them — in Act 18, the Clean Heat Standard, which they passed last year over the Governor’s veto.
Night Cap: Novel Lithium Extraction Method Unveiled in Utah
A revolutionary new technology to extract precious lithium from brine water is poised to be deployed in the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The element lithium is essential to electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing, for batteries and eventual grid storage capacity.
Ignore Voters, Dictate to Media, Threaten to De-Platform Republican Lawmakers
If Democrat Senators got an earful from their constituents about rising property taxes, rising crime, and the cost of housing while they were home, it was nothing like what they heard from Senate President Pro Tem.
Mid-Vermont Christian School Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction This Saturday
The Mid-Vermont Christian School is having its annual silent auction with dinner fundraising event this Saturday at the Firestone Inn in West Lebanon, NH. Dinner typically includes your choice of beef, chicken, seafood or vegetarian entrée. The large banquet room at the Firestone Inn will be set up with large auction tables covered in a … Read more
Whistleblower: VA Hospitals Can’t Hire Staff But They Have Money for This!
One whistleblower has a way of encouraging others, and we’ve had several reach out regarding VA facilities in New England. Our Manchester VA whistleblower inspired this latest report from a new whistleblower who says they are sick of the poor leadership.
Hartford Pledges Allegiance To Religious Cult Activism
The process of entering into a cult is often confusing and at the same time exhilarating. Cults are built on a few key characteristics, namely specialized status for members and adherents who are taught and thus believe they have ascended to a superior understanding of the world. This newfound superiority brought by special knowledge (re: … Read more
It’s Time to G.E.T. R.E.A.L. About Vermont’s Future
Our state is facing multiple crises, mostly self-inflicted, the result of policies enacted by a Democrat supermajority made up of activists who are either out of touch with the real needs of Vermonters or are too wrapped up in their own ideology to care.
More Money Will Only Make The “Public Education Problem” Worse
Vermont taxpayers are screwed. Their Democrat majority government can override any Phil Scott Veto (assuming he’s not also part of the problem) and where there are Democrats, there will be higher taxes and little or nothing to show for the taking. The failed public education experiment is a great example.
Biden Winning in 2024 is More Urgent Than … Climate Change.
After investing billions of taxpayer dollars in electric vehicles (EVs), the Biden administration is making a sharp dogleg on ambitious targets for implementation. In an effort to court United Auto Workers (UAW) ahead of the 2024 election, President Joe Biden is now seeking a bevy of delays in his climate change plans.
How a ’70s Punk Rock Band Predicted Modern America
America’s surreal course under social justice dogma has veered the nation away from its Judeo-Christian, covenantal foundations toward a neo-Marxist destruction that is targeting all things good.
Thirty-One School & Supervisory Districts Reject Town Meeting Budgets
The total number of known Vermont school districts and supervisory unions that rejected proposed school budgets at Town Meetings now stands at 31.
Vermont Must Cap Individual Property Tax Increases
The massive property tax increase coming our way as the result of an education funding system gone out of wildly control poses the very real threat of forcing some – perhaps many – Vermonters out of their homes. It will certainly cause painful choices for household budgets, making it even harder make ends meet in the Green Mountain State.
Will Legislators Fix Their Clean Heat Standard Catastrophe?
Last spring, it looked like the Clean Heat Standard (S.5/Act 18) was headed for a second successful veto by Governor Scott when Senator Jane Kitchel (D-Caledonia) rescued the “Rube Goldberg” carbon tax on home heating fuels from the abyss by inserting a so-called “check back” clause into the bill.
As 16 and 17-Year-Olds Get Ready to Vote in Brattleboro … Why Doesn’t That Violate the State Constitution?
One thing you can say about the left is that they do not squander their majorities with concerns about how the electorate (or their respective bureaucratic states) will view their priorities. They just do it.
Burlington Crime Up 23% This Year
The February Burlington Police Chief’s Report is out, and though only two months into the year already, the data is continuing to trend upward.
The report states, “Incidents in 2024 are up 23% compared to 2023. BPD is addressing more incidents than in years with 50% fewer patrol officers.
Super Tuesday: Trump Wins Everything … Except Vermont [Haley Drops Out]
After Super Tuesday, we can see why Vermont may never be a Red State again. Half of Vermont Republicans think Nikki Haley is what America needs, and 1.4% chose Chris Christie. The other Northeast Super Tuesday states went for Trump, as did every other state that voted yesterday.
Vermont’s Education Property Tax System Is Not Broken
Vermonters head into town meeting week with a massive property tax increase looming over our heads, as much as 40 percent in some communities. There is a collective wail on Front Porch Forum and on social media, at least in my town of Stowe, that “the system is broken!” No, it’s not.