Vermont minimum wage goes from $9.15 to $9.60
The State’s minimum wage will climb to $10.50 by 2018, and be indexed annually to inflation thereafter.
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No one has been hurt in the robberies, but local police and prosecutors think that — despite being the most surefire way to get caught trying to score some quick cash — bank robberies are becoming more frequent in both rural Vermont and cities such as Burlington and Rutland. Read More
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont lawmakers are considering whether to become the first state Legislature to legalize marijuana. Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational cannabis, but in each of those cases, it was voters at the ballot box, not lawmakers, who changed the law. Vermont could become the first state in history…
ROYALTON, Vt. (AP) — A driver clocked at 112 mph on an interstate in Vermont told police he was heading to traffic court to take care of a speeding ticket. Trooper Rich Slusser says the 33-year-old man from West Hartford, Connecticut, was also weaving in and out of traffic in Royalton on Interstate 89 before…
Vermont’s gubernatorial debate was a sure cure for the nation’s political blues Most televised political debate in the United States is a lifeless, platitude-laden sideshow with virtually no value except as a grim form of entertainment, like watching democracy itself fed to the lions at the Coliseum. That is why Vermont’s recent gubernatorial debate, in…