Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner says fees to go up
Car registration fee increases of $2 to $6 will raise about $3 million to support Agency of Transportation programs, or about half of the revenue generated by fee hikes.
Dems, GOP resolve Rutland County redistricting dispute; reapportionment on tap for Wednesday and Thursday
“I wanted a bipartisan vote,” Sweaney said. “I wanted to prove it could be done.”
Entergy to Public Service Board: New license now
The case, Entergy’s attorneys argue, has been fully litigated before the Public Service Board with final briefs filed in the docket in 2009.
From the editor: A press release pulled
Though the information from FAIR was cloaked in legitimacy — it was a about a poll, and it came from a commonly used email newswire — I decided VTDigger.org shouldn’t publish information from a group that has a record of racist views.
Despite deep divisions in Congress, Welch says progress is possible on infrastructure, energy, debt
“When we don’t pass a budget it’s an indication that Congress is not functioning,” Welch told Rotarians.
Salmon: PSB’s duty is to view Vermont Yankee objectively
The three members of the Vermont Public Service Board are about to get more free advice than all the Boston Red Sox managers combined. That’s because the best case the opponents of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have to shut the plant down is to convince the PSB that it is no longer worthy of a certificate of public good.
Patt: Wind farms: Large, visible … and necessary
By developing commercial-scale wind, we make a real difference for the planet.
House approves fracking moratorium
The moratorium will allow time for an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report due in 2014 on the effects of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water.
Thursday’s ‘Ridges are not renewable day’: film, experts call for pause in Big Wind development
For immediate release Jan. 31, 2012 Contact Lukas B. Snelling Energize Vermont Phone: 802-778-0660 luke@energizevermont.org On Thursday February 2nd utility-scale wind opponents from communities across Vermont will head to the State House for “Ridges Are Not Renewable Day.” They will call on lawmakers to call a “time out” on further utility-scale wind development in the [...]
Safe gun storage press event Feb. 1
For immediate release Jan. 31, 2012 Contact Jill Sudhoff-Guerin Phone: 802-279-9440 Child Safe Vermont will hold a press conference in the Cedar Creek Room of the Statehouse to promote Safe Gun Storage Awareness Day and to draw attention to H.580, a bill that was introduced in the House this session to provide Vermont families with safe gun storage guidelines and education. Attending [...]
