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Vermonters should be grateful to Julie Moore for doing what the Vermont Climate Council has refused to do for over two years and our elected officials are refusing to do right now — tell us what your climate agenda is going to cost us.

Regarding Rob Ropers column of Dec. 20:Im sure readers would love to hear the specifics of his idea to cut school budgets by about 25%. Does he propose across-the-board cuts (e.g, teaching and administrative positions, transportation, building maintenance and construction, pension funds, etc.)? Or does he prefer slashing line items (all meals, sports, languages, extracurricular activities, special ed, etc.). Perhaps hell stand up at his towns (Stowe) next meeting and give the details. I look f...

If two years of Covid showed us anything, it is that parents need and deserve a multitude of educational options that they can choose from to meet their child’s and their family needs.

In his commentary on the social cost of carbon, Rob Roper of the Ethan Allen Institute is critical of the idea of using an estimate of future damages from climate change in calculations made during the development of climate policy. That would put him in a position of living only in the present and not even thinking about the impacts of climate change on future Vermonters. But estimates of the future to make decisions are made all the time — just ask your insurance company. But most interestin...

When you hear advocates say the Climate Action Plan will “save Vermonters money,” they’re basing their claims on a made-up number attached to a fuzzy concept called the Social Cost of Carbon.

A former broker has released a new course that teaches brokers how to generate and convert leads from social media platform TikTok.  

MANCHESTER — Rob Roper, former president of the Ethan Allen Institute, will speak at the Manchester Community Library on Earth Day, April 22, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

MANCHESTER — The Ethan Allen Institute has named Meg Hansen as the organization’s new president. She succeeds Rob Roper who led EAI for nine years.

Welcome to Washington County, Stowe? As the Vermont Legislature works to redraw the political map based on new census data, the dilemma continues about where to place Stowe, which saw

Welcome to Washington County, Stowe? As the Vermont Legislature works to redraw the political map based on new census data, the dilemma continues about where to place Stowe, which saw