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School Choice Is the Answer, Why Does Everybody Ignore It?
Vermont has a doctor shortage, a school funding crisis, and a demographic problem. School choice helps with all three. Families move here for it. Doctors…
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VT’s GWSA Doomsday Scenario Gets Quiet Rewrite
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…
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What Did Act 250 Cost Vermont So Far?
Vermont’s per capita income has tracked 5–8 points below New Hampshire for 50 years — a gap that didn’t exist before Act 250. A synthetic…
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Collision Course: Vermont Education Spending
Vermont’s education spending has climbed to $2.2 billion while K-12 enrollment fell by 25,000 students since 2005. Property taxes spiked 18.5% in one year. Now…
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What Is the Laffer Curve?
The Laffer Curve describes how tax rates and government revenue interact, suggesting there’s a tipping point where higher taxes can reduce total collections. While the…
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VT Senator Tries 2nd-Home Tax Backdoor After Bills Stall
A stalled proposal to increase taxes on second homes has resurfaced in Montpelier, this time as amendment language tied to active legislation. Lawmakers are now…
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S.205 Solves a Problem Vermont Doesn’t Have
A Vermont Senate bill would ban AI data centers over 100 megawatts until 2030 while the Public Utility Commission studies regulation. But Vermont currently has…
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The VT State Office Shuffle: Fuller, Emptier, Costlier
Vermont expanded its office footprint during the remote work era, even as vacancy increased and thousands of employees worked from home. Now, new leases are…
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Are Remote Workers More Productive? What The Research Actually Shows
The claim that remote workers are more productive gets repeated so often it’s treated as settled science. It isn’t. The peer-reviewed research is split, the…
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From Emergency To Entitlement — And Another Bill VT Taxpayers Will Pay
Vermont state employees received compensation packages that included payment for the burden of physical attendance — commute costs, rigid hours, required presence. That burden vanished…
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