Category: Vermont

State GOP, Republican National Committee Sue Vermont City Over Noncitizens Voting

Republicans are suing the city of Winooski in Vermont to block a local ordinance that allows foreigners to vote in school board elections. Last year, Winooski started permitting foreign nationals to vote in local elections. The Winooski Incorporated School District links its voter qualification to the city’s charter, so foreign nationals can vote in school…


Threat on United Airlines Plane Shuts Down Vermont Airport

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt.—A threat aboard a United Airlines aircraft prompted a massive emergency response that shut down Vermont’s international airport for about three hours before authorities determined the plane to be safe. The threat was made Sunday afternoon on a flight en route from Newark, New Jersey, to the Burlington International Airport, Burlington police said….


Christian High School Basketball Team Forfeits Game Rather Than Play Against Boy Who Says He’s A Woman

Before they left the Vermont Division IV state tournament, the Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) Eagles were the 12th seed in the girls’ basketball tournament. But they quit the tournament because they didn’t want to play against a boy. Their first opponent, the Long Trail Mountain Lions, had a transgender-identifying player. According to the head…


Vermont Families Win Settlement Against State Over Using Education Aid Money at Religious Schools

A federal court has approved a settlement between a group of Vermont parents and state education officials, finally putting an end to a two-year legal battle over whether the government can deny families of education aid money just because they use the money at religious schools. Under the terms of the agreement (pdf), signed off…


Vermont Supreme Court Okays Noncitizen Voting in Municipal Elections

The Vermont Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the city of Montpelier didn’t violate the state constitution by allowing foreign nationals to vote in municipal elections. The lawsuit stemmed from a 2018 amendment to Montpelier’s charter, which permits “noncitizen voters” to “register to vote in Montpelier City elections.” The amendment was placed on that year’s…


Voters in Three States Approve Radical Abortion Initiatives; Kentucky Voters Reject Pro-Life Amendment

Voters in four states voiced support for abortion by approving radical initiatives or rejecting a proposed pro-life amendment. Voters in California, Vermont, and Michigan approved initiatives that make clear abortions must be available to many pregnant women while Kentuckians rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have led to less funding for abortions. In California,…


Vermont Man Convicted of Murder in Wife’s Cleaver Killing

BURLINGTON, Vt.—A Vermont man charged with killing his wife with a meat cleaver and injuring his mother-in-law five years ago was found guilty of murder on Thursday. The jury convicted Aita Gurung of first-degree murder in the killing of his wife Yogeswari Khadka, 32, in Burlington, and attempted second-degree murder in the attack on his…


Red, Blue, and Prickly Purple Across America’s Eight Orange Counties

More than 5.4 million Americans live in eight Orange counties across the United States, including Orange counties within the nation’s four most populous states—California, Texas, Florida, and New York. The newest Orange counties in California, Texas, and Florida are named for the fruit, although the citrus industry in these places has long since given way…


Vermont Announces Bonus Round of State Tax Credits

A bonus round of funding has been added to a Vermont program designed to breathe life into downtowns. The Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development says $800,000 in state income tax credits are being made available beginning next year for projects designed to enhance the state’s history while improving building safety at aging historic…


Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy Hospitalized, Undergoing Tests After ‘Not Feeling Well’

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) was hospitalized “as a precaution” in Washington Thursday after “not feeling well,” his office said. Leahy, 82, had been at his residence in McLean, Virginia, when he started feeling unwell and was subsequently taken to a Washington-area hospital to undergo tests, according to a statement from his office. His office did not specify what tests the…