State health and education leaders have voiced concern about the wisdom of an outright ban on cell phones in schools being imposed by legislative edict. In remarks before the Senate Education Committee last February, Vermont Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said, “We completely sup...
First week of the 2019 Vermont legislative session Jan. 9, 2019. State House Info – Cedar Creek Room ceiling renovations. Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives Mitzi Johnson’s Legislative Session Introductory Address. Interview segments with Sen. Joe Benning, Rep. Tom Stevens, Rep. Ch...
“The last couple years there’s been so much coming at us that something’s going to break,” said Karen Richard, the town clerk for Colchester, Vt., who also heads the association’s legislative committee. Richard cited several mandates that have come down from the Legislature in the ...
A series of one man, one vote decisions made by the United States Supreme Court in the 1960s required states to redraw their legislative districts to more fairly reflect population. As a result, urban areas in Vermont gained political power. After the legislature was redistricted under one-per...
Our collective work, and especially the legislative work, can sometimes take years to yield results. But we have seen many successes across the state, including programs established through the collaborative work of the Department of Mental Health, our providers, and the legislature. We have mental...
but passed the Senate 19-11 – one vote shy of the two-thirds necessary to override. As the 2020 legislative session began, S.37 appeared at the top of the Senate’s daily unfinished business calendar, awaiting action. And there it stayed until the legislature recessed last week, in this...
While the reports show new information about pesticide use, they have limited information about a controversial insecticide lawmakers have started cracking down on. Last year, the Legislature passed a bill restricting use of neonicotinoids, a relatively new class of insecticides related to nicotine that...
The article reports on the move of the Vermont legislature to recognize marriage for lesbian and gay couples. The legislature has voted to override the vet... S Jordan - 《Empty Closet》 被引量: 0发表: 2009年 Same-Sex Marriage in the Heartland: The Case for Legislative Minimalism in Crafti...