Campbell says union tactics go too far
The president pro tem says H.97, a bill that would unionize home child-care providers, won’t advance in the Senate.
On video + Story : State treasurer frees up cash flow for towns hit by Irene
UPDATED with story: Pearce said the 40 to 50 municipalities that sustained significant damage as a result of the storm will have until Feb. 28 to remit money to the state property tax education fund.
Health care gurus spar over Act 48
Six leading figures in health care policy traded tit for tat as they debated the merits and potential pitfalls of Vermont’s emerging new health care system.
Senator Campbell announces formation of post-Irene property law task force
President Pro-Tem John Campbell announced the formation of a task force to identify unique legal issues and potential consequences arising from the damage and destruction of real property during Tropical Storm Irene.
Campbell’s property tax predicament becomes political fodder for GOP
“Sometimes people think all lawyers are very wealthy,” Campbell said. “That’s not the case when you’ve been in the Legislature for 12 years.”
Shumlin signs nation’s first single-payer health care bill into law
“We gather here today to launch the first single payer system in America, to do in Vermont what has taken too long — to have a health care that is the best in the world that treats health care as a right and not a privilege, where health care follows the individual not the employer,” Shumlin said.
Smith and Campbell: A reprise of the 2011 Golden Bubble
Smith, Campbell gave themselves (and the Legislature) credit for several major victories, including resolution of the budget gap without raising “broad-based” taxes and passage of the universal health care bill.
Inside the Golden Bubble: An anti-climactic end?
It was another day of hurry up and wait day at the Statehouse on Tuesday. Key lawmakers scurried from committee room to another and to the ceremonial governor’s office as part of the behind the scenes dealmaking.
The big three jockey under the boards
Early Tuesday afternoon, folks privy to the high-level tax talks under way reported that the green-eyeshade statistical mavens had figured out that the various sides were “about two cents apart.”
Senate gives initial OK to single-payer health care bill
Republicans raised fundamental philosophical objections to the idea of a single-payer system in which the government administers payment for health care.
