Rep. Sibilia 2018 Town Meeting Update

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.  This report is also available online at http://www.laurasibiliavt.com where it contains live links to supporting documents and sponsored legislation.  Please stay in touch on issues …

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Local Reps planning school safety forum

For Immediate Release: Local Reps planning school safety forum Rep. John Gannon and Rep. Laura Sibilia have been contacted by and are having conversations with a number of individuals in the Deerfield Valley following the Florida and Fair Haven, VT school incidents.  There is a significant discussion about school safety happening throughout Vermont. The Governor …

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Education Finance Public Hearing this Wednesday 2/19

Public Hearing on Potential Changes to the Education Funding System Wednesday February 21, 2018, 4:00-6:00 p.m.in Room 11 The House Committee on Ways and Means will hold a public hearing on  Potential Changes to the Education Funding System on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. The hearing will be held in Room 11 on the ground floor of …

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Legislative update – January 28, 2018

The 2018 Vermont Legislative Session began on January 3rd.  We've already seen marijuana legalized in the Session and it looks like we will be spending a considerable amount of time on education cost, delivery and equity. I was pleased that both both House Speaker Mitzi Johnson's opening comments and Governor Phil Scott's subsequent State of …

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Hearings this week in Dover and Townshend on draft energy plan for Windham region

Windham Regional Commission Seeks Input on Draft Energy Plan The Windham Regional Commission looks for public comments as they develop the Regional Energy Plan with four public meetings in December and January.  The meetings will be an opportunity for the public to come and learn about why the Regional Planning Commission is creating a Regional …

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Rep. Laura Sibilia 2018 session survey

Greetings from Goose City! We are winding down from soccer with our son and looking forward to the holiday return of our girls.   I'm thinking more and more about the coming legislative session, and there are a number of public input sessions I want you to know about further on in this email. This year …

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2017 Session perspectives

Happy late summer!  I'm looking forward to seeing you all at a number of events in the coming weeks and months in the valley. An update on the end of the 2017 session: This year I served on a new committee focusing on Energy and Technology which was created by Speaker of the House Mitzi …

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Week ahead: paid family leave, ethics, property taxpayers and marijuana legalization

The coming week, presumably the final week of this year's legislative session, is loaded with significant bills that will likely generate heated debate on the floor of the House.  My votes on these bills will be made after taking into consideration ALL of the language in the bill, as well as any amendments that may …

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Budget, Taxes and Act 46 public hearing

"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation" ~Wynton Marsalis April 1, 2017   Public Hearing on possible changes to Act 46: The Senate has passed S.122, which would make modifications to Act 153 and Act 46.  The bills stated purpose is to provide increased flexibility for …

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2017 Town Meeting update

Town Meeting Update March 2017 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. BUDGET: Governor Scott has provided a 7.93B budget to the Legislature which outlines his priorities for the state.  Included were increases for early childhood education, …

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