South Burlington officials want to eliminate 60 percent of the city’s carbon footprint by 2030, and with transportation accounting for two-thirds of that figure, the city’s climate action plan finalized last October is pushing for more electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.
The latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Forecast Report (1990-2020) has been released by the Agency of Natural Resources Climate Action Office. The report provides estimates of greenhouse gas emissions in various sectors of the Vermont economy.
Republican Montana Gov. Gregory Gianforte sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland Thursday, saying that Montana will not enforce the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) final rule for pistol braces.
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) is announcing a series of events for the public to learn more about the agency’s proposed Language Access Plan.
The resolution calls for “eliminating unnecessary governmental restrictions on the provision of, and access to, gender-affirming medical care and counseling for transgender and nonbinary adults, adolescents, and children.”
A school in Randolph, Vermont displays the BLM flag boldly but canceled a high school baseball team fundraiser for using Chick-fil-A products.
The Tax Foundation released its annual State Business Climate rankings for 2022 last week. Overall, Vermont scored 2nd worst in New England at 43, behind only Connecticut at 47.
Milfoil, an invasive water-weed that forms dense mats of vegetation and readily reproduces when boats chop up the strands, may soon be tamed in Lake Iroquois after recent treatment with an herbicide.
The new paid family and medical leave program will allow workers whose businesses participate in the voluntary program to get paid at least 60% of their regular wages for up to six weeks if they take time off for personal health or family reasons.
The motivation behind H.157 — an act relating to the registration of construction contractors — is to create a master list of contractors, outline building codes and safety, adjudicate complaints and inform fraud and training updates.
The legislation, which was approved by the state Senate last week, would allow local governments to offer tax breaks for housing developments anywhere within their borders, if a third or more of the units qualify as affordable housing.
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 21:58:31 Subject: Comments on the State Housing Bond Hi Randy – I read with interest, and some frustration, the comments in the True North Reports about the proposed State Housing Bond. I had thought over the years that the Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA), the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board…