Roll Call: How your senator voted on gun ban in hospitals
S.30, an act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings, passed in the state Senate on February 3 2022, by a vote of 21-9.
Senate bill: up to 5 years in prison for threats to public officials
A handful of Vermont state senators want to extend ‘criminal threatening’ statutes to protect state officials, school board members, and other “groups of persons” from threats of injury or death. The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont warns the bill “risks potentially chilling political expression.”
Vermont House committee continues review of Scott’s fiscal year 2023 budget
From refugee services to tax administration, a Vermont House panel is in the midst of a department-by-department review of Gov. Phil Scott’s proposed $7.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2023.
Gregory Thayer: Many people in this Legislature are not representing us
They are overreaching, smothering our citizens, and working to destroy our republic, our Vermont Constitution and the great everyday people of our state.
Climate mitigation activists want to monitor carbon using ‘tracking and accountability’
During a presentation to the Senate Agriculture Committee on Friday, several witnesses shared how to fight climate change — including monitoring the energy and land usage by farmers.
House passes gun ban in hospitals, lawmaker confirms staff currently unprotected
The Vermont House of Representatives on Friday voted 93-47 to ban guns from hospitals, require background checks that could delay gun purchases for 30 days, and let health care providers alert police if they believe a patient might commit an act of gun violence.
Roper: Proposal 5 doesn’t protect a woman’s right to an abortion
What the vague language Proposal 5 actually does is give the father of an unborn child an “right to personal autonomy” equal to that of the woman.
Letter: Proposal 5 is a Pandora’s box — Men will finally have ‘reproductive rights’
Men will finally have a say over their offspring that is growing in a woman’s womb. Prop 5 in the Vermont Constitution will supersede even H.57. An abortion is an interference with the man’s right to reproduce.
Paul Dame: School Choice Week
For the past 12 years states from around the country have been taking time to recognize the critical impact that school choice has on the lives of young students. Republican Gov. Phil Scott has named this week “School Choice Week” here in Vermont.
McClaughry: Gov. Phil Scott’s diamond mine
Vermont has at last found its diamond mine. It arrived in the form of half a billion in unspent American Rescue Plan funds, plus another $2.2 billion in the congressional infrastructure bill. In addition, our own tax base has produced a $320 million surplus across the three major funds.
Campaign for Vermont: A ‘historic moment’
In its Jan. 23 legislative update, Campaign for Vermont offers an in-depth look at what lawmakers and the governor have planned for state pensions, fiscal responsibility, workforce and economic development, housing, good government and education.
March for Life draws hundreds to hear about Proposal 5 abortion-until-birth measure
The Vermont Right to Life annual march through Montpelier took place amid frigid temperatures Saturday afternoon, drawing about 250 people who heard speakers warn about Proposal 5, a constitutional amendment that would allow unrestricted abortion up until birth.