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Table of Contents As Feds Push Menthol Cigarette Ban, States Weigh Broader Measures Los Angeles Community Health Councils' Jessica Melendez and a person in a bunny suit present a basket of candy-flavored tobacco to call for a ban on such products and menthol cigarettes. California’s flavored tobacco ban is on hold, but at least eight other states are considering barring the products. Ringo Chiu The Associated Press New York Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn inherited a love of music from her father, legendary Haitian big band jazz musician Marcel Bichotte. B...

Dear neighbors: Wishing you renewal and joy as spring enters full bloom and we begin to see our friends and loved ones again. May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and I invite you to think about the contributions of our Asian American Pacific Islander community while standing against violence and hatred toward Asian Americans, which has sharply risen during the pandemic. We will also likely wrap up the legislative session toward the end of this month. There are many bills, provisions, and budget items in play, so I will not be able to address them all here, and I encourage y...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   MONTPELIER — 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.  Brock, R-Franklin, returned in plenty of time for the Senate to unanimously pass the bill, which proposes spending millions in fe...

By WILSON RINGApril 9, 2021 GMT The Vermont Senate gave its final approval Friday to a proposal to amend the state constitution to protect a woman’s right to an abortion and other reproductive services. The proposal, a declaration of the “right to personal reproductive liberty,” will now be sent to the Vermont House. If approved by the House, it will go before Vermont voters in a statewide referendum in November 2022. The Senate also on Friday passed a separate proposed amendment to that would explicitly ban slavery in all forms in Vermont. In a debate before the abortion proposal, Dem...

View Comments Vermont families would pay less for child care with the passage of the $12.7 million child care bill in the Legislature.  Affordable child care has been an issue for many Vermont families, long before the pandemic, and this bill intends to alleviate some of the burden to help parents get back to work. “Right now we know there are families spending more than 30 percent of their income on child care even with financial assistance," said House Speaker Jill Krowinski D-Burlington in a news release from the non-profit Let's Grow Kids. "It's just not sustainable and it forces f...