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Legislative Review: Energy policy shift could be costly

Posted on February 26, 2015 |
By Warren Van Wyck



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Legislative Review: Lake, budget among top issues

Posted on February 26, 2015 |
By Rep. Fred Baser of Bristol



Entering the Town Meeting break there are three topics that have percolated to the top of legislators’ lunch break discussions. Those subjects are solving the state revenue projected shortfall, changes in public education, and water quality issues, especially surrounding Lake Champlain. What are my thoughts on these issues?

MONEY SHORTFALL

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Opinion: Supporters of gun control bill find it tough to testify

Posted on February 23, 2015 |
By Anna Rose Benson



A lot of the people at the hearing on Senate Bill 31 last Tuesday at the Statehouse seemed too happy from the start — and yes, I’m talking mostly about the “Orange People.”

Too happy, I thought, because this hearing was about the risks Vermonters can face from dangerous people with guns, whatever color they choose to wear.

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Editorial: Education bill sets the stage for Town Meeting discussion

Posted on February 19, 2015 |
By Angelo S. Lynn



Consider how it might work if a legislative proposal to create a single school board per school district were approved this session. The measure, for example, would phase out the seven elementary school boards in the Addison Central Supervisory Union, the UD-3 board (representing the Middlebury Union Middle School and the Middlebury Union High School), and the supervisory union board. In their place, one district board would represent that seven-town constituency with one combined budget.

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Lawmakers weigh costs of school consolidation

Posted on February 12, 2015 |
By Evan Johnson



MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont House Education Committee is “up to our eyeballs in education policy,” committee chairman Rep. David Sharpe told a group of around 40 at the Legislative Breakfast at the Middlebury American Legion hall on Monday. The Bristol Democrat said that changes to the way Vermont schools are governed and financed is high on the legislative agenda.

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On Point In Education: Reauthorization of education law is opportunity for change

Posted on February 11, 2015 |
By Peter Burrows



The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which spawned the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, is the central linchpin of the federal education agenda. Signed into law in 1965 by Lyndon Johnson, it has set forth federal agendas on education and has been the primary pathway for federal funding to state and local agencies.

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Legislative Review: Lawmakers struggle to fund education

Posted on February 10, 2015 |
By Rep. David Sharpe D-Bristol



Our Vermont Constitution requires the state to provide education for all our youth. For many years, the state has designated towns to carry out this requirement of the constitution. In the end it is the responsibility of all of us to educate all our youth.

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Guest editorial: Legislature faces crucial decisions on current use

Posted on February 9, 2015 |
By Jamey Fidel



Among the many issues being debated in Montpelier that could have a lasting impact on Vermont’s environment and economy are possible changes to the Current Use program.

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Guest editorial: Gun control crosses current of Vermont's political tides

Posted on February 5, 2015 |
By Emerson Lynn



No state is more liberal than Vermont when it comes to its politics. And no state is more conservative than Vermont when it comes to its guns.

Raise my taxes.

Tell me where I can build my home and where I can’t.

Tell me which doctor I can visit.

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Legislative Review: Lanpher vows to help close budget gap

Posted on February 5, 2015 |
By Rep. Diane Lanpher



This is the start of my seventh year in the Vermont House of Representatives, and it is still as special as my first year. In many ways I am experiencing those freshmAn hurdles again due to my acceptance of a new and challenging legislative assignment. For six years I served on the House Transportation Committee. But after several conversations with House Speaker Shap Smith, I knew this 2015 legislative session was going to have a very different approach.

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