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Graphic description by House member of son’s suicide sets tone for gun control vote

Rep. Alyssa Black, D-Westford, made an emotionally-charged, first-person appeal to her House colleagues during a lengthy floor speech Wednesday afternoon in support of H.230, the suicide prevention/gun control bill.

7 hours ago March 24, 2023 in TNR News.
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Assistant attorney general says compliance costs not a legal problem for clean heat standard

On Wednesday, lawmakers of the House Energy Committee heard about compliance costs for out-of-state energy companies if Vermont were to pass S.5.

7 hours ago March 24, 2023 in TNR News.
U.S. Geological Survey

As canal season approaches, what’s going on with the round goby and Lake Champlain?

Native to the Baltic Sea in Europe, the round goby had made its way east after being introduced into the Great Lakes in 1990. Now, the fish has wiggled its way into a position to threaten Lake Champlain.

10 hours ago March 24, 2023 in TNR News.

DPS director of planning: S.5 goals are ‘impossible’ to meet

“With the current workforce I would say it’s impossible,” TJ Poor, director of planning for the Department of Public Service, said. “I don’t think 700 people could do this many weatherization union units.”

1 day ago March 23, 2023 in TNR News.

Required gun storage in House bill appears at odds with 2008 Supreme Court decision

The Vermont House on Wednesday preliminarily approved H.230, a bill that would place restrictions on gun storage and require a 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases. The House will vote for final approval on Thursday.

1 day ago March 23, 2023 in TNR News.
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House committee advances bill that would strip interview process from independent schools

On Friday the House Committee on Education passed a bill by a 7-4-1 vote that could make it more challenging for independent schools to receive public support.

2 days ago March 22, 2023 in TNR News.
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Governor, housing officials question proposed housing legislation

Ted Brady, executive director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, said the legislation “ignores the largest obstacle” when it comes to housing creation, the state’s decades-old Act 250. The act is known as the state’s land and use act.

2 days ago March 22, 2023 in TNR News.
town of Shelburne

Shelburne voters overwhelming OK open space fund, land conservation

“So, it’s with mixed emotions that you think, ‘Well, am I taking land away that could be used to house somebody?’” Tony Hall asked rhetorically as he left the polls. “On the other hand, we need to have open spaces … for our life.”

2 days ago March 22, 2023 in TNR News.
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Vermont committee favorably passes basic needs budget bill

The bill, introduced by Rep. Tiffany Bleumle, D-Chittenden, calls for the creation of a technical advisory committee that would be charged with updating the methodology the state uses in determining how much money families need to earn to live in the state.

2 days ago March 22, 2023 in TNR News.
National Weather Service

‘They did not call me’: High amount of E.coli detected in the Missisquoi River, but lab didn’t say so for weeks, plant operator says

Alarmingly high levels of E.coli were found in an early February sample from a small town wastewater facility outflow into the Missisquoi River, but local officials say the testing lab didn’t tell them until weeks later.

3 days ago March 22, 2023 in TNR News.
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Vermont legislator defends banning Christian school over forfeit to team with trans player: ‘I don’t think it’s a bridge too far’

A Vermont state senator defended the ban of a Christian school that forfeited a state tournament game rather than play against a team with a transgender player during a CNN interview that aired Monday.

3 days ago March 21, 2023 in TNR News.
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Senate bill would lower speeds, expand shoulders for cyclists and pedestrians

In the last five years, there have been 32 fatal crashes involving pedestrians or bicyclists in Vermont, according to data from the state Agency of Transportation. All but one of those incidents occurred on a road that would be subject to the bill.

3 days ago March 21, 2023 in TNR News.

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