More weapons showing up in Washington’s schools
(© Aristide Economopoulos/for NJ Monitor) There were more weapons brought into Washington’s schools during the last school year than the year before. That’s according to a new report from the…
Major hurricane season predicted; insurers aren’t taking chances
Storm Irene caused widespread damage in 2011. The insurance industry has implemented changes since then. (Jan Ellen Spiegel/CT Mirror) Unless a ton of climate and weather scientists are wrong, the…
Young Writers Project: ‘Vermont’
“A Witch’s Home,” by Ace Lafountain, 16, of Montpelier. Young Writers Project is a creative online community of teen writers, photographers and artists, which has been based in Vermont since…
On this day in 1956
MAY 26, 1956 A bus boycott began in Tallahassee, Florida, after Florida A&M students Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson refused to give up their seats to white passengers. Police charged…
Bill Schubart: The time is now for Mental Health First Aid
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and in our world today there’s plenty of reason to want to be aware. Vermont has established, as a policy if not in practice,…
Wide scope of presidential emergency powers could be reined in by Congress this year
Former President Donald Trump used his emergency powers to construct a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. In this photo, construction continues on a new section of the barrier on…
Speaker White’s Holmes County background colors his views on Medicaid expansion
There is a reason first-term House Speaker Jason White has been more out front in his support of Medicaid expansion than perhaps any other Mississippi Republican leader. Granted, Lt. Gov.…
Inflation Reduction Act tax credits makes MATS compliance reasonable
Colstrip Power Plant (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan). Sen. Jon Tester, asked the right questions while seeking clarification on how EPA’s Mercury Air Toxic Standards (MATS) rule…
Louisiana struggles to buy new voting machines after placating election deniers
Workers with the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office assemble voting machines in trailers at the Bourg Community Center in Terrebonne Parish on Nov. 8, 2021, ahead of the Nov. 13…
Hawaii Moves To Improve Water Testing At Popular Beaches
Advocates have been pushing the state for years to increase how often it tests popular swimming and surfing beaches for harmful bacteria.