State law already provides health insurance for illegal immigrant children. A bill in the Senate would extend Medicaid coverage to all regardless of age and immigration status.
Illegal immigrant health insurance bill introduced into Senate
Burlington mayor stops special-duty policing at condos
“Of much greater concern is that any neighborhood in the City feels that they need to pay out of pocket for basic public safety services,” Weinberger said.
Updated: Man charged with Unlawful Fornication
Crimes of Unlawful Fornication and Lewd and Lascivious with a Child in Southern Vermont.
McClaughry: Facial recognition threat to privacy rights
Facial recognition data in government hands could lead to a staggering invasion of individuals’ most basic privacy rights.
Letters: Public school trends unacceptable
A young Milton man decides to run for his local school board, amid concerns about educators – not parents or school boards – deciding what shall be taught.
Roper: $383 million childcare proposal not ‘for the kids’
Finding ways to help more parents stay home to raise their own children is both better for the children and potentially less costly for the taxpayers. But it doesn’t create a long-term taxpayer funded voting block of unionized preschool teachers.
McClaughry: Seven top legislative issues of 2023
Shamelessly renamed ‘the Affordable Heating Act,” S5 will create a carbon tax and state bureaucracy to subsidize heat pumps and weatherization.
Committees to review shields for gender ID/racism teachers, abortion/transgender providers; free health insurance for legislators; paid family leave; gun control; Affordable Heat Act
Committees this week will review bills with added legal protections for abortion and transgender service providers and ‘academic freedom’ to teach gender ID and systemic racism in public schools.
With frigid weather forecast, outdoor Penguin Plunge canceled
Swimming in Lake Champlain in January – crazy. Swimming in Lake Champlain during a polar vortex – beyond crazy and just plain dangerous.
Gun rights group critical of Senate bill
Gun rights advocates raised concerns over the constitutionality of the bill following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June which expanded the right of law-abiding gun owners to possess guns outside the home.
