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Legislative Wrap-up: Bills we could see next year
Among the bills that didn't make it to the finish line this session are those relating to Taser regulation, campaign finance reform, unionization for child-care workers and deputy state's attorneys, and social media privacy.
Legislative Wrap-up: Transportation
The Legislature raised the gas tax by 6 cents per gallon to avoid losing $60 million in federal transportation funds. And undocumented farmworkers in Vermont gained the right to obtain driving privilege cards.
Legislative Wrap-up: Agency fees
The legislation, S.14, requires an estimated 2,600 education, state and municipal employees who aren’t union members to pay fees of up to 85 percent of yearly union dues.
Legislative Wrap-up: End of life choice bill
Vermont is poised to become the first state to permit physician-assisted suicide through legislative action.
In This State: Rokeby Museum's new exhibit tells story of escaped slaves in Vermont
A picture emerges in “Free and Safe” of Vermont as a place where former slaves could live openly, finding the right combination of farm employment and relative security from recapture.
Cigna leads Vermont health insurers in denied claims
Company also claims it didn't understand procedure in disclosing executive compensation to Vermont regulators.
Legislative Wrap-up: Judiciary
Access to police investigation files, pension forfeiture for convicted state employees, limits on license plate readers among judiciary highlights.
Legislative Wrap-up: Agriculture and consumer issues
It was a good year for progressive agriculture initiatives in the Statehouse.Also In The News
SCOV Law: Independent elections
Essentially, this is a case about filing-petitions-for-candidate deadlines — but more specifically, it’s about the constitutionality of Vermont’s deadlines.
Lawmakers to examine lobbyists for publicly funded groups
Senate could invoke rarely used power to subpoena stubborn organizations.
Session comes to an end: Lawmakers leave citing social changes, conservative budget
If the Democratic majority in the Senate and House could be described as fiscally conservative, their policy decisions on a handful of social issues were liberal, even uber liberal.
