Sen. Hardy: Ed reform bill not good for taxpayers or schools

A lot has changed with H.454, Vermont’s major K-12 educational transformation bill, and it will be up for a vote on the Senate floor this week. Sen. Hardy will vote against it.

Eighteen former state senators and state reps. say that none of the sweeping changes to Vermont’s education landscape that are in bill H.454 are necessary.

Many people have questions about how the proposed changes to Vermont’s K-12 school system being debated by the Legislature might impact their kids, school, community, or property taxes. To learn more, join Senator Ruth Hardy for a K-12 Education Community … (read more)

Some of Vermont’s top elected officials converged on Middlebury Saturday to spread a united message during these tumultuous early days of the Trump Administration: The Green Mountain State will safeguard its citizens from the growing threats of reduced fe … (read more)

Vermont farmers are trying to figure out their next steps as they reel from changes to federal agriculture policies in the past three months that were capped this week when U.S. border agents arrested migrant farm workers at a dairy farm in Franklin Count … (read more)

While state government has an information pipeline to D.C. to help it account for cfederal cuts to programs like Medicaid, what about the hundreds of nonprofit organizations in Vermont that rely on federal money that doesn’t filter through state agencies? … (read more)

It takes more than 5,000 elected and appointed municipal officials to make Vermont’s local governments work, with most of these being volunteers.

Vermonters love to talk about supporting local businesses. We love to talk about how we are leaders in human services. Reality for the people providers serve differs greatly from what we allow ourselves to see

State Representative from Ferrisburgh updates Addison County residents on money bills being considered in the Legislature.

Town officials pulled the plug on live-streaming Saturday’s town meeting after someone hacked the site and X-rated images appeared as a legislator was addressing the crowd.

Legislators cite recommendations from medical organizations to explain why they oppose Trump administration executive orders.

The leaders of the local school districts are excited to learn more details about the governor’s plan to reduce the number of Vermont school districts to five.

State officials unveiled the broad strokes of Gov. Phil Scott’s education proposal that includes sweeping changes like consolidating Vermont’s 52 school districts to just 5 and a new funding formula.

New state reps from Addison-4 says he is honored to be one of the 29 Republicans and 23 Democrats in this year’s very large freshman class, clearly reflecting voters’ desire for change.

In his 5th inaugural address, Gov. Phil Scott says housing and education reform are important, and he will offer details in a couple weeks.