Final Legislative Update of the 2024 Session! (with Rep. Arsenault)
Note: This final update was published in the Williston Observer as a two-part series. Article #1: Around 2:15 am on Saturday, May 11 the...
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ekmcguire
May 814 min
April 2024: Education Funding Update and School Budget Revote
Introductory Post I support the revised CVSD school budget and look forward to voting for it on April 16. I appreciate the difficult...
ekmcguire
May 86 min
Notes from Seat 146: March 2024 (mid-session) Legislative Update
We want to start with gratitude to the Williston community members who joined us and Senator Ginny Lyons at the library last Saturday for...
ekmcguire
May 84 min
Notes from Seat 146: January 2024 Legislative Update
The 2024 legislative session began on January 3 and if the first few weeks are any indication, it stands to be a productive and dynamic...
ekmcguire
May 85 min
Final Legislative Update of the 2023 Session! (with Rep. Arsenault)
Just before midnight on Friday, May 12, the Vermont House of Representatives adjourned for the 2023 session. We are grateful to the...
ekmcguire
Mar 31, 20235 min
Notes from Seat 146: March 2023 (mid-session) Legislative Update
We have now passed the “crossover” deadline in Montpelier, when bills have to pass out of at least one committee in order to have a...
ekmcguire
Jan 26, 20233 min
Notes from Seat 146 (new session, new seat!): January 2023 Legislative Update
The 2023 legislative session has officially begun and once again, things are different than a year ago. For the first time since I was...
ekmcguire
May 16, 20225 min
Notes from Seat 26: Final Legislative Update of the 2022 Session!
That’s a wrap! The Legislature has now adjourned for the year, which also marks the end of the biennium and the end of my first term as a...
ekmcguire
Apr 1, 20224 min
Notes from Seat 26: March 2022 Legislative Update
March in Vermont may be maple season and mud season but it's also the season for marathon sessions in the legislature! The Vermont...
ekmcguire
Feb 17, 20223 min
Notes from Seat 26: February 2022 Legislative Update
Last week I voted in favor of a $50 million tax cut for Vermonters. The proposal included a child tax credit of $1,200 per year to...
ekmcguire
Jan 12, 20223 min
Notes from Seat 26: January 2022 Legislative Update
The 2022 Legislative session has officially begun and like everything these days, it is requiring constant adaptability to the continuing...
ekmcguire
May 24, 20214 min
Notes from Seat 26: That's a wrap! Final Update of the Legislative Update of the 2021 (Zoom) Session!
The 2021 session is certainly one for the record books, as legislators conducted the entire session on Zoom and managed the vast infusion...
ekmcguire
May 24, 20214 min
Notes from Seat 26: April 2021 Legislative Update
The Legislature is headed into its final month of the session with a target adjournment date of May 22. In the past month we have spent...
ekmcguire
Mar 22, 20214 min
Notes from Seat 26: March 2021 Legislative Update
The volume and intensity of work in the Legislature since my update last month has changed almost as dramatically as our sudden spring...
ekmcguire
Feb 15, 20213 min
Notes from Seat 26: February 2021 Legislative Update
Since I last shared an update, the Vermont House approved a mid-year technical adjustment to keep the state’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget in...
ekmcguire
Jan 12, 20213 min
Notes from Seat 26: January 2021 Legislative Update
“This is Representative Erin Brady and I am here.” On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the Vermont State Legislature convened for the...
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