Representing Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton and Wardsboro
Good evening, It's been a busy week and there is significant progress to report on a number of bills and initiatives I am spending time working on. Most especially this connectivity expansion bill which is under development in our committee. This proposal is geared towards supporting the creation of Communications Union Districts and is intended …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Week 6 of the Vermont legislative session
Good evening! My latest oped title "Let Them Stream Netflix" will be posted later this evening. It has to do with the current situation with Vermont's rural landline telephone service. ~~~ This week the legislature spent a considerable amount of time debating H.39 which provides extensions to Act 46 timetables for districts that have been …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Week 5 of the #Vermont Legislative Session
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
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Many services for our veterans can be found at the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs website. This includes presumptive illnesses, educational benefits, traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress disorder. A link to the 24 crisis hotline can also be found on the page. — Read on veterans.vermont.gov/
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
I attended the Vermont State Board of Education hearing on September 19, 2018 at Green Mountain Union High School, Chester, VT. This hearing was for the State Board to hear from districts prior to deciding what to do with those that didn't opted to merge voluntarily. The 95 districts that didn't merge submitted alternative plans, or Section …
Continue reading Testimony to SBE on Act 46 Section 9 proposals
Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 