Senate bill, S.25, “an act relating to the right to have an abortion,” says the bill is necessary due to concerns that the “recent shift in composition” on U.S. Supreme Court will invalidate the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
Bills introduced this past week in the Vermont House include a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure, a 10-cent charge for plastic grocery bags, a school merger slow-down, sports betting legalization, and an increase in the tobacco tax.
Rep. Curt McCormack, an avid bike rider who doesn’t drive a car, has been named chair of the House Transportation Committee. He confirmed that his committee will try to develop more public transportation and other alternatives to cars, such as bike paths.
A slew of bills being introduced in the General Assembly aim to address guns, home school teachers, relief-from-abuse orders, smoking and more.
The final Act 250 revision report requires developers to buy “carbon offsets,” limits forest fragmentation, boosts bike paths and public transportation, restricts development near “land trust” property, and requires local plan conformity.
Gov. Phil Scott’s inaugural speech on Thursday put in a good word for churches and housing, but his discussion of childcare, broadband and Act 250 solutions raises concerns.
As yellow-vested opponents of carbon taxation plan a Jan. 9 rally at the Statehouse, at least three different types of government carbon pricing are being considered.
“The decision was made in apparent response to the protests by a group called Justice For Palestine, who reflexively oppose anything connected to Israel and wish to persuade the world to boycott … the only post Holocaust true Jewish sanctuary in the entire world.”
The Commission on Act 250: the next 50 Years issued its “potential legislation” document Dec. 14 after more than a year of study.
In this Statehouse Headliners, the Tax Structure Commission is set to discuss the future of education funding as the Scott administration urges another year of frugal school spending.
More than 1,000 Vermont Agency of Education funding grants contain no performance measurements, a Nov. 30 state report to the Government Accountability Committee concludes.
Vermont’s early child care and education workers must be “well qualified, trained, and credentialed, accountable for high quality practice, and appropriately compensated,” according to a state advisory council.