Last Friday, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy met with Xusana Davis, Vermont’s executive director of racial equity, on how racial equity themes play into energy policy as they work through the Affordable Heat Act.
Guidelines for Vermont school districts’ curricula and reading materials may be changing for the first time in 10 years as a working group looks to push the state education board to put greater focus on racial and ethnic diversity and historically persecuted groups.
Vermont officials are chasing $150 million in federal match funding that would be used in the proposed budget to support infrastructure initiatives across the state.
The legislation filed Wednesday is sponsored by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH; Susan Collins, R-ME; and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY. Other sponsors include Sens. Peter Welch, D-VT; Maggie Hassan, D-NH; and Bernie Sanders, I-VT.
So far in fiscal year 2023, some 55,736 migrants have been encountered at the northern border, nearly as many as were encountered in 2020 and 2021 combined. If the trend continues, the northern border will experience a record number of encounters this year.
A new bill would require Vermont public school students to take a personal finance course to graduate high school. If the bill, H.228, passes, the mandate will go into effect July 1 and apply to all public high school students graduating during or after next school year.
The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday began its review of House Bill 127, taking testimony from state officials involved in the logistical details.
Maple Broadband is now servicing Cornwall, Middlebury and Salisbury a total of nine customers through its initial build consisting of 25.7 miles of network, with another 62 customers signed up to receive service.
More than a dozen House Republicans are looking to repeal the Global Warming Solutions Act and scrap the Vermont Climate Council.
The Reason Foundation released the policy brief “State policy agenda for telehealth” which focuses on all 50 states and what they can do legislatively to ensure patients receive top quality health care from their providers.
Earlier this month, John Lott, an economist, political commentator and gun rights advocate, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the history of past assault weapons bans in the United States.
When Randolph voters hit the ballot box on Town Meeting Day, they will be deciding how to fill four spots on the selectboard and whether to boost the police budget to over $770,000 for the following fiscal year, up 121%.