Committee members balk at cuts to programs for the most vulnerable
In a grim little ceremony, members of the House Human Services Committee went around the room and took a straw poll on which programs they could live with cutting.
Perry: Shumlin, lawmakers have lost their courage
I am concerned that some of our legislators have stopped hearing the voices of the weak and the frail, the old and the sick.
Story + video: Budget hearing “puts human face” on proposals for cuts
Advocates decried cuts that they said would harm programs that aid the homeless, mentally ill, developmentally disabled, low-income families and children, and those on state health insurance programs.
Inside the Golden Bubble: The TMD deadline rush; Protest central; Gov’s presser redux on video
Legislative committees in the House of Representatives are in wind up mode before the big mid-session break — town meeting week.
Manwaring: Budget shortchanges our values
Unless we are prepared to put the elderly and infirm, and eventually ourselves, on an ice floe to feed the fishes, we need to get real and change the conversation.
Families tell lawmakers human services programs are crucial
Using live television, Vermonters from across the state shared their stories at a joint Senate and House Appropriations Committee public hearing on Monday.
Anatomy of a state budget cut
Vtdigger.org examines DMH’s decisions to shut down the Canteen at the Vermont State Hospital and to move the department from Burlington to Waterbury.
