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June 3, 2023

Elon Musk supports family punished for speaking out against biological male using girls' locker room

Elon Musk voiced support for a Vermont family that was punished by a local school for expressing concerns about a biological male using the daughter's locker room.

June 1, 2023

Biden's Title IX changes mean this locker room horror is coming to a school near you

President Biden and his team are poised to change the definition of sex in Title IX, bringing this 50-year-old law in line with the current transgender moment.

May 31, 2023

Vermont Gov. Scott vetoes Democratic Legislature's self-imposed pay raise

Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have raised the salaries of the state's part-time Legislature and granted them state employees' health benefits.

May 30, 2023

Vermont state troopers plead not guilty to reckless endangerment charge in bean bag shooting case

Vermont state troopers have pleaded not guilty to a reckless endangerment charge after one of them fired a bean bag round at a man who was allegedly acting irrationally.

May 29, 2023

Vermont Gov. Scott vetoes $8B budget that would have been state's largest ever

Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed a proposed state budget of over $8 billion, calling on Democratic General Assembly supermajorities to cooperate with him in revising it.

May 25, 2023

Judge dismisses assault charge against Vermont troopers who fired beanbags at suspect

A Vermont judge has dismissed simple assault charges against state troopers Ryan Wood and Zachary Trocki, who fired beanbag rounds from a shotgun at a suspect acting irrationally.

May 23, 2023

2 VT State Police troopers charged with misdemeanors for shooting man with beanbag

Sgt. Ryan Wood and Trooper Zachary Trocki have been charged with misdemeanors for shooting a man with a beanbag who was acting irrationally. The man was injured after falling.

May 19, 2023

Oregon Democratic Party fined after wrongly reporting $500K donation from FTX executive

Oregon Democrats were fined $15,000 for wrongly reporting the source of a $500,000 campaign fund. The money was actually donated by Nishad Singh, a former executive at FTX.

May 19, 2023

2 Vermont State Troopers criminally charged for using beanbag shotgun round that injured a man

The Vermont Troopers' Union announced that two state troopers will be criminally charged for using a beanbag shotgun round that made a man fall and hit his head.

May 18, 2023

Vermont Legislature forms impeachment committee for Franklin County officials

A special committee of the Vermont House of Representatives will meet this summer to deliberate impeaching Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore and State's Attorney John Lavoie.