The groups
say the latest draft of a 10-year energy plan lacks specifics and fails to aggressively promote
renewable energy or transportation alternatives.
Senator Patrick Leahy says he won’t vote for the bill unless it includes new
protections for taxpayers and some new oversight of the financial
industry.
Emergency
staff staged a simulated evacuation yesterday of schools, day care centers and
health centers in six communities around the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
House Speaker Gaye Symington says Governor Jim Douglas’s
plan to lease the state lottery is dead. Symington says she opposes the plan because she
feels it’s a mistake for the state to rely more heavily on gambling revenue.
The Vermont Senate has sent a clear message to the Douglas
Administration: any plan to lease the state lottery to a private company must
be approved by the Legislature. Supporters of the bill say it’s also evident that most
lawmakers oppose the leasing approach.
Progressive gubernatorial
candidate Anthony Pollina says Governor Jim Douglas’s budget plan will increase
taxes for low and middle income Vermonters and will give tax cuts to wealthier
people in the state. Pollina says his budget priorities would be very
different.
Vermont’s top education policymakers say it’s time to shake up the system.
The state Board of Education will hold hearings about how to “transform” the way schools are regulated.