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[co-author: Jessica Griswold] Senate passes budget On Friday, the Senate gave final approval to the $7.17 billion FY 2022 budget, H.439. Senate Appropriations Chair Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, called it “as complicated a budget as I’ve ever had to put together in my time in the Senate” due to the flood of federal aid to Vermont for coronavirus relief and an unexpected $211 million revenue surplus. The bill spends $478.5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, while incorporating...

We are in the home stretch of the 2021 Legislative Session. COVID-19 cases are on the decline, Vermonters are lining up for vaccinations, and spring has arrived in Vermont. It’s hard to believe it was only a year ago that we were resigning ourselves to the reality that our somewhat predictable way of life had become uncertain and unpredictable. Schools went on line, businesses shut down, travel halted, and family members sheltered in place. The spigot, as Governor Scott would refer to duri...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   Vermonters deeply value our teachers, troopers and state employees. Many of the most active and engaged citizens in small town Vermont are retired state workers and teachers. While these public servants do not make as much as they might in a private sector career, the opportunity to earn a pension and have the guarantee of income in retirement is key to the recruitment and retention of these important workers, and a huge benefit to our local ...

Festus Akanbi Lagos lawyer and former President of the West Africa Bar Association (WABA), Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday dismissed what he described as repackaged allegation that he bought an Abuja property allegedly recovered by the Pension Reform Taskforce for N1 billion in 2015. The fiery lawyer, who insisted the allegation was merely being renewed after past attempts could not be substantiated, said in a statement that he had never bought any property from the federal government includin...

Again, Falana denies buying property from EFCC Mr Falana says the allegation is a renewed version of a sponsored lie. 3 min read Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has again denied buying property from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Falana’s earlier denial came on the heels of the claim by the Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation, in 2017 that “a Lagos lawyer” bought one of the assets recovered from pension thieves and handed to the ...

I Never Bought Any N6billion Property From Pension Task Force Under Maina— Falana Falana challenged the government to provide proofs that he bought the property for N1 billion as being peddled. by SaharaReporters, New York Mar 05, 2021 Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said he never bought any N6 billion property recovered by the defunct Pension Reform Task Force under Abdulrasheed Maina in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as being peddled by some croni...

I never bought any property from EFCC — Falana On Kindly Share This Story: Femi Falana(SAN) A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana, Friday denied buying any property from the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a statement sent to Vanguard, Falana explained the incidents surrounding the said property. Yesterday, a witness, Mr. Ngozika Ihuoma, while narrating before the Federal High Court in Abuja, how, EFCC, under its former Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, mismanaged 222 as...