Representing Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton and Wardsboro
Unfair. Inequitable. Disconnected from reality. The system Vermont uses to provide access to K-12 public school funding is an obscene injustice hiding in plain sight. It results in less for students with higher needs and more for students with less needs. Is this a devious plan of people in power to hold the state’s shared …
Good evening all. 34 days till Spring! This week I have included two electoral reform pieces of legislation that have been introduced. A bill requiring civics education for all Vermont students and I have also reintroduced legislation that would require ranked choice voting to be used in primaries and in the election of our U.S. …
Updates regarding the 1099-G improper mailing and data incident provided below by the Vermont Department of Labor. Information for impacted individuals will also be provided direct to claimants via email, as well as through the Department website and social media channels. Next Steps for Individuals ID Protection Information Update No. 1: February 2, 2021 On …
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Possible Data Breach Good evening, If you or a family member has received unemployment income this year, please pay attention to the press release below about a data breach affecting a select group of up to 50,000 Vermonters. Not all unemployment claimants are thought to be affected. I will be providing updates as we receive …
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Good evening, I've included a number of updates below. Good news is beginning to increase; more then 10% of Vermonters have now been vaccinated, and vaccinations are going up and the number of active cases is slowly going down. Bennington County surge slows down, but residents remain on high alert FORTY Days left till Spring!Photo …
This week the governor put forward his proposal for the FY 22 budget. The next steps are for the House to consider and make its recommendations and then for the Senate to consider and make their reccome4ndations. Usually the legislative session ends when the negotiations end and budget is agreed to by the governor, the …
Good afternoon, This week we will see vaccinations begin for those 75 and older (see details below) and on Tuesday there will be a Joint Assembly – to hear the Budget Message of the Governor at 1:00 P.M. The Joint Assembly proceedings, can be viewed at: https://legislature.vermont.gov/senate/streaming/joint-assembly This week we have three significant financial reports …
Friends and neighbors, Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos virtually administers the Oath of Office to Vermont Legislators in 2021 Taking the Oath of Office to start a fourth term representing the district of Windham-Bennington The 2021 session began virtually (and the 2020 session officially ended) on Wednesday January 6th. Shortly after Vermont's Legislators took …
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Good afternoon all, The Vermont Department of Health has new town updates and we can see that week over week there are 25 new cases in the Whitingham, Wilmington and Dover area. Bennington has several outbreaks including with their Police Department and with workers at the Veteran's Home. I know we all hope for a …
MEDIA ALERT: INFORMATION FOR PUA CLAIMANTS Montpelier – Active Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claimants that are unable to file their weekly claim with the Vermont Department of Labor for the week ending December 26, 2020, are likely experiencing this because they have already received the maximum number of weeks through the program under the original …
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Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 