by Guy Page April 29, 2020 – Many Vermonters have been wondering how towns that voted down school budgets, or had votes scheduled before social-distancing was required, will set their budgets for […]
By Guy Page April 28, 2020 – Two Vermont Republican Party leaders are vying for election this month as Vermont’s male representative to the Republican National Committee (RNC). Rick Cochran, a […]
By Guy Page April 28, 2020 – PR9, the proposed amendment to the Vermont Constitution declaring natural resources “the common property of all the people,” will not be taken up this year, […]
MONTPELIER (April 24, 2020) — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) announced the filing of an important legal brief in the Vermont Supreme Court regarding the State of […]
by John LaBarge A recent announcement to close three rural Vermont State College campuses (since withdrawn, for now) raises the question, “does Chittenden County govern the rest of Vermont?” There is growing […]
Amnon Sashua, Sachs Professor of Computer Science at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, proposes a promising alternative to a pandemic lockdown: risk-based selective quarantine. The column below has been edited for brevity, […]
…Then will consider emergency borrowing bill. In Committee: medical ethics and crisis standards of care; foreclosure moratoriums; migrant workers By Guy Page April 23, 2020 – The Vermont House of Representatives is […]
by Guy Page, Vermont Daily April 22, 2020 – Earlier this week, Jim Sexton of Essex Junction announced a protest gathering on the State House lawn today. In many ways it didn’t […]
Multi-state, three-year effort failed due to lack of collaboration by lead state Idaho By Guy Page April 22, 2020 – Distressed by the State of Vermont’s failure to promptly process pandemic-related unemployment […]
Johnson, Ashe ask state college trustees for one-year “bridge” budget By Guy Page House Speaker Mitzi Johnson and Senate Pro Tem Tim Ashe this weekend asked Vermont State College (VSC) trustees to […]
By Guy Page April 19, 2020 – Saturday, President Donald Trump announced at a press briefing Vermont and Texas will be the first two states to reopen for business, beginning this Monday. […]
STATEMENT: GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT ON THE FUTURE OF THE VERMONT STATE COLLEGE SYSTEM Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement: “Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Vermont State College […]
By Guy Page April 17, 2020 – More than 130 Vermonters have used the Vermont State Police “Executive Order Reporting Tool” (EORT) to inform police about other Vermonters’ alleged infractions of Gov. […]
Gov. Phil Scott just hinted that Vermont may soon allow drive-in church services. Moments ago at his press conference today, he noted that as the State “reopens the spigot a quarter turn […]
Another Vermont Daily Off The Cuff Editorial This morning a former lawmaker from the Islands asked me about the status of unemployment payments. In a VPR interview today, acting labor commissioner Michael […]
With 2021 transportation revenue uncertain, House Transportation Committee hears idea to pass full-year budget but allocate $$ for just 3-4 months By Guy Page April 16, 2020 – In response to uncertain […]
34 public transit drivers out, three test positive; ridership down 75%; Burlington riders less likely to wear masks By Guy Page April 16, 2020 – The House Transportation Committee Wednesday discussed several […]
State orders disinfecting of all public water supplies to reduce threat to immuno-suppressed Vermonters By Guy Page April 15, 2020 – The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation [DEC] last month ordered Vermont […]
Sharon businessman and other statewide candidates face challenge of campaigning in time of social distancing By Guy Page April 14, 2020 – Dana Colson is running for lieutenant governor on a slate […]
Saying it’s time for farmers to ‘make farmers politicians again,’ guv candidate issues economic plan, publishes slate of 10 candidates April 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –In the midst of a crisis for Vermont’s dairy farms and […]
Legislature gets updates, seeks solutions for milk dumping, education revenue shortfall, prison reform By Guy Page April 13, 2020 – Vermont farmers are dumping milk while shoppers worry about food supply. The […]
By Guy Page April 13, 2020 – The State of Vermont’s latest computer modeling now shows Vermont hospitals will have enough beds to handle the hundreds of expected Covid-19 cases at its […]
April 10, 2020: GOP Gubernatorial candidate John Klar is urging Vermonters to contact their local CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture) to order food early for the 2020 growing season. Also, Vermont’s dairy farms and craft […]
Extends State of Emergency and All Existing Mitigation Orders and Closures until May 15 Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott today extended Vermont’s State of Emergency through May 15, which also extends the […]
Virus takes toll on Vermont print media By Guy Page With the outbreak peak still yet to come, and the near-term future of the Vermont economy uncertain, already at least one newspaper […]
by Guy Page April 8, 2020 – Bernie Juskiewicz, husband, father, dedicated local volunteer, and a Republican legislator who represented Cambridge and Waterville from 2013-18, has died of the coronavirus, according to […]
Reprinted from the April 7 Newport Dispatch, an online news publication. NORTH TROY — A North Troy man made it his mission during the current pandemic, to deliver Easter baskets to local […]
Reusable shopping bags not a significant transmission threat, Health Dept. says – although they’re banned in NH, MA and San Francisco By Guy Page April 7, 2020 – The July 1 ban […]
By Guy Page April 6, 2020 – Gov. Phil Scott said today he is working “hand in hand” with legislative leaders on Covid-19 legislation and is fine with the use of remote […]
by Guy Page April 3, 2020 – The coronavirus this week hit Vermonters where they live – again – after the Berlin Walmart roped off access to the Straight Talk phone cards, […]
Vermont power grid, internet connectivity and IT strong – but weaknesses are exposed By Guy Page April 2, 2020 – Despite unprecedented internet use, Vermont’s connectivity remains stable. The state’s power grid […]
Republished from the Ethan Allen Institute April newsletter If there’s a positive thing to come out of this COVID-19 response in regard to state government, it is the new policy of live-streaming […]
Federal ‘infrastructure’ bill will pay 100% of VT transportation project costs – scope, amount uncertain By Guy Page April 1, 2020 – State transportation officials expect a new federal infrastructure bill will […]
PHOTO – Senate caucus this morning held on Zoom, uploaded to YouTube By Guy Page March 31, 2020 – A Senate committee will meet Thursday morning to address the looming problem of […]
