H.715, an act relating to the clean heat standard, passed in the State House of Representatives on May 3, 2022, by a vote of 88-37. It obligates the PUC to design the Clean Heat Standard program, and then check back with the Legislature in 2023 and 2024.
Hassan filed a bill with Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in February that calls for a temporary pause on the 18.4 cent per-gallon federal gas tax to give consumers relief at the pumps. Democratic leaders have largely dismissed the idea.
The data is the latest troubling economic indicator alongside the highest inflation in four decades as a third of small businesses consider shutting their doors.
Roe’s repeal will not change Vermont’s liberal abortion laws. Indeed, pro-life forces in Vermont may be disheartened — at least Roe had recognized viability and fetal personhood, and the legitimate state interest in protecting those children.
This weekend Republicans held our biannual Platform Convention and had one of the largest turnouts we’ve had for a platform convention in years. Our committee took those inputs and produced a draft platform that Republicans can stand on for the 2022 election.
Anya Rader Wallack will be the new president of One Care, the Accountable Care Organization that hopes to control as much health care in Vermont as possible. She was the chief architect and promoter of Gov. Peter Shumlin’s single-payer plan.
WalletHub has ranked Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island as the three best states for supporting working mothers in its 2022’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms. Vermont ranked seventh in the report, which indicates that 68% of women with children under the age of 18 are in the work force since 2021.
S.287, an act relating to improving student equity by adjusting the school funding formula and providing education quality and funding oversight (Till Amendment), passed in the State House of Representatives on April 28, 2022 by a vote of 132-11.
“Three years ago, we enacted a law that affirms the fundamental rights of all women and ensures reproductive health decisions remain between a woman and her health care provider – totally free from government interference. … This will remain true in Vermont.”
“Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW,” Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote. “And if there aren’t 60 votes in the Senate to do it, and there are not, we must end the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes.”
Supreme Court experts decried the unprecedented leak of the Court’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, in which justices reportedly voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What does this growing acceptance of Gen IV nuclear energy mean for Vermonters? Our present and future governors should tell their public service commissioners to begin to identify suitable sites for new small nuclear stations, starting with a field in Vernon which ratepayers have now spent $248 million to prepare.