Tristan Roberts 4/29/23 Tristan Roberts 4/29/23

Dear Governor, Let’s plan for the future. Sincerely, Rep. Roberts

Governor Scott previously asked the Legislature to put in such a "checkback" provision into the Clean Heat Standard. We did, and now still won't sign.

Tristan Roberts 4/25/23 Tristan Roberts 4/25/23

Got your catalytic convertor?

Your Vermont House of Representatives votes three different ways.

Tristan Roberts 4/21/23 Tristan Roberts 4/21/23

Rep. Branagan on working with daily chemo

Here are a few updates at the end of the fourth-to-last week of this legislative session.

Tristan Roberts 4/21/23 Tristan Roberts 4/21/23

“Yes” to a Clean Heat future

“Why would you have children?” is a question I hear way too often exchanged by our youth.

Tristan Roberts 4/19/23 Tristan Roberts 4/19/23

Devoted to Vermonters

There is a lot of ceremony in the Legislature.

Tristan Roberts 4/18/23 Tristan Roberts 4/18/23

Vermont’s org charts

I've worked within organizations for my professional life, and often found them dysfunctional. One particular flavor of that dysfunction is the "org chart."

Tristan Roberts 4/14/23 Tristan Roberts 4/14/23

The Wally Principle

If you don't like today's newsletter, blame it on "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams. Adams was recently canceled, so he can take it.

Tristan Roberts 4/12/23 Tristan Roberts 4/12/23

The legislative pay issue

What should we pay our legislators?

Tristan Roberts 4/10/23 Tristan Roberts 4/10/23

PCBs in school — follow up

Although their commercial use ended in the U.S. in 1979, we will be reckoning with the legacy of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, for a long time.

Tristan Roberts 4/6/23 Tristan Roberts 4/6/23

Strict PCB testing leads to alarm in schools

The presence of airborne PCBs have led the Twin Valley Elementary School, in consultation with the Vermont Department of Health and the Agency of Education, to temporarily shut down use of the gym and library.

Tristan Roberts 4/5/23 Tristan Roberts 4/5/23

Trapping — your opinions?

In House Corrections & Institutions, your Windham-6 State Representative heard testimony today and discussed S.14 - An act relating to a report on criminal justice-related investments and trends.