Landlords would’ve had to register rental units in a statewide list under the original version of a bill moving through the Senate, but lawmakers backed away from the plan and now the bill would only commission a study of the idea.
As lawmakers aim to make universal school meals a permanent measure, they are also looking to make sure more of those meals are made with local food.
VFA is well aware there is no explicit language in H.89 and S.37 regarding parental rights and minor consent. We ask you to consider whether the care you would be shielding is helpful or harmful to minors, youth, and their families.
As a result of legislation in the works in the Vermont House and Senate, we will all be affected with the rising cost of new taxes in order to just keep living. To start, DMV fees will go up by approximately 20%.
As the House Environment and Energy Committee moves toward wrapping up its deliberation of the clean heat standard bill, there is still a serious misconception out there that the amendment added to the bill requiring a “check back” in 2025 effectively makes this a study bill.
Smith asked Clark again if she thought she could win a suit against the CLF, and again Clark refused to directly answer the question, or acknowledge the premise that meeting the goals of the GWSA, despite all the best efforts of the legislature and the Administration, is not possible.
With House Bill 479 sitting with the Senate Committee on Transportation, Republican Gov. Phil Scott and Joe Flynn, who serves as secretary of the Transportation Department, denounced the bill’s efforts to raise Department of Motor Vehicle fees by 20%. The bill passed out of the House of Representatives on March 30 with a 100-39 vote.
As Vermont’s push toward net zero emissions in the coming decades goes full steam ahead, the cost of making the transition feasible for the state’s low- and moderate-income residents has become a growing concern. Members of the House Committee on Environment and Energy are looking at ways of offering benefits to residents in both income brackets.
On Wednesday, Renee McGuinness of the Vermont Family Alliance testified before the House Healthcare Committee about S. 37, a bill concerning access to legally protected health care activity, including allowing “gender-affirming care” for youth.
S.37, the gender-affirming/abortion services law, intentionally lowers medical standards for abortion and transgender care providers, Vermont Right to Life policy analyst Sharon Toborg told the House Health Care Committee Tuesday afternoon.
The committee heard from several different perspectives, among them a fuel dealer specializing in clean heat options, a home renovation and construction contractor, and a finance expert. They all shared a common thread — this bill will hurt low-income Vermonters.
Vermont’s development regulations have long been weaponized to resist development — and then relaxed if the development satisfied the regulators’ demands. No wonder we don’t have developers ready to build the housing we need.