RAD-VT is helping move Vermont’s dead “Tax the Rich” bill into election season. H.794 would have added income surcharges above $250,000 AGI, treated joint filers the same as single filers, and created a nonhomestead residential property-tax
A parody AI video asked whether Becca Balint thought Vermont farmers could leave. Her actual vote gives the question teeth: Balint voted against final passage of a House farm bill containing support for dairy, maple, local food purchasing,
An AI-generated parody video targeting Rep. Becca Balint has become an early test of Vermont's new synthetic-media law and renewed scrutiny of the federal NO FAKES Act she supports. As state officials review the video, critics are asking wh
Fake CAPTCHA scams are turning routine “verify you’re human” prompts into malware traps. Instead of clicking a box, victims are told to paste commands into Windows tools, letting criminals steal passwords, session cookies, wallets, and acco
A 2021 JAMA Cardiology study found that diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, obesity and smoking carried stronger associations with premature coronary heart disease than LDL cholesterol alone. Dr. Ken Berry’s viral video argues patie
Biden’s pardons were legally cleaner but politically uglier: unilateral protection for allies and family. Trump’s IRS settlement began with a real government abuse claim, but grew controversial when settlement terms appeared to protect Trum
Fake “your computer is infected” pop-ups are designed to scare users into calling criminals posing as tech support. The fix is usually simple: don’t call, don’t click, force-close the browser, refuse session restore, then clear recent brows
The climate modeling community is backing away from the extreme emissions scenarios that helped drive years of climate alarm. As Vermont continues enforcing the Global Warming Solutions Act and debating the Clean Heat Standard, questions re
Legislative committees on May 29 reviewed fiscal changes to school funding and property tax relief considered amendments to a data privacy bill affecting data brokers and education technology vendors and confirmed an appointment to the Verm
The Senate Finance Committee on May 29 reviewed provisions in the miscellaneous tax bill that would shift revenue sources between state funds and change effective dates for tax deposit rules Committee discussion described an intent to gradu
As Vermont lawmakers push toward adjournment, the final hours are packed with tax studies, school funding shifts, hospital pricing fights, data-broker fees, property-rights questions, and veto battles. The session’s bottom line for Vermonte
A series of legislative committee meetings on May 28 covered changes to career and technical education CTE policy an expansion of data broker registration and fee structures and amendments to education related appropriations Committees hear
