Rebecca Fillion
WHITINGHAM- Local school board members, educators, administrators, and legislators were in attendance at a meeting of the Legislature’s Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont held at Twin Valley Middle High School on Monday, May 5.
The commission’s discussion included a...
Vermont 211, the state’s comprehensive statewide information and referral resource, has launched a new, user-friendly online directory.
Vermont 211’s search tool provides quick access to information about its most commonly requested services and resources, such as connections to child...
WASHINGTON, DC - Twin Valley Elementary School Principal Rebecca Fillion traveled to Washington, DC, in March to attend the 2025 National School Leaders Advocacy Conference. While in DC, Fillion met with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Peter Welch, and Rep. Becca Balint to update them on how the new...
MONTPELIER - Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 12.
Despite lingering snow cover in some areas of the state, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun and be successful early in the season if they keep a few strategies in mind. State...
LAMOILLE COUNTY - A lawsuit filed in January by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont claims the Vermont Department of Children and Families routinely and illegally surveils pregnant Vermonters throughout the state using information obtained from medical and social service...
MONTPELIER- Windham-2 Rep. Laura Sibilia lost her bid to unseat incumbent House Speaker Jill Krowinski in a 111 to 35 vote by secret ballot on the House floor Wednesday.
Though ultimately unsuccessful, Sibilia drew support from a broad political spectrum of her fellow representatives. ...
MONTPELIER - At a virtual seminar for the Vermont Creative Network on Tuesday, changes that will impact employers and employees in all sectors statewide were previewed. Specifically, the seminar covered a state-sponsored retirement savings plan that will affect employees at companies with five or...
Gov. Phil Scott
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MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott discussed the statewide and national results of last week’s election at his weekly press conference Wednesday, thanking voters for his victory, and calling on Vermonters to seek unity.
In statewide results, Gov. Scott said gains by Republicans in the House and...
DEERFIELD VALLEY- Republicans celebrated sweeping victories nationwide as well as here in Vermont, where Republican gains in the House and Senate erased Democrats’ veto-proof “supermajority,” and Republican candidate for lieutenant governor John Rodgers narrowly defeated three-term incumbent...
MONTPELIER- It’s so small, many Vermont workers may not even have noticed it.
On July 1, a new payroll tax went into effect under Act 76 of 2024, an act relating to child care, early education, workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance. The Legislature’s Joint Fiscal Office...