Town Meeting Legislative Update March 1, 2016 Dear Friends and Neighbors: It's an honor to represent you in our State Legislature and to communicate the activities of the General Assembly to you in this Town Meeting update. I have been busy since the beginning of the session working in my committee and with constituents on …
Author: Rep. Laura Sibilia
Six-term independent Vermont State Representative representing the citizens, students, towns and businesses of Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton and Wardsboro.
Register to vote and details on paid sick leave
Town meeting is next week! I hope to see many of you at your town meeting. It's not too late to register to vote. Register by this Wednesday, February 24th, to vote in the Presidential primaries and your town ballots. The link above will allow you to register online. Wardsboro Connectivity meeting A community wide …
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Budgets, twister and turnips
We are three weeks in to the session, and a number of items are seeing some legislative action. GILFEATHER TURNIP Of local importance, this week Wardsboro's native Gilfeather Turnip made a significant step towards being named the Vermont State Vegetable after passing the House. Congratulations to the Wardsboro students who have testified in support …
State Connectivity Officials to meet in Readsboro
Contact: Rep. Laura Sibilia 1-802-384-0233 For Immediate Release: January 19th, 2015 State Connectivity Officials to meet in Readsboro On Monday January 25th at 7 PM, the Vermont Department of Public Service, Telecom and Connectivity Division will be meeting with the Readsboro Selectboard and interested citizens to share data about existing broadband availability and broadband and …
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Vermont marijuana legislation hearings
For those monitoring the Marijuana Legalization issue: Work is happening mostly in the Senate right now. Below is a white paper that the Commerce Committee has been asked to review regarding financial regulation we will need to consider prior to legalizing. Department of Financial and Regulation White Paper on Marijuana Legalization in Vermont - Implications for …
Time for a new session
This week I’m packing to head back up to Montpelier for the legislative session which starts on January 5th and will likely go through some unknown date in May. I’ve also been catching up with folks who have reached out to me on various issues they care about or problems they are trying to fix. …
Southern Vermont Zone report released
One of the pieces of legislation I was particularly proud of working on last year was the creation of the Southern Vermont Economic Development Zone and the Southern Vermont Zone Committee. Over the course of much of the session, Rep. Oliver Olsen of Londonderry, Rep. Kiah Morris of Bennington, Senator Becca Balint and I worked …
November 9 presentations
Thank you to those who attended the Act 46 information session Rep. Ann Manwaring and I hosted on November 6th in Wilmington. Rep. Dave Sharpe, Chair of the Vermont House of Representatives Committee on Education presented. Links to his presentation here. This meeting was also videotaped - I will send out a link once available. …
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