The Race for Last Place
We all know who won the presidential election. But who's bringing up the rear?
Vermont
Man Who Was Arrested for Flipping Off Cop Settles for $175,000
However distasteful, the First Amendment protects a citizen’s right to give a police officer the middle finger.
Vermont Cops Terrorize High School Students With 'Mock Shooting'
"I'm shaking and crying because I'm like, 'Oh my god, I'm gonna get shot,'" one student told a Vermont newspaper. "It felt so real."
Video Shows Vermont State Trooper Arrest Man for Flipping Him Off
FIRE and the ACLU of Vermont are now representing the man in a free speech lawsuit.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers File Free Speech Suits Over Illinois and Vermont Laws
Plus: California tries to stop professors from testifying in suit over COVID education policies, state Republicans aren't all abandoning free market economics, and more...
States Try To Reform Prostitution Laws—for Better and Worse
New bills in six states showcase some right and wrong ways to help sex workers, from full decriminalization to ramping up penalties for prostitution customers.
Lockdowns Had Little Impact on COVID-19
Data show Florida and New York had similar death numbers despite vastly different approaches.
Midterm Voters Choose To Protect Reproductive Freedom
Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont embraced constitutional amendments to protect abortion rights, while Kentuckians rejected an anti-abortion amendment.
Prison Slavery Up for a Vote in 5 States
Plus: Federal court dismisses state challenge to student loan debt forgiveness, not all independent contractors want to be employees, and more...
New Hampshire School Choice Program Opens to Religious Schools
A new law allows cash-strapped districts to send students to private religious schools.
Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Black Liquor Fuel, Billboard Bans, Gender Pay Gap (Vol. 4)
Good intentions, bad results.
Vermont Is Prioritizing 'BIPOC' Households for Vaccines. That's Almost Certainly Unconstitutional.
Anyone 16 or older and identifying as BIPOC can get a vaccine in Vermont now. Whites under the age of 50 will have to wait a little longer.
What's Behind Bernie Sanders' Surge? The Same Discontent That Caused Trump's 2016 Rise.
One dynamic that works in favor of both Trump and Sanders is that voters discount their extreme stances, figuring that they just represent opening offers that will eventually be watered down in compromises with powerful interest groups and with establishment lawmakers.
Vermont Bill Criminalizing Cell Phone Use for Anyone Under 21 Is a Brilliant Troll
The proposal is parodying, not endorsing, the nanny state.
The NYPD Bragged About a Big Pot Bust. Turns Out It Seized 106 Pounds of Legal Hemp.
Green Angel CBD had the proper documentation for their shipment, but that didn't stop the New York cops.
That Time Bernie Sanders Interviewed Some Punk-Rock Kids in a Mall
Friday A/V Club: Back in the '80s, Bernie Sanders had a public-access TV show. The archives are now online.
Bernie Sanders Wants To Seize 77% of Dead Billionaires' Estates
The estate tax is a form of double taxation.
New Useless and Costly USDA Bioengineered Food Disclosure Regulations Issued
The agency admits that its new bioengineered food regs are "not expected to have any benefits to human health or the environment."
Vermont Man Barred From Building on His Own Property Flips Off Government With Giant Middle Finger Statue
And there's nothing the town can do to stop him.
High School Journalists Fight for Their 1st Amendment Right to Report on Their School's Administration
Student journalists at a Vermont high school had a damning article censored by their interim principal.
In Vermont, This 14-Year-Old Can Run for Governor Before He Can Drive or Gamble
Like so many other states, age laws in Vermont are showing themselves to be disproportionate.
Vermont Legalized Weed. Here's What You Need to Know Before You Move There.
The ninth state to legalize recreational pot
This Vermont Prosecutor Is Pushing Back Against the DOJ's Drug Warriors
Chittenden County State's Attorney Sarah George will no longer prosecute misdemeanor buprenorphine cases.
Vermont Becomes the Ninth State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Today the governor signed a bill that eliminates penalties for possession and home cultivation.
Vermont Is About to Become the Ninth State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
The governor has indicated he will sign a bill approved today.
As Sessions Moves Against State-Legal Weed, Vermont Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Bill
Vermont is close to becoming the first state in the country to legalize marijuana via legislation instead of relying on a referendum.
Vermont's U.S. Attorney Says Safe Injection Sites Encourage Illegal Drug Use. The Research Says She's Wrong.
Is U.S. Attorney Christina E. Nolan intimidating Vermont legislators who want to keep their constituents alive?
Aetna CEO Says We Need to Have a Conversation About Single Payer. We've Been Having It For A Long Time.
And it always ends the same way. Here's the political and economic reasons why America won't be converting to a single-payer health care system anytime soon.
Vermont Legislature Becomes First In Nation to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Bill now heads to Gov. Phil Scott.
Mississippi Is the Most Religious and Vermont the Least Religious of the States
Hmm. I wonder what other comparisons might one make?
Is the 'Momentum' for Action on Climate Change Unstoppable?
"Acknowledging the uncertainty we are all feeling with regard to the changes in the political situation in the United States."
Vermont GMO Labeling Hits Kosher Foods
The intended consequences of needlessly scaring consumers are bad enough, but now this too.
Senate Passes GMO Labeling Bill: Activists Are Apoplectic!
Preempts labeling requirements in Vermont and other states
Unless a Federal Court Acts Fast, Vermont's GMO Labeling Law Will Wreak Havoc on the Nation's Food Supply Next Week
It's set to take effect next week and will cost food companies for no good reason.
Former MLB Pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee Running For Governor of Vermont
One of baseball's weirdest players ever wants to be chief executive of America's crunchiest state.
The New Contraception Mandate: Free Male Sterilization
Vermont joins Maryland in extending the "free birth control" mandate to cover vasectomies.
Clinton Uses Ridiculous Number to Blame Sanders' State for Gun Violence in Hers
She says Vermont "has the highest per capita number" of New York crime guns bought in other states.
Clinton Blames New York Gun Violence on Vermont
Trying to impugn Bernie Sanders, she falsely claims his state provides a big share of crime guns in hers.
Cheerios Maker General Mills Knuckles Under to Vermont's Mandatory GMO Labeling
Just another stupid regulatory cost with no discernible benefits to people
Bernie Backs Anti-GMO Superstition: Votes Against Voluntary Labeling
Sanders is basically enabling an unscientific disinformation campaign.
