Vermont & Mass. compete to leave taxpayers with largest climate bill
12 years before Vermont passed the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) in 2020, Massachusetts passed their own GWSA in 2008. The two policies mirror each other closely. Perhaps irrelevant, if you discounted VT and MA politicians' need to one-up each other.
Read moreVermont gets 3rd Worst Financial Transparency Score in Country
Truth in Accounting ranked Vermont 48th out of 50 states in terms of a Financial Transparency Score. While EAI often discusses what programs should or shouldn't be in state budgets, the results of those budgets are found in a government’s comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). A CAFR is produced annually by governments and is audited by certified public accountants. The ranking is a composite score based on 8 criteria of different weights.
Read morePro-TCI Group Accuses TCI Ally of "Anti-Regulatory" Activities
One pro-TCI group has accused another pro-TCI group of anti-regulatory activities. They both miss the mark.
Pro-TCI Group Accuses TCI Ally of "Anti-Regulatory" Activities
One pro-TCI group has accused another pro-TCI group of anti-regulatory activities. They both miss the mark.
How You Can Weaken Facebook’s Leverage in 5 Minutes
Does Facebook treat content from some groups unfairly? It depends on how you define “unfair.” If you mean, “making a rigid effort to constrict any non-politically correct news,” that I would say no.
Read moreMontpelier Spending May Soon Cost Taxpayers More Per $
S&P Global Ratings changed its outlook for two major types of bonds to negative last week. Vermont's general obligation debt and the Vermont State College bonds outstanding each had a “stable” outlook after being downgraded from AAA in 2018, but both were changed to a negative outlook after a press release last week.
Read moreVermonters respond: “Should mass mail balloting become permanent?”
Perhaps it was something in the air, but a day after the election, I started to think, I wonder what the chances are of Vermont extending the mail-balloting initiative for 2020 indefinitely?
VT Tourism Drops Almost 50% vs. 2019
Seven Days had a fascinating cover story this week: “For Vermonters and out-of-state visitors, the requirement to quarantine (for 14 days) when traveling to the Green Mountains from elsewhere in the Northeast is governed by a county-by-county map that changes weekly, according to case rates. Quarantine counties are depicted in red or yellow, non-quarantine counties in green
Read moreBurlington Ranks High in Quality of Life, Education & Health, Low in Safety and Affordability
Wallethub ranked Burlington as the #152 best small city in the US! Burlington placed better than 82% of the 1269 contestants which have a population between 25,000 and 100,000.
Read moreTrump and Obama Justices Condemn Actions of Vermont State Employees
One Trump Supreme Court appointee joined two Obama Supreme Court appointees in condemning the actions of Vermont state employees, suggesting that the rule of law can overcome the partisan divide.
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