State economist: Douglas’ AHS budget cuts would cause 1,000 to 1,400 layoffs
The total impacts on the state’s economy could “approach losses of $50 million per year” and “exceed $40 million per year in personal income.”
House Passes Challenges Bill
Shap Smith: “By focusing on outcomes, not only will the state find considerable savings, we will be able to better provide services for Vermonters.”
House Appropriations gives “Challenges” bill a once-over, weighs impact on human services, corrections, education
The question Sen. Randy Brock said, is not, at this point, whether school consolidation will happen, but how long it would take and what it would look like.
