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Commentary: Gut Check on “Climate Change”

by John McClaughry For the past twenty years Vermonters have been fed a heavy diet of terrors originally labeled the Menace of Global Warming – then renamed “climate...

Commentary: Aren’t we all a little bit Jeremy Dodge?

by Rob Roper Did Vermont’s governor take advantage of a neighbor in a real estate deal for personal profit? Here’s a little background for those who might have...

Commentary: Post Hoc Ergo Proctor Hoc – What’s past is prologue with gun rights

By William Moore Recent victories in Montpelier and Washington may leave Vermonters overconfident regarding firearms rights here and across America.  Following decades of stalled efforts by “gun safety”...

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,...

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)...
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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...

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...

Roll Call: House Sets Up Costly Constitutional Challenge with Campaign Finance Vote, 49-95, 2013

WRIGHT AMENDMENT to S.82-AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW  . FAILED in the State House of Representatives on May 8, 2013, by a vote of 49-95 . Purpose: The...

Roll Call: Senate votes to raise taxes on satellite TV, 8-21, 2013

STARR/RODGERS AMENDMENT to H.528- AN ACT RELATING TO REVENUE CHANGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 214 AND FISCAL YEAR 2015. . FAILED in the State Senate on May 1, 2013 by...

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