At 11:15 pm on Saturday May 16th, the gavel fell signaling the end of 2015 Legislative Session. Since then I have resumed working full-time at my regular employment job - Director of Economic and Workforce Development for SE Vermont's Windham Region, attended the last school events of the season for my middle schooler, and celebrated …
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Update as the Legislature heads toward the end of the session
This week the House will take on this year's economic development bill. The latest version of the S.138 can be found here. It currently contains provisions that would expand and add economic development marketing to state marketing efforts as well as lowering the wage threshold from 160% - 140% of minimum wage for the Vermont …
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Public hearing on education, paid sick leave and the gun bill
We are in the final weeks of the session, and my House committee is working to get our economic development bill out this week. You can follow the progress on our committee page where we are working on S.138, the Senate's economic development bill. Hearing on Education Consolidation Efforts: This Wednesday April 22, 2015 a …
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Legislative Update April 14th: Economic Development bills moving, Iron Chef’s and more
The Senate voted out their big economic development bill S.138 last week. This "promotion of economic development" bill, developed by the Economic Development Housing & General Affairs Committee, had a rough trip through the Senate with a number of provisions stripped out, including Windham County Senator Becca Balint's innovative Millennial Enterprise Zones. This zone would …
House vote on H.361
This past week the House approved H.361, this year's education bill by a vote 0f 88-55. The final bill that passed the house is: H. 361 Section By Section Summary. This bill seeks to create "Integrated Education Systems". This is an important and understandable goal, particularly if you understand that Vermont has a growing challenge, …
Updates (and a laugh) from Montpelier
The Sugar Tax Things are pretty serious in Montpelier, so let me start with "the laugh". As many of you know, I've supported my family by working in a number of small food service establishments for almost 20 years. It's very often the owners of those little restaurants and bars that I think of first …
Sibilia campaign update
Campaign signs are in! Email me at laurasibiliavt@gmail.com if you would like to host one The candidates have been notified that two candidate forums for the district have been scheduled by the Deerfield Valley Rotary and the Deerfield Valley News: Dover Town Hall on Wednesday, October 22, at 7 pm. The forum will include Windham …
A suprise win
One of the most astonishing facts about the State of Vermont's 1.6 billion dollars investment in statewide education is that nowhere at the state level are we collecting information on what opportunities that buys for Vermont's students. We have a governance system that values local control, and budgets that are voted on locally, but the …
Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 