Jan 8, 20243 min readVermont can’t afford to import prohibitionist policies on flavored vapesBanning products will not make them go away. It will only create incentives for illicit markets to offer them to adult or high school students alike. In 2013, Vermont became a New England leader by …
Jan 23, 20142 min readIn VT, state psychiatrist makes $40,000 more than governorBy Yaël Ossowski | Vermont Watchdog All of the problems in Vermont seem bad enough to warrant paying big for mental health professionals. A recent examination of the employee state compensation …
Jan 15, 20142 min readVermont’s ‘welfare-to-work’ limits show early successBy Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Vermont last year began limiting how long its residents could receive welfare benefits. Six months later, the move appears successful. The ‘Reach Up’ initiative has …
Dec 6, 20133 min readRelaxed Vermont pot laws may lead to legalizationBy Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org In July of this year, Vermont lawmakers took a bold step. They removed criminal penalties for those caught with small amounts of marijuana. Now, 5 months later, …
Nov 27, 20133 min readPassing gas: Will seized private land clear way for pipeline?By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org If you build it, they will come … and take your land. Vermonters might face that scenario if the state’s largest private energy company can get approval for its new …
Nov 20, 20133 min readNatural gas in Vermont? No fracking way, say green groupsBy Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org No drilling, no pipelines, and no natural gas. If environmental groups in Vermont get their way, this could be the new slogan of the Green Mountain state. That’s the …
Nov 14, 20132 min readVermont uses Democratic state rep’s brother to push state health exchangeBy Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org In the effort to promote the new health insurance exchange required by Obamacare, Vermont might have gone a little overboard. In a promotional advertisement posted to …