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MONTPELIERÂ â Sen. Randy Brock was answering a question Tuesday morning about the Senate s version of H. 360, a bill setting the framework for building out universal high-speed broadband across Vermont, when his Zoom feed suddenly gave out and he disappeared from the Senate s virtual ranks. We have a broadband issue right here, right now, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, the ex-officio Senate President, said.Â
Brock, R-Franklin, returned in plenty of time for the Senate to unanimously pass the bill, which proposes spending millions in federal aid to assure universal access to high-speed broadband for education, health, business and telecommuting. A formal third reading vote is set for Wednesday. Â
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MONTPELIER â The state, in response to a data breach that led to personally identifying information including names, addresses and Social Security numbers being sent to the wrong addresses, will provide all 2020 unemployment insurance recipients with identity theft protection, Gov. Phil Scott said Tuesday.
In the meantime, Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington told the Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee that the department has stepped up quality assurance steps to make sure when 1099-G tax forms are resent later this month, there are no more mistakes.
The state is in process of recalling thousands of 1099-G forms sent to unemployment benefit claimants after it was discovered that names, addresses and Social Security numbers of claimants were sent to the wrong addresses. Scott has appointed one of his top advisors as deputy labor commissioner and assigned two teams from his administration to
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