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The Vermont Mayors Coalition recently announced the issues it wants the state legislature to prioritize this session.
The Coalition represents eight of the state’s nine cities and was formed in 2013 to advocate on issues of joint concern. Six mayors must support any issue to be included in the priorities.
Winooski Mayor Kristine Lott said the group’s top priorities are pandemic response and support for housing and food security. “We would really like to see the legislature mobilize funds quickly, as soon as they’re available, and extend the housing stabilization rent and mortgage support programs that were already in place and leverage those programs for immediate assistance to Vermont Vermont households. So when somebody can no longer make their rent, make their mortgage payments, mobilizing funds instead of letting them fall months behind. We also want to encourage or rather urge the extension of contracts already in place that are supporting local organizatio
States’ Rights: The Foundation of Our Republic
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution
Fighting together in the American Revolution, Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge CREDIT: Dunsmore, John Ward, artist. “Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge.” Reproduction of a 1907 painting. St. Paul, Brown & Bigelow, copyright 1907. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
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When some gaze upon the title of this week’s missive, they may immediately construct a negative connotation for the words “states’ rights.” There are those who will weigh these words against the annals of American history associated with slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow, and segregation. The funny thing is that the people who think of state
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick starts 2021 legislative session with an unusually low profile
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Credit: Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune
In 2015, Dan Patrick stormed into his first legislative session as lieutenant governor declaring it a “new day” in Texas, claiming a mandate for conservative policy from voters in the prior election.
Two years later, Patrick embarked on his second session with an early and aggressive red-meat agenda meant to build pressure on a resistant House.
In 2019, Patrick played the eager participant in the united front that the new Big 3 himself, Gov. Greg Abbott and new House Speaker Dennis Bonnen sought to display as the session began.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick s agenda is expected to come into focus soon. His office says he “will announce his 31 legislative priorities for this session in the next few days.” Credit: Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune
In 2015, Dan Patrick stormed into his first legislative session as lieutenant governor declaring it a “new day” in Texas, claiming a mandate for conservative policy from voters in the prior election.
Two years later, Patrick embarked on his second session with an early and aggressive red-meat agenda meant to build pressure on a resistant House.
In 2019, Patrick played the eager participant in the united front that the new Big 3 himself, Gov. Greg Abbott and new House Speaker Dennis Bonnen sought to display as the session began.