Vermont State Colleges seek $5 million more in funding to maintain tuition freeze, programs, innovation by Guy Page January 15, 2020 – A $5 million spending hike would allow the four Vermont […]
State Colleges seek legislative support
Proposed two-cent hike in heating fuel is back – along with four-cent gasoline “fee”
by Guy Page January 14, 2020 – A bill to double the home heating fuel tax and add four cents to the cost of gasoline and other transportation fuel was introduced into […]
In Committee, this week:
Prison rape culture. Who’s at Woodside and why? Social justice in schools. Pay hike for Speaker, Pro Tem, chairs? Contraception. Act 250 and slate quarries. Homeless Awareness Day. Vehicle registration fee hikes […]
Gender-neutral Constitution amendment, tax & regulate prostitution proposed
Random news, notes & observations from the State House on a Friday afternoon By Guy Page January 10, 2020 – A proposal to make the Vermont Constitution gender-neutral was introduced into the […]
Vermont should help women escape prostitution, not legalize it, human trafficking official says
By Guy Page January 10, 2020 -Vermont’s senior human trafficking official strongly opposes a bill to legalize prostitution, she told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday. H569, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chair Maxine […]
Sell carbon-eating value of Vermont trees? Proceed carefully, working group says
By Guy Page January 9, 2020 – Fight global warming by growing more trees and selling their ‘carbon sequestration’ value to climate-conscious carbon emitters? Vermont should move forward – carefully. That’s the […]
Opinion: A tax is a tax is a TCI
By Guy Page The sun rises in the east, the emperor really is buck naked, and the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) really is a tax. Thank you, Dave Gram! Even a […]
Worker relocation program unpopular with people who already live here, Water Cooler survey says
The Remote Worker Program paying people to move to Vermont – celebrated as a success by elected officials and set for expansion in 2020 – is highly unpopular with Vermonters, according to […]
They’re back – ‘Bill mill’ resumes activity on first day of 2020 Legislature
By Guy Page January 7, 2019 – On the Legislature’s first day back, the ‘bill mill’ resumed at a rapid pace as House Democratic Caucus leaders gave members two minutes each to […]
Agri-publicans announce three more candidates for statewide office, many for local races
by Guy Page January 6, 2020 – Many new candidates for local and statewide office today officially joined gubernatorial candidate John Klar as “Agri-publicans.” “We must pop this bloated tick on the […]
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