In this Statehouse Headliners, a new Senate budget in the works would insure teachers with state employees, Vermont is not meeting emissions goals, and state candidates have filed for the August primary.
In this Statehouse Headliners, the government’s options for detaining children of illegals, why “zero tolerance,” and the seriousness of the immigrant smuggling network.
Vermonters upset over Gov. Phil Scott’s flip-flop on gun control have taken to social media to vent their anger, but a lawyer with the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says some of their comments are getting deleted from the governor’s Facebook page.
House lawmakers on Tuesday voted 90-51 on the governor’s second budget veto, falling short of an override and giving state leaders a week and a half to find an agreement or face a government shutdown.
Two athletes who were born males placed first and second in state track championship events for high school girls, causing anger among other competitors and parents who say they had an unfair advantage over the girls.
Gov. Phil Scott yet again vetoed the state budget, leaving just about two weeks left before there could be a government shutdown if no deal is reached.
The “Burlington Thought Exchange” political discussion series is coming back for its second iteration, this time to analyze political dialogue about the minimum wage.
In this Statehouse Headliners, treating pot-related mental illness could outweigh “legal” pot tax revenue, the future work force is more likely to smoke pot if it’s legal, and a trade war with Canada could affect Vermont.
Another budget was passed by the General Assembly last week and is on its way to the governor’s desk, but it’s most likely destined for another veto unless lawmakers quickly find acceptable compromises.
While Vermont made an early, pioneering bid to make health-care costs more transparent, via its VHCURES and Health Care Price Transparency database, how has it fared in the wake of Colorado’s big leap forward in transparency this year?
“What Title X does is provide resources so that low-income people have access to basic and essential health care services,” said Leriche. About 40 percent of PPNNE’s funding comes from Title X, a federal program that funds family planning and related health services.
In this Statehouse Headliners, more than 1,000 petitioners oppose abortions at UVM Medical Center, a local business would donate stone for Trump’s border wall, and an activist says multi-stall unisex bathrooms are inevitable. Also, will Mexican drug cartels come to Vermont to grow legal pot?