On Monday, Oct. 26, Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Peter Welch and Gov. Peter Shumlin announced a $10 million federal grant from the Department of Transportation to improve rail service along the state’s Western Corridor. The improvements will […]
Tag: Gov. Peter Shumlin
State News
Gov. Shumlin says updates on Vermont Health Connect have helped to fix backlogs
On Aug. 11, Gov. Peter Shumlin and officials at Vermont Health Connect (VHC) announced that the change of circumstance functionality deployed at the end of May has allowed staff to reduce by more than half the backlog of customers waiting […]
State News
Legislature, governor create child care commission
By Amy Ash Nixon, VTDigger.org A lack of high-quality early learning opportunities for Vermont’s young children has led the Vt. Legislature and Gov. Peter Shumlin to form a Blue Ribbon Commission on Financing High Quality, Affordable Child Care. The commission […]
State News
Shumlin signs historic Education Reform Bill
Supports say it will boost quality and address rising property taxes On June 2, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law an historic education reform bill he believes will help ensure educational quality for all Vermont students while bending the cost […]
Opinion
Shumlin signs death with dignity bill
By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday, May 20, a bill that makes permanent a series of protections in the state’s death with dignity law, otherwise known as physician-assisted suicide. The law passed the Legislature in […]
Opinion
Progress for Vermont
By Gov. Peter Shumlin We convened the legislative session in January with the goal of making this economy work for every single Vermonter and resolving the challenges that undermine our quality of life. It was an agenda focused on jobs, […]
State News
Governor quietly signs bill on gun possession
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed legislation designed to keep guns away from dangerous criminals and people with severe mental illness. The governor has said that he doesn’t believe Vermont would benefit from new gun laws, but […]