The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont is backing House Bill 88, an act relating to reducing the imposition of cash bail in the state’s judicial system. The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun, D-Windham, who serves on the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions.
As it relates to the child care crisis in Vermont, representatives in my district have decided to champion this to the tune of $179 to $279 million, overseen by the House Human Services Committee.
Secretary of Natural Resources Julie Moore pulled back the veil on what the cost of the proposed Clean Heat Standard, S.5, would cost Vermonters — and it’s a really big check.
Sen. Rebecca White’s Clean Fuel Standard would require fuel providers to gradually reduce the carbon intensity of motor fuels by mandating an increase in the amount of biofuel blend motor fuel that is sold in state.
Two of the most critical civil rights issues in modern-day America are parental rights and educational freedom. Our children deserve the best opportunities we can give them, and these opportunities start in schools.
New England states are working together in an effort to chase federal funding to support multi-state electricity transmission infrastructure. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont have filed concept papers with the U.S. Department of Energy.
In addition to the $125 million the state currently spends on child care programs annually, an additional $258 million will need to be raised, for a total of $383 million taxpayer dollars a year. This on top of the $260 million that citizens privately pay for child care services.
While official legislation has yet to be passed, Gov. Phil Scott’s recently unveiled fiscal year 2024 budget includes an anticipated $2.6 million in revenue from potential sports betting legalization.
“ARPA funding has allowed several communities to move forward with projects that they had planned to do,” state environmental engineer Win Wilson said. “And therefore, will also allow them to, in the long run, accomplish more projects, without taking on as much debt.”
Gov. Scott, the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, and the Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation announced today the awarding of grants totaling $321,363 to 20 municipalities and non-profit organizations to facilitate the restoration and rehabilitation of Vermont landmarks and important historic buildings and structures.
An Associated Press news story on the Friday, Jan. 18 acquittal of former St. Albans police officer Mark Schwartz for simple assault was lacking in crucial details, Schwartz’s lawyer Robert Kaplan of Burlington concluded. So he’s taken the news service to task.
The right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not “a second-class right subject to an entirely different body of rules.” In the coming months, you will hear of various firearm laws being struck down in courts across the country as challenges are raised using the new standard.