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More than 75 people joined VTDigger on Thursday for a Legislative Preview panel on issues facing lawmakers in the 2014 session, which begins Jan. 7. Click the video above to watch a replay of the...
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Legislative preview: Business and finance issues this session include teacher...
Legislators are not just staring down a $70 million General Fund shortage in 2014. Pressures on education funding and retirement health care benefits for teachers will need to be balanced against the...
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Legislative preview: Energy proposals include 15 percent net metering cap,...
Lawmakers this session will consider legislation to lift net-metering caps, engage the public in the state’s energy siting process and require wind power operators to comply with new state regulations....
View ArticleLegislative preview: Governor to address health care committees on opening day
The legislative health care debate begins on Day One of the 2014 session Tuesday when Gov. Peter Shumlin appears before a joint committee. The early and unusual address to the House and Senate health...
View ArticleThis week in the Statehouse: Jan. 26-30
Floor work begins in the Vermont House of Representatives this week, and the Gun Owners of Vermont will be at the Statehouse to push back on a Senate proposal to require background checks for all gun...
View ArticleThis week in the Statehouse: Feb. 3-6
There won’t be any earth-shattering debates on the House or Senate floor this week. The legislative work this time of year is in committee, and if outward signs of progress seem incremental, that’s...
View ArticleThis week in the Vermont Legislature: Feb. 9-13
A public hearing Tuesday night on legislation that would require expanded criminal background checks for gun purchasers will dominate headlines this week. The bill, S.31, introduced by Sens. John...
View ArticleThis week in the Vermont Legislature: Feb. 17-20
The Shumlin administration is expected this week to divulge proposals for solving the $16 million gap that formed on Jan. 20 — five days after the governor delivered his budget address. For the Vermont...
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This week in the Vermont Legislature Feb. 23-27
Rep. Mitzi Johnson, D-South Hero, chair of the House Appropriations Committee. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger Closing next year’s budget gap will top the agenda this week as lawmakers hear from dozens...
View ArticleLegislative preview: Money bills take center stage
With the policy bill crossover date behind them, lawmakers in the House have another busy week ahead, as committees face the crossover deadline for money bills on Friday. House members will be pushing...
View ArticleLegislative preview: Energy, guns and money on the docket
As legislators return to Montpelier this week, they’ll have a balanced budget on the table with an extra $113 to boot. After months of collaborating with legislators across House committees, the...
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Legislative preview: End of session on track, House Speaker says
In another week, it will be thumb-twiddling time in the House of Representatives. With the kind of adherence to discipline that is the hallmark of Shap Smith’s tenure as House Speaker at the...
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Legislative preview: Close votes expected on paid leave bill, immunization...
House Speaker Shap Smith. VTDigger file photo Two pieces of legislation made a surprise reappearance last week: paid leave and school immunizations. Both had been declared dead earlier in the...
View ArticleLegislative preview: Money bills coalesce in Senate, child protection, health...
The stars (and the politics) are aligning in the House and Senate on the all-important, must-pass money bills, clearing the way for timely adjournment (i.e. May 15). And adjournment can’t come soon...
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Legislative preview: A Kennedy at the Statehouse
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wikipedia image Star power could give a boost to advocates of a philosophical exemption that allows parents to bypass school immunization requirements for their children. Robert...
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Legislative preview: A major detour on the way to the finish line
Sen. Norm McAllister’s arrest on Statehouse grounds last week has cast a shadow on the end of the legislative session as the Senate struggles to put the finishing touches on key bills. That shadow is...
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Missed VTDigger’s Legislative Preview event? Watch the replay here
More than 75 people joined VTDigger on Thursday for a Legislative Preview panel on issues facing lawmakers in the 2014 session, which begins Jan. 7. Click the video above to watch a replay of the...
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Legislative preview: Business and finance issues this session include teacher...
Legislators are not just staring down a $70 million General Fund shortage in 2014. Pressures on education funding and retirement health care benefits for teachers will need to be balanced against the...
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Legislative preview: Energy proposals include 15 percent net metering cap,...
Lawmakers this session will consider legislation to lift net-metering caps, engage the public in the state’s energy siting process and require wind power operators to comply with new state regulations....
View ArticleLegislative preview: Governor to address health care committees on opening day
The legislative health care debate begins on Day One of the 2014 session Tuesday when Gov. Peter Shumlin appears before a joint committee. The early and unusual address to the House and Senate health...
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