Will Vermont brake for THC saliva testing?
All indications are the Vermont legislature is on the road toward a vote on a bill that will legalize a retail, taxable, regulated marijuana market. Governor Scott qualifies his support for such a...
View ArticleVermont Yankee enjoying “hot” retirement
Dismantling a nuclear plant isn’t exactly retirement but what once seemed like a constant barrage of safety issues at Entergy’s Vermont Yankee has quieted since the plant stopped operating. That said,...
View ArticleBig Pharma drug money & big museums
Did you know Vermont went to “war” last September? “We’re going to war with Big Pharma” said Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo along with Attorney General TJ Donovan at a press event to announce...
View ArticleUsing hot highway de-icer: radioactive AquaSalina®
In Ohio a Cleveland Plain Dealer report on state legislation surrounding a 2017 public health report details radiation hazards from a salt-brine road de-icer mix used there. And the risk is more than a...
View ArticleThe amazing DNC voter data machine: Who gets the profit?
Some news just washes by like untreated sludge in the stormwater overflow, but here’s some national news with a local angle that fetched up on the shore last week. Reports are that Democratic National...
View ArticleThe Valley News: reporting on the minimum
The business reporter for The Valley News recently did a story about minimum wage changes in the works in Vermont and New Hampshire legislatures. Both states have Democratic majorities with GOP...
View ArticleHoward Dean, Canadian cannabis corporation, and Anheuser-Busch
VtDigger.com reported this past weekend that the former Vermont Governor and DNC Chairman Howard Dean has formally joined the board of directors of Tilray, a large (Nasdaq traded) Canadian-based...
View ArticleBernie’s own book of the month club
Bernie Sanders has become a millionaire, and he did it by selling his new book! In blunt fashion Sanders explained his get rich strategy: “I wrote a best-selling book. If you write a best-selling book,...
View ArticleTaking a stand on lemonade
July fun fact: Vermont, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois, New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut are the only states that allow children...
View ArticlePhil Scott’s Vermont Climate Action Commission put in the shade by gov’s...
In a recent editorial the Times-Argus is shocked that Governor Scott: “In such hot times, this governor seems to have developed cold feet” over implementing the recommendation of his own climate...
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