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As Vermont lawmakers attempt to beef up protections to reproductive health care within the state, lawsuits across the country threaten to impede access to care nationwide.
The senator said her amendment would offer 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents, apply to all genders and be available in the case of both births and adoptions.
Following pushback from the child care sector, Democrats in the Vermont Senate are backing off from plans to enact full-day prekindergarten in public schools.Currently, the families of all 3- and 4-year-olds in Vermont receive a voucher for each child...
“One of the things that we heard in testimony is how if we took all the 4-year-olds out categorically right away, it would devastate child care facilities,” said Sen. Ginny Lyons, one of the bill’s sponsors.
With barely a ripple of dissent, House members made quick work on Friday of their companion to a Senate bill still in committee.