
Starting next month, the DMV will no longer suspend a person’s driving privileges solely because they have not paid the fines for a moving violation.
Starting next month, the DMV will no longer suspend a person’s driving privileges solely because they have not paid the fines for a moving violation.
Likely among the panel’s first tasks: hiring a special counsel to investigate Sheriff John Grismore and possibly the county’s state’s attorney, John Lavoie.
The project is likely the first of its kind in Franklin County.
Speakers told a panel of state officials that multiple expansions of the prison since the 1970s have sowed distrust among nearby residents, and many are hesitant to support new construction on or around the site.
The seven-member committee will be tasked with investigating whether Sheriff John Grismore and State’s Attorney John Lavoie should be impeached.
Thursday’s vote tops Vermonters off for another two years of to-go bevs, but the bill is still far from bottomless. It will require reauthorization once again come 2025.
The legislation would also make lawmakers eligible for the same health insurance coverage — with the same premium split — as state employees.
The seven-member body would be tasked with investigating whether impeachment is warranted for Franklin County State’s Attorney John Lavoie, as well as Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore.
The money would keep Green Mountain Transit fares free through the end of 2023, after which the transit agency would start charging again — for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Town Administrator Eric Dodge’s decision to step down follows months of contentious debate over the town’s 2024 fiscal year budget, as well as longtime Selectboard Chair Bob Beeman’s resignation just after Town Meeting Day.