Vermont legislative leaders to recess Legislature next week due to coronavirus
The weeklong break will give time for a thorough cleaning of the State House and will give legislative leaders a chance to consider the next move.
Legislative Joint Rules Committee ponders resolution to close for a week, Senate refuses House changes to commercial cannabis
The Vermont Legislature Joint Rules Committee decided late this afternoon to ask staffers to prepare a resolution for its review tomorrow to recess the Legislature and close the State House for a week due to the coronavirus.
Gun rights supporter asks for removal of H.610 sponsors
Jim Sexton, of Essex Junction, sought to get the sponsors of H.610 removed from the State House because they “violated their oath of office by expressly trying to make a law which denies every Vermonter the presumption of innocence” and “denies legal gun owners the constitutional right to bear arms.”
Vermont health insurance official asks: What if workers with Covid-19 can’t afford to call out sick?
To reduce Covid-19 transmission, state health officials more than ever are urging Vermonters who are sick with flu symptoms to stay home. But what if workers can’t afford to stay home?
Covid-19 in Vermont: Middlebury College goes to remote learning only, UVM planning for it
Middlebury College announced Tuesday it will send students home on spring break early this Friday, and will conduct all classes by remote learning for the rest of the semester.
House committee mulls making employers reduce commuter traffic
The Vermont House Transportation Committee is shelving — for now — a plan to require Vermont employers to participate in “the statewide reduction in single-occupancy pleasure car trips.”
Coronavirus causes cancellation of State House reception Tuesday
Concerns about the coronavirus have led to the cancellation of a reception scheduled to be held Tuesday at the Vermont State House, a service manager who had planned to assist with the event said today.
Cynthia Browning may challenge Mitzi Johnson for House Speaker
A independent Democratic legislator who last month on the floor of the House called Speaker Mitzi Johnson “deplorable” now says she may run for speaker of the House.
10 takeaways from coronavirus press conference today
Among the takeaways from today’s coronavirus press conference were masks don’t keep healthy people safer, and Vermont has no plans to enforce quarantines.
Commercial cannabis could lead to more minority traffic stops, Montpelier Democrat warns
Lawmakers’ explanations of their votes of S.54, commercial cannabis, and H.926, the revision of Act 250, offer insight into why both of these bills drew both support and opposition from members of both the Democratic and Republican caucuses.
Coronavirus causes local retail shortages in masks, sanitizer and computers
Central Vermont residents appear to be either unaware or uncaring of the U.S. surgeon general’s plea to stop buying masks to ward off the coronavirus.
Stop the presses! No more Vermont daily papers to print instate
The Burlington Free Press called me yesterday afternoon with the stunning news: May 3 would be the last day it could print the Chronicle of the Vermont State House, the newspaper I publish for True North Media.