All the committees are meeting with our executive branch partners, those running Vermont’s agencies and departments who are responsible for turning our work into reality.

Source: https://www.chestertelegraph.org/2023/01/24/sen-clarkson-housing-a-priority-as-new-legislative-session-in-montpelier-begins/

Barnard is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit challenging Vermont’s residency requirement filed in August 2022 by Compassion & Choices, a Denver-based nonprofit organization “empowers everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.”

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/news/is-death-tourism-on-the-rise-vermont-moving-to-drop-residency-requirement-for-assisted-suicide

Brian Shupe: Why is Vermont’s administration backpedaling on the climate crisis?

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/02/05/1-person-hospitalized-1-arrested-in-burlington-shooting/

But before European settlers cleared Vermont’s landscape in the 1800s, Indigenous people carefully subsisted off the region’s forests for thousands of years.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/03/02/in-search-of-balance-conservationists-wade-into-an-age-old-debate-as-they-seek-more-protection-for-forests/

From beer and cheese to cider and syrup, Vermont’s brand is synonymous with several agricultural products, despite being covered with snow, ice, and mud for much of the year.

Source: https://www.boston.com/food/breweries-bars/2023/03/23/barr-hill-gin-vermont-montpelier-distillery-cocktails/

In Vermont, the University of Vermont’s Community News Service started a statehouse reporting with three students who each receive six credits and a stipend of $1,000.

Source: https://fortune.com/2023/04/06/how-bad-local-news-crisis-college-student-reporters-statehouses-government/

Panel pushes Vermont’s new building energy code implementation to July…

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/06/11/dan-smith-vermont-needs-a-system-for-child-care-and-more-houses-for-people-to-live-in/

Residents of Vermont’s largest city will vote Tuesday on whether to create a community police oversight board that would have the authority to discipline Burlington police officers, including the chief.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/c25255c2308818d2?ref=ff

Since then, she’s seen a lot of change — most recently, seeing COVID-19 completely disrupt Vermont’s town meeting day tradition.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/03/20/hinesburg-town-clerk-retires-after-long-career/

Sloan and Vermont’s other military hospitals had a strong record of success.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/03/19/then-again-dr-janes-never-forgot-what-he-experienced-in-wartime/

The deluge also came less than three months after a storm caused deadly floods in New York’s Hudson Valley and swamped Vermont’s capital, Montpelier.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5542113/new-york-stunned-and-swamped-by-record-breaking-rainfall-as-more-downpours-are-expected/

These essential skills strengthen Vermont’s workforce, providing critical support for the future.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/06/27/independence-day-barbecues-parades-and-veterans-benefits/

The street runs along the edge of the city’s Old North End, just off the University of Vermont’s main quad.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/opinion/editorials/vermont-shooting-palestinians.html

Vermont’s Constitution is equally fierce about the right to assembly and the manner of speeches it affords the public.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/04/20/meg-mott-honoring-the-right-to-be-rude-serves-our-democratic-republic/

Vermont’s lakes attract tourists and visitors providing important economic benefits to the state.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/07/09/pat-suozzi-especially-this-month-appreciate-vermonts-lakes/

Vermont’s largest city, with a population of over 44,000, has grappled with a rise in gun violence.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1867633/families-of-3-young-palestinian-men-shot-in-vermont-thought-us-would-be-safer