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Author Archives: Michael Bielawski

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Senate advances pension fund carbon-divestment without support from state’s investment commission

The Senate Committee on Government Operations on Friday voted unanimously to approve a bill that would divest state pension funds from carbon-related forms of energy investments.

14 hours ago March 21, 2023 in TNR News.

Hunger Free Vermont director: 83% of children ‘need’ universal school meals

The House Ways and Means Committee this week continued to hear from free meals advocates who said even middle- and upper-class families need free food at schools.

5 days ago March 17, 2023 in TNR News.
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House committee votes for statewide family and medical leave program, cost estimates still in question

Mostly Democrat lawmakers in the House Ways and Means Committee advanced a paid family and medical leave insurance program on Tuesday that is both larger in scope and cost than the program put forth by Republican Gov. Phil Scott.

5 days ago March 16, 2023 in TNR News.
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Educator teaches South Burlington students about Ukraine, media bias

A social studies teacher at South Burlington High School is helping ninth-grade students learn about the Russia-Ukraine war, drawing upon her two years of living and teaching in northeastern Ukraine.

2 weeks ago March 10, 2023 in TNR News.

25,000 children might be experiencing ‘food insecurity’; study warns of pitfalls of universal school meals

Last week the House Education Committee heard from college students who presented a study on universal meals programs around the country, and the House Ways and Means Committee continued discussing the challenge of funding a proposed program in Vermont.

2 weeks ago March 8, 2023 in TNR News.
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Burlington residents say no to citizen-led police oversight body, yes to noncitizen voting

Burlington residents on Tuesday rejected a movement pushing for a citizen-led police oversight body with disciplinary powers, and they did so with 63% of the vote. However, voters approved noncitizen voting and ranked-choice voting.

2 weeks ago March 8, 2023 in TNR News.
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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital makes social justice commitments

The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has made public declarations in defense of protecting the climate and getting behind social justice positions, the not-for-profit health care center declared in a press release.

March 7, 2023 in TNR News.
Dr. Jeffrey Kaufman

Burlington voters deciding on six ballot initiatives

Burlington residents are out deciding six initiatives put to them on Town Meeting Day, including such hot-button topics as a citizen-led police oversight board and allowing voters to draft their own ordinances to put on the ballot.

March 7, 2023 in TNR News.

Lawmaker: Legislation that prioritizes ‘a particular group of people by name is discriminatory’

Last week, the House Committee on General Housing reviewed a report from the Vermont Land Access Opportunity Board and discussed racial disparities as a basis for allocating state resources.

March 6, 2023 in TNR News.
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Ben & Jerry’s joins liberal cohort calling for citizen-led police oversight in Burlington

Ben & Jerry’s, the Vermont ice cream giant owned by Unilever, has formally endorsed a resolution set for Town Meeting Day in Burlington concerning the creation of a citizen-led police oversight body.

March 3, 2023 in TNR News.
Allison Duquette

Two academic-minded candidates running for Milton Town School Board

Two concerned parents in Milton are running for seats on the Milton Town School Board, largely on positions that deal with getting back to academics and away from political distractions such as equity policy.

March 2, 2023 in TNR News.

Radio show host calls out bias in Senate Energy Committee over clean heat standard

Sen. Anne Watson, D-Chittenden, appeared on the “Morning Drive” radio show with host Kurt Wright on to discuss the Affordable Heat Act — and struggled to explain how the legislation would help Vermonters.

February 28, 2023 in TNR News.

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