I'm excited for this Wednesday. I invite you to join me and the Vermont Legislature in celebrating March 13, 2024 as National K9 Veterans Day in Vermont.

The question stopped me in my tracks. Surely Rep. Toleno was being hyperbolic, making a political dig on America’s Most Popular Governor®.

Here's a report about what I've been working on. Prefer a hard copy? I'll have a handout version of this tomorrow, and I'm also happy to mail you one, anywhere on Earth or low-Earth orbit.

"Another teen arrested for murder in Vermont" said the headline that a neighbor forwarded me.

Today's newsletter is three-in-one. First Town Meeting logistics, then a report from Montpelier, and I'll wrap up with a little fun from the Senate side of the Legislature.

Throw Scott a big problem, like COVID. We’re all clear on the mission. He takes charge. The public votes him victory laps. Throw Scott the ten thousand more mundane, intractable problems throughout his own administration’s delivery of services? It’s the Legislature and the public getting the run-around.

Today was a special day in the State House. With Montpelier two-plus hours away from the Windham-6 legislative district, I was proud to be able to meet with four student leaders representing Twin Valley Middle High School.

Did you know that Vermont State Parks will turn 100 years old this February 15, 2024?

My first thought about it as a legislator was that when you have a captive audience that is bound to serve and you're grossly underpaying them, that's a bad idea.

Here are three issues before the Vermont Legislature today in which, when it comes to fixing past laws, there is reason to wonder if we even know which way is up.

One bill I'm proud to co-sponsor this year to address that is H.709: ​An act relating to creating the Office of Entrepreneurship and other programs pertaining to entrepreneurs.

As I wrote in Ignorantia juris non excusat, I'm very concerned about Big Tech's drain on our wallets and our downtowns.

For someone living on the street who has nothing, likely not even any friends or family who have stuck by them, powerful narcotics and stimulants are a friend of last resort.

If someone hasn’t gotten this good news—if their statements or actions seem mistaken or misguided—we have the opportunity to invite them into a kind and loving conversation.

Martin Luther King, Jr. shows us how in writing his long letter from the Birmingham jail.

I remember feeling disquieted when I heard this as a kid. I associate it with standing in our bathroom. The wood floor was rotting, before my dad tiled it.

I have a feeling there’s something right around the corner…

"I have less than three hours to make cookies. I can do that."

However, the world continues to deliver setbacks. We have sad news this week about a native son.

Do you ever get so accustomed to something not working that you almost forget how frustrating it is?

I’m bored of politicians who put out “statements.” Yawn.