Roll Call: Senate Blocks Moratorium On Public Schools “Going Independent”
COLLINS AMENDMENT to H.521- AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO EDUCATION LAW . FAILED in the State Senate on May 9, 2013 by a vote of 12-14 ....
Roll Call: Senate Votes for $50 Million Property Tax Increase
H.265- AN ACT RELATING TO THE EDUCATION PROPERTY TAX RATES AND BASE EDUCATION AMOUNT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 . PASSED in the State Senate on May 13, 2013 by...
Commentary: Should the Legislature Get Access to our Personal and Business Tax Returns?
by William Sayre (MAY 12, 2013) As often happens in Montpelier in the month of May, a little noticed provision in major piece of legislation, erupts in controversy,...
Commentary: The Continual Tax Raising Mania
by John McClaughry (MAY 12, 2013) As the 2013 legislative session crawls to its conclusion, a lot of Vermonters are probably wondering why the main business of that...
Come Celebrate EAI’s 20th Anniversary!
You are cordially invited to The Ethan Allen Institute’s 20th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Roasting of founder John McClaughry by Ethan Allen Institute co-Founder John M. Mitchell Governor Jim...
Commentary: The “90 Percent” Solution
What going to 90% renewable energy would do to Vermont’s landscape By Meredith Angwin In 2011, the Vermont Department of Public Service published a Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP)...
Commentary: Renewable Subsidies for the Rich
by John McClaughry Renewable electricity costs from two to five times (depending on the technology) as much as electricity from the New England grid, generated by natural...