
“Can we talk about aha?”
AHA was introduced both in the House and the Senate earlier in the new biennium.

What’s the last year the state stocked Lake Sadawga?
Is the popular fishery feeling pressure? I seized on a chance meeting in the State House hallway last week to get an answer.

New education bill getting attention
H.258: An act relating to the provision of State-funded education in districts that do not maintain an elementary or high school will lead to some tough conversations and maybe some big changes in public education funding in Vermont.

What’s the Senate doing on guns? And other questions
As of today, 83 bills have been introduced in the State Senate, 257 in the House, and one proposed Constitutional amendment.

Streaming now: “Madame Chair”
If you had plans to watch Madame Secretary tonight, or right now, may I suggest the new season of House Corrections & Institutions.

I’m nervous today.
Here I am today, nervous about today's House floor, and also worried that I'm going to hear back from friends that I'm breaking unspoken political form to admit that to voters.

Treasurer offers quick check for unclaimed property
State Treasurer Mike Pieciak is trying to help spread the word about the more $119 million his office currently holds in unclaimed property.

Thank you Kate Donnally.
I was both heartened and disheartened by the resignation yesterday of Representative Kate Donnally of Hyde Park.

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect in Montpelier
Let's take a moment this morning for gratitude for our road crews who plowed out this storm even with downed trees and power lines all over.

Gov. drops budget - What happens next
It's the last day of Week 3 in Montpelier, and that means the Governor has dropped his budget for 2023-2024, a.k.a. fiscal year 2024.

My head has been somewhere else
"I have to tell you guys, my head has been somewhere else a lot this weekend."

Week 2 begins, and your thoughts on paid family medical leave
I'm back in Montpelier for Week 2 of the 2023–2024 biennium, and it feels like things are moving fast.
I'm looking at paid family medical leave. What are your thoughts on it?

What’s your story
I'm back in Montpelier for Week 2 of the 2023–2024 biennium, and it feels like things are moving fast.
I'm looking at paid family medical leave. What are your thoughts on it?

The buck has a new place to stop.
I am pleased to share that the Vermont House of Representatives and Senate met as planned yesterday and open the 77th General Assembly.

Tests confirm what we knew—cell service is lacking
Something weird happened when I was driving home yesterday on Hatch School Road in Halifax.
I had left Wilmington and was well into Halifax when my cell phone rang.




Thank you for teaching, inspiring & supporting me
Thank you for teaching, inspiring, and supporting me
