Spokesperson Jason Maulucci told VTDigger on Friday that the Governor’s Office is watching as lawmakers scale back some of Gov. Phil Scott’s highest priority items.
Final Reading: Money battles brew in the Statehouse
Author: Sarah Mearhoff
Sarah Mearhoff is one of VTDigger's political reporters, covering the Vermont statehouse, executive branch and congressional delegation. Prior to joining Digger, she covered Minnesota and South Dakota state politics for Forum Communications' newspapers across the Upper Midwest for three years. She has also covered politics in Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, she is a proud alumna of the Pennsylvania State University where she studied journalism.
As the ‘right to repair’ debate comes to Montpelier, lawmakers face a ‘flood’ of opposition from national interest groups
“If folks are fighting, spending so much money, to prevent access to these tools and materials, there's probably a lot at stake here,” said Rep. Katherine Sims.
Final Reading: Phil Scott knocks changes to Senate housing bill
The governor stopped short of threatening a veto, saying “I think that we need to make sure that we give legislators the ability to make changes.”
Final Reading: Many bills made it across the crossover threshold. Some did not.
Friday was the deadline for bills to clear their committee of origin. Those that didn’t are unlikely to become law this session.
Final Reading: Advocates look to decriminalize sex work
“Our laws should protect people, not push them further toward the margins of our society,” Sen. Becca White said at a press conference calling on Vermont to decriminalize sex work.
Vermont Senate gives initial approval to abortion ‘omnibus’ bill seeking to protect reproductive health care
As Vermont lawmakers attempt to beef up protections to reproductive health care within the state, lawsuits across the country threaten to impede access to care nationwide.
With crossover deadline fast approaching, a Senate panel takes on wide-ranging labor legislation
Committee chair Kesha Ram Hinsdale is committed to passing bills to expand union organization protections and beef up workplace discrimination legal protections by Friday.
In a slate of new bills, Vermont lawmakers take a hard look at domestic and sexual violence
Numerous bills before the Legislature this year have shone a spotlight on the many forms that intimate partner violence, both domestic and sexual, can take.
Final Reading: Poetry, cat care and constituent work on lawmakers’ agendas for Town Meeting break
The legislative session’s midway Town Meeting break marks a brief respite before legislators return to a flurry of activity leading up to Crossover Day.
Final Reading: A lawmaker’s quest to legalize funeral pyres
The Legislature last year approved a bill legalizing the organic decomposition of bodies, and Rep. Matt Birong, D-Vergennes, is using that bill as his framework for H.216.