Schools won’t have staff to open by August, superintendent warns - True North Reports
There won’t be enough teachers and staff on the job if schools open in August, a Washington County superintendent warned her district.
Read moreNew mask mandate will help local businesses, Scott predicts - True North Reports
Shoppers won’t stay away from local stores because they have to wear masks - they’ll shop more often because they will feel safer, Gov. Scott predicted Friday.
Read moreSchool board says no to citizen vote on LGBT, BLM flags - True North Reports
Sorry, no public meetings to discuss the citizen petition to place the question of BLM, Pride flags at school before voters. Due to the pandemic, that would be unsafe, the Mill River School Board said. And besides - the Supreme Court says the board doesn’t have to warn such a vote, anyway.
Read moreNY Planned Parenthood affiliate condemns founder Sanger as racist - True North Reports
In this time of heightened awareness about America’s troubled racial history, Planned Parenthood affiliate has finally admitted what history so plainly shows - founder Margaret Sanger was a racist eugenics supporter. Will Vermonters also call for Vermont’s politically influential PP affiliate to admit its checkered past? Should they?
Read more500 sign petition opposing BLM/LGBT signs at Mill River school - True North Reports
In a rural Rutland county school district, flying the BLM and pride flags at local schools is getting community pushback.
Read moreOpinion: the Nation Makers I met this morning - True North Reports
Some people see the problem and volunteer to march in the front line. They are the Nation Makers.
Read moreOne in five ballots fraudulent in New Jersey vote-by-mail election - True North Reports
As Gov. Phil Scott contemplates a bill giving Secretary of State Jim Condos carte blanche to run first-time-ever universal vote-by-mail general election in November, the early returns from a similar election in New Jersey are not encouraging.
Read moreHighway workers told to not erase graffiti - True North Reports
Highway workers are no longer required to erase or paint over graffiti, after a complaint from a police brutality protester.
Read moreGuv likely to sign vote-by-mail bill; town clerks concerned - True North
Gov. Phil Scott yesterday said he is unlikely to veto S.348, the universal vote by mail bill. Some town clerks are worried about the consequences.
Read moreOpinion: Defund our systematically racist school system - True North Reports
Vermont’s school districts are enabling systemic racism and need to be defunded - or at least rethought.
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