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The Vermont House’s tri-partisan Rural Caucus, formerly known as the Rural Economic Development Working Group, or REDWnG, met on Dec. 7 with more than 45 members to elect its co-chairs and clerk and begin setting priorities for the 2023 legislative session. The caucus unanimously elected four officers to guide ...
MOAA members in North Carolina are strategically maneuvering to advance legislation that would exempt military pension from state income tax. Col. Ihor “Iggi” Husar, USAR (Ret), first vice president of MOAA’s North Carolina Council of Chapters, said all 15 state chapters are tracking two bills that would eliminate military pension from state income tax. He has led efforts to connect chapter members to the lawmakers in their districts to build more meaningful connections in hopes of passing the legislation. “It’s much better to have a constituent calling to make an appointme...
Rep. Jill Krowinski The day after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election, outraged Vermont lawmakers weighed in on the historic moment. Rep. Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington), the new speaker of the House of Representatives, stood at the rostrum in the nearly empty chamber, a portrait of George Washington towering over her, and asked the clerk to read the hastily drafted declaration. It condemned the violence as a "direct attack upon our democracy" that was "instigated by President Donald Trump" to...