A $75/day home expense benefit created for the 2021 Zoom Legislature has resulted in $653,184 of claims through May 4, state officials say.
2021 lawmakers claim $653,184 in at-home expenses
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Shepard: RINOs for Biden – are you happy now?
I think it is time to check in with a few of those RINOs. We need to ask folks like Mitt Romney, Governors and former Governors Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, Phil Scott, John Kasich, Rick Snyder and others, like John Bolton, Jeb and George W. Bush, Carly Fiorina, Jeff Flake, Colin Powell and Cindy McCain if President Biden has been their kind of Republican.
Legislature OKS minority student suspension task force, migrant child Medicaid
The Vermont House yesterday passed S16, creation of the Task Force on School Exclusionary Discipline Reform. The goal of the task force is to reduce minority suspensions and expulsions from Vermont schools.
Police still seek cause of Williamstown church fire
State police now know where it started, but they still don’t know what started the fire that destroyed a 250-year-old Williamstown church.
Richford man charged with hate crime after truck attack
A Richford man is facing charges including attempted murder with a hate-crime enhancement following an incident that occurred Wednesday morning, May 5, outside a private residence in town.
State protection of sex orientation/identity must continue, Scott says
“There is still more work to do to ensure all Vermonters, regardless of identity, feel safe and protected in our state,” Gov. Phil Scott said after signing the ‘gay panic defense’ bill.
Three Vermonters play for Lake Monsters
As the Vermont Lake Monsters inaugural Futures Collegiate Baseball League season quickly approaches, the former Minor League New York–Penn League team’s roster is beginning to take shape and the team posted its first three players all with Vermont connections: pitchers Leif Bigelow of Guilford, Owen Kellington of Plainsfield, and Middlebury’s Evan Stewart.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, May 05
Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.
Election Integrity Forum May 18
The Chittenden County GOP will hold an Election Integrity Forum Tuesday, May 18 at 7 pm.
Bill would let candidates draw campaign salary
H363, a bill introduced into the Vermont House on Feb. 26, would “permit a candidate for statewide office to receive a salary from the candidate’s campaign funds.”
