A social justice musical called “Listen Up” — which has since been turned into a movie — is being shown at schools and other venues throughout Vermont in May and June.
Now that the legislative biennium has wrapped up, elected officials and new candidates are turning their attention to the 2022 election season, complete with announcements of who is running and who is not.
At a speaking event Friday organized by VT Grassroots, Dr. James Lindsay told an audience gathered at Capitol Plaza that Marxism is having a dangerous influence on American culture and institutions.
The governor on Tuesday had the mayor of Vermont’s largest city and another housing policy expert on hand at his weekly press conference to tell Vermonters now is not the time for red tape when it comes to reforming the state’s land use law, Act 250.
H.715, a bill that would have mandated a switch of heating methods and fuels in an effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, fell one vote short of the two-thirds required for passage Tuesday in the Vermont House of Representatives.
While the legislative session enters into its final stretch, a handful of major political initiatlves are getting resolved and others might get decided this week.
On Thursday the Vermont House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to a bill that would allow the the state to dictate mascots and other school branding over the wishes of local residents and school boards. The House on Friday passed the bill on third reading, sending it on to the governor.
The governor during his weekly press conference Tuesday warned that the state continues to face concerning population trends that will only worsen the tax burden.
Multiple Vermonters announced campaigns for state and federal office this past week, as the legislative session winds down and attention begins to turn toward the elections in November.
Senate lawmakers decided against adding further amendments to the clean heat standard bill H.715 Friday morning before it passed on third reading on the Senate floor.
The Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network hosted an online panel discussion Thursday to discuss race relations and other topics for Vermont’s schools.
Lawmakers on Wednesday spent more than an hour discussing a bill that would allow the state to dictate branding and mascots to individual school communities, and ultimately chose to punt the discussion until next year.