Vermont households paid 24.56 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity in April—30 percent above the national average and the tenth-highest in the nation. Yet every other New England state charged more, leaving Vermont with the region's lowe
Vermont has the cleanest electricity in America and among the highest rates in New England. Hawaii, blessed with tropical sun, ocean wind and volcanic geothermal heat, still burns imported oil for most of its power—at the nation's steepest
Vermont’s climate policies burden residents with costly mandates for negligible global impact. With emissions contributing just 0.13% of the U.S. total, the state’s sacrifices under the Paris Accord resemble a "Nigerian prince" scam: high c
Vermont believes residential property is collectively worth billions more than current assessments reflect, and a new reappraisal system is designed to close that gap. While higher assessments don't automatically mean higher taxes, they can
More for-sale signs, prices still rising, and two-thirds of young Vermonters saying they want out. Vermont's housing market isn't crashing — it's trapping people. We built an interactive dashboard tracking every moving part, from the signs
Vermont has spent decades trying to preserve its rural character through regulation. But when protecting the past begins preventing the future, preservation becomes stagnation. Using the metaphor of amber, this commentary explores how layer
Air conditioning is not under attack in Vermont today, but climate policy elsewhere shows how affordable cooling can be squeezed through refrigerant rules, appliance standards, building codes, and approved technologies. As heat risks rise,
Act 59 set Vermont on path toward 30x30 and 50x50, but the real cost is only now coming into focus. State inventory numbers point to hundreds of millions or billions in conservation costs, plus tax, housing, permitting, and grand-list press
Vermont Conservation Design began as a technical conservation framework, not a voter initiative or standalone law. Over the next decade, its concepts moved through Act 171, Act 59, and Act 181, becoming part of Vermont’s planning and land-u
Vermont’s new Upper Connecticut River Basin plan is not just another environmental report. It could shape five years of projects, funding, road work, stormwater controls, town bylaws, and land-use priorities. Vermonters have until July 15 t
RAD-VT is helping move Vermont’s dead “Tax the Rich” bill into election season. H.794 would have added income surcharges above $250,000 AGI, treated joint filers the same as single filers, and created a nonhomestead residential property-tax
Vermont has a doctor shortage, a school funding crisis, and a demographic problem. School choice helps with all three. Families move here for it. Doctors can be recruited with it. Independent schools often educate students for fewer tax dol
