Hate crimes expansion and a recommended winner of a tight, disputed House race are on today’s House agenda.

“If we wanna do something to help in this area, start over with a new bill. Don’t try to amend an existing law and leave the infrastructure that was envisioned and set up as part of Act 18 in place,” Rep. Jim Harrison said.

The acceptable increase to fuel prices from the CHS is 0.00 cents per gallon, GOP senators say.

Under the Saunders plan, every district receives the same funding per student, adjusted for certain items such as non-English learners.

A bill introduced today would allow all Vermont students to attend the school of the student’s choice, paid for by a School Choice Grant issued by the Agency of Education.

Vermonters will be keeping a close eye on this EDI committee as they work through the Telecommunications Plan, the Clean Heat Standard report from the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the mandate for emission reductions as mapped out in the currently enacted Global Warming Solutions Act.

Use this sortable list to contact your Representative and committees working on bills of interest to you.

Teacher, Army officer, Emerge Vermont director, Navy pilot, and Lincoln homestead director comprise the backgrounds of members of a key Senate committee.

If the Legislature can be likened to high school (and it can), then committee chairs are the Big Men on Campus, setting the agenda and tone for the rest of the ‘student body.’

House Republicans will have an enhanced leadership role in legislation about education, taxation, spending, housing and other important issues.

The legislature and the majority as a whole have reached a pivotal point where they will have to decide whether or not they want to attempt to implement the CHS by increasing taxes in fees or if they instead want to incentive the switch the energy transition with tax-breaks and “carrots,” Beck explained.

Higley speculated “the reason House Republicans might want to introduce a bill to repeal Act 18 is to ensure they are out ahead of the curve and that they can point to that directly opposed to the CHS.”

“We have a lot of crises we’re facing at the same time and our climate is one of them.”

Even Democrat senators with a track record of forwarding aggressive carbon reduction legislation are publicly panning the chances of success for the Clean Heat Standard.

Democrats/Progressives “strongly support legalization” by 62%, with 14% opposed, and two-thirds of Republicans are against.

The cost of implementing the Clean Heat Standard only applies to those who won’t install clean heat or weatherize, the lawmaker from Calais says.

Next year is not an election year, and will likely see another look at a controversial legislative pay hike bill.

In Vermont, the Legislature this year passed PR.3, enshrining the right to collective bargaining into the state constitution.

Of the 295 candidates sent the poll, only three said they would proceed with the Clean Heat Standard.

Soon after Vermont’s bill became law in May, New York legislators voted to pass their own measure. But their governor, too, may veto the bill.

Information on their electoral status will be added to this spreadsheet later this week.

Breaking news: House overrides vetoes on Act 250 reform, property tax hike, and safe injection site. More override votes to come….