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UPDATE 4:15 pm Thursday, November 10:  Bennington-1 candidate Bruce Busa notified The Deerfield Valley News that he has filed a request for a recount in Bennington Superior Court. DEERFIELD VALLEY- There were few upsets in statewide elections this week, with Vermonters voting...
DOVER- Tim Wessel, an independent candidate running for Windham County senator, met with local legislator Laura Sibilia at Dover Park Tuesday morning.  
A week before the general election, the two candidates hoped to meet with voters, but a cold morning rain appeared to dampen the...
DOVER- Candidates for Windham County senator met with voters at a forum organized and sponsored by the Deerfield Valley Rotary Club Tuesday evening.
Outgoing Rep. John Gannon served as moderator for the evening. Candidates at the forum included Republican Richard Morton, of Brattleboro;...
HALIFAX - The Halifax Select­board was joined by Nader Hashim, candidate for one of two Windham County Democratic nominations to the Vermont Senate, during their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Hashim sought to discuss concerns and priorities the town of Halifax would like him to consider...
DOVER- Nader Hashim, one of two Democratic candidates running for two open Senate seats in Windham County, met with voters at Dover Park to discuss his legislative agenda.  
Hashim, who lives in Dummerston with his partner and daughter, is a former Vermont State Trooper and previously...
DOVER- Windham County Senate candidate Wendy Harrison visited Dover Park Tuesday afternoon to listen to voters’ concerns and issues. Perhaps thanks to the rainy weather, however, only two people turned up for the chat. 
Harris said utilities and housing are among her top priorities.  She...
MONTPELIER- The Vermont House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to S.287, the proposed student-weighting bill, in a floor vote Wednesday.  
In her remarks during the vote, Rep. Laura Sibilia said the bill is a major step in correcting Vermont’s education financing system, which...

Richard Werner, chair of River Valleys School Board and Windham Central Supervisory Union, speaking at Tuesday's press briefing
MONTPELIER- At a Statehouse press conference Tuesday, the Coalition for Vermont Student Equity called on the House Ways and Means Committee to reject sweeping changes under consideration for S.287, the Senate’s proposed education funding equity bill.
“The Senate did their homework and got...

Sen. Education Committee members discussing weighting with UVM Professor Tammy Kolbe File photo
MONTPELIER- The Senate Finance Committee released a 33-page draft pupil weighting bill last week, and this week the Senate Education Committee released their recommendation for funding English language learners.
Sen. Ruth Hardy, who authored the draft bill with Legislative Counsel Jim...

The Senate Finance Committee last week discussed student weighting issues with UVM Prof. Tammy Kolbe, author of the 2019 Pupil Weighting Study.
MONTPELIER- The Senate Finance Committee may be poised to move forward with changes to student weighting as recommended in the UVM/Rutgers Pupil Weighting Factors report released in 2019. 
This fall, a legislative task force on the implementation of the pupil weighting report recommended...

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