Representing Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton and Wardsboro
A few brief notes on the start of the 2019 Vermont legislative session. Our district is the Windham/Bennington district, and so I try to work on regional Southern Vermont issues with members from the Windham and Bennington county districts. There are several new southern Vermont legislators: Rep. Sarah Coffey of Guilford, Rep. Emiliee Kornheiser of …
Continue reading Sibilia: Week 1 of the 2019 Vermont legislative session
~ 2018 Reflections ~ Contemplating 2019 ~ This past year voters elected me to a third two-year term representing you in the Vermont Legislature. Thank you for placing your trust in me. I will continue to work to represent our district with integrity and passion. ~~~ Last session I served for a second year on the newly formed Energy …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Reflections on 2018 ~ Contemplating 2019
Please share your thoughts prior to the upcoming Vermont legislative session.
New categories of jobs will emerge, partly or wholly displacing others. The skill sets required in both old and new occupations will change in most industries and transform how and where people work. — Read on http://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2018
Please share this information and I hope you will attend any events that can fit into your schedules. Southern Vermont Economy Zone CEDS: Windham and Bennington County are fast approaching the finalization of a plan to grow the economy which over 700 of our fellow Southern Vermonters have contributed to. You can read more about that …
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Good evening/morning, Election day is Tuesday, November 6th. You must be registered to vote in the town you currently reside in. In Vermont you can register the day of the election. Information on Vermont's voting laws is available on the Secretary of State's website. This year, we have contested elections for U.S. Senator, U.S. Congress, Governor, Lieutenant …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Voting, PUC hearings on Consolidated Communications
The lawsuit follows below. The question is whether or not Vermont's governor and legislature are federally preempted from taking action on issues of connectivity as it relates to the Net Neutrality issue. The House Committee in Energy and Technology on which I serve spent much of the last session working on this legislation. http://www.americancable.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/181018-Complaint-with-Exhibits-1-5-ECF-Stamped.pdf
Rep. Laura Sibilia, Candidate for State Rep. - WDH-BEN (I) | Brattleboro Community TV — Read on http://www.brattleborotv.org/meet-candidates/rep-laura-sibilia-candidate-state-rep-wdh-ben-i
“By the 1930s nearly 90% of U.S. urban dwellers had electricity, but 90% of rural homes were without power. Investor-owned utilities often denied service to rural areas, citing high development costs and low profit margins. Consequently, even when they could purchase electricity, rural consumers paid far higher prices than urban consumers.” - from the University …
Governor Scott has announced the appointment of Dan French as Vermont's next Education Secretary. Secretary French is very familiar with our districts two supervisory unions: WSWSU and the WCSU. He previously served as the Superintendent in the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union to our north, and consulted on several Act 46 mergers and on behalf of …
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Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 