Education, healthcare and land use reform dominate Legislative breakfast

VERGENNES — Healthcare reform, new land-use protocols and an ongoing revamp of Vermont’s public education system were among the dominant topics at this year’s first legislative breakfast, held Monday at the St. Peter’s Catholic Parish Hall in Vergennes. Around 30 attendees listened to, and questioned, a handful of Addison County lawmakers who braved frigid conditions to get to the forum, sponsored by the Addison County Farm Bureau and Bridport Grange. Among the speakers was Rep. Rob North, R-Ferrisburgh, a … (read more)

Organizers of this year’s Addison County Legislative Breakfasts series have announced five gatherings for local lawmakers to update their constituents about goings on in the Vermont Statehouse this session.

While public education reform has been generating most of the headlines from the Statehouse, a budget adjustment act standoff between Gov. Phil Scott and the Legislature and the status of federal funding were the hot-button topics at this past Saturday’s … (read more)

Efforts to streamline Vermont’s public education system, a potential loss of federal funding for state programs and the ongoing, unbridled rise in health insurance premiums dominated discussion at Monday’s legislative breakfast hosted by Bristol American … (read more)

The annual Addison County Legislative Breakfast/Luncheon series will kick off on Monday, Feb. 10, and will convene five times through April.

Efforts to protect pollinators, grow affordable housing and pass healthcare reform were among the hot topics of the final legislative breakfast of 2024, held Monday at the Weybridge Congregational Church.

Our next, and last, Legislative Breakfast will be held in Weybridge on Monday, 8 April. Let’s have some of our representatives there!

Were it not for state Sen. Chris Bray, D-Bristol, Monday’s legislative breakfast at St. Peter’s Parish Hall in Vergennes would have just been called “breakfast.”

At Monday’s Legislative Breakfast, local hunting and trapping enthusiasts grilled Sen. Chris Bray on bill S.258, which proposes to transfer the authority to adopt rules for the taking of fish, wildlife and fur-bearing animals from the Fish & Wildlife Boar … (read more)

After the longtime coordinator of the local Legislative Breakfast series, Jim Morse, died this past November, it was unclear if there’d be a local forum at which county lawmakers and residents could gather and discuss what is going on in Montpelier during … (read more)

Jim Morse died on Nov. 9, following a hard-fought battle with cancer. And now, a second generation of the Morse family has vowed to extend and deepen Jim’s legacies.

Local lawmakers on Monday provided an update on bills that will advance through the legislative process this year, including measures that would authorize online sports betting, provide more financial support to the state’s childcare system and ensure bet … (read more)

State lawmakers are getting ready to discuss a bill that would establish an “Affordable Heat Act,” or AHA, aimed at reducing Vermonters’ heating bills and steering them toward alternatives to fossil fuels.

The 2023 Legislative Breakfast series will debut in Vergennes on Monday, Feb. 13, at the St. Peter’s Parrish Hall, 85 Maple St.

Addison County’s long tradition of holding legislative breakfasts linking elected politicians with their constituents while the General Assembly is in session will continue — with a few tweaks.