An amended bill passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this past week could pressure public and independent schools to decrease detentions, expulsions and disproportionate discipline of minorities in favor of community- and student-led remediation.
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, the medical marijuana “cure all” bill gets a hearing, the systemic racism bill needs money from appropriations, and lawmakers approve gender-free single-toilet public restrooms.
Principal Keith Lyman acknowledged that some people in the community may not be happy about the students’ efforts or the board’s decision.
A bill on toxic chemical regulation that Gov. Phil Scott vetoed earlier this month met its final end in the House chamber on Wednesday as lawmakers voted to sustain the veto with 53 votes in support of the governor.
The startling results of a Colorado Department of Transportation survey about marijuana-impaired driving don’t likely bode well for Vermont, but the head of Public Safety says his department has no plans to find out, even as the July 1 date for legal pot possession draws near.
Conservatives and liberals came together last Thursday evening at the Study Hall in Burlington for a “thought exchange” experiment in civil conversation.
When towns and school districts present their proposed operating budgets to voters, those proposals go up against a “default budget” that’s supposed to reflect the prior year’s spending. That way, the voters get to choose if they want to see local spending – and, in turn, local property taxes – increase.
Former Vice President Al Gore was caught using a gas-powered vehicle to leave a media event in Washington, D.C., after telling reporters Congress should remove oil companies’ license to operate.
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, lawmakers push a resolution to criticize President Donald Trump’s “unacceptable behavior” on issues ranging from immigration and fake news to the “neo-Nazi-sponsored demonstration held in Charlottesville.”
Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders has a new plan to give a job, with $15 an hour minimum wage and health care benefits, to anyone “who wants or needs one.” The job guarantee plan is missing some details, like how to pay for it.
Last week the House Education Committee heard its share of concerns about the logistical and economic challenges of reworking funding formulas for special education, and this week the Senate Education Committee got its own testimony of similar flavor.
Members of Vermont Right to Life are speaking out against a policy shift at UVM Medical Center that now allows elective abortions, even up till the end of a woman’s pregnancy.