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Op-Ed: Tax Inspectors in Vermont must follow the Constitution
It’s tax inspection season in Vermont. Every Spring, so-called “listers” drive around their communities, snapping pictures and patrolling properties to estimate their values before tax bills are issued to landowners. But are these inspections legal? Not all of them. As it turns out, some listers have been conducting unconstitutional searches. The U.S. Supreme Court has been very clear for the past decade-plus that under the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment and customary property law government officials have only a limited implied license to enter private property,...
Welcome to Maple Mountain Homestead
Join us at Maple Mountain Homestead, where a New York City native and a suburbanite from New Jersey have rewritten their lives by homesteading on a beautiful mountainside in Vermont. Read the story on VTDigger here: Welcome to Maple Mountain Homestead.
Vermont Is One Signature Away From Making Big Oil Pay for Climate Change
A first-of-its-kind attempt to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages is nearly through the finish line in Vermont. Both branches of the state legislature voted to pass the Climate Superfund Act last week, which would hit oil and gas companies with a bill for the costs of addressing, avoiding, and adapting to a world made warmer by oil and gas-related carbon emissions. The bill now heads to the desk of Republican Governor Phil Scott, who has not said whether he will sign it. If he vetoes it, however, there’s enough support in the legislature to override his decision,...
After 29 years, Vermont music series turns out the lights one last time
After 29 years, 312 concerts and nearly 900 different performers on stage, the Ripton Community Coffee House will conclude its run with one last show. The Addison County concert series inside the 1864 Ripton Community House ends Saturday, May 18, with a performance by the folk duo Green Heron. Folk, Americana and traditional musicians, often noteworthy performers native to or based in Vermont, have played the venue’s tiny platform stage. That list includes Anais Mitchell, Michael Chorney, Paul Asbell, Caitlin Canty and Jamie Masefield.
Report shows need for mobile home maintenance
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A new report to the Vermont Legislature details the need for mobile home infrastructure improvement and streamlined development. According to the report, mobile homes make up almost 6% of Vermont’s housing stock. Managers say maintaining the infrastructure is a vital part of keeping Vermonters happy and healthy in affordable communities.
Two city councilors go head-to-head in Barre mayoral election Tuesday
Barre, VT- Two Barre City Councilors are hoping to win the right to steer the city into the future after last summer’s flooding as voters decide who will be the city’s next mayor on Tuesday. Ward 1 Councilor Thom Lauzon and Ward 3 Councilor Samn Stockwell both say...
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