Representing Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton and Wardsboro
Please see the important announcement from the Governor's office about Grace Cottage Hospital - one of a number of critical community facilities facing public safety issues as a result of the cell vulnerabilities of the CoverageCo project. Thank you to Speaker Johnson, Governor Scott and AT&T for their preliminary response to the impending public safety …
Continue reading Important progress overcoming CoverageCo vulnerabilities
During the Legislative Session there are typically three different groups of eighth grade pages that rotate in for six-week terms to the statehouse. The pages are a group of students from all backgrounds and areas of our state who carry messages back and forth to legislators from their constituents and other legislators. This year’s second …
Continue reading 2018 Session – Acts to reduce violence in our schools and communities
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 …
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 …
It’s the holiday season and for many a time of year filled with traditions among families and communities. In Vermont we also have a unique tradition that kicks off the month of December. December 1st brings about the annual receipt of the Vermont Tax Commissioner’s statutorily required letter to the legislature regarding anticipated property tax …
Continue reading Without new state funding mechanism, Vermonter’s property taxes will keep rising
Wired and wireless internet expansion projects in Stamford, Readsboro and Whitingham were announced by the Vermont Department of Public Service, Fairpoint and the southern Vermont Broadband Cooperative. While I wish that these expansions were all resulting from service providers seeing increased market opportunities to sell their products, in fact these projects are the result of sustained …
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 …
As the final weeks of the 2017 Session wind down, legislative changes are moving quickly through both the House and Senate. Several items of interest to our area include changes to education legislation and increased tools for rural infrastructure and telecommunications. Two education bills most likely to impact our district are the Senate miscellaneous …
"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 …
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, …
Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 