Vermont Joint Rules Committee Hears Report On Safely Reopening Statehouse For In Person Proceedings
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Column | Burlington Police Are Increasingly Demoralized — and Planning to Leave Their Jobs
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weekly political column. Tim Newcomb There are two kinds of money around the Vermont Statehouse: state and federal. State money is always in short supply. Do we spend it on the University of Vermont and the state colleges, raises for underpaid workers at our mental health agencies, or public assistance for people with disabilities? Do we set it aside for retiree pensions and health care? A dollar devoted to one of those worthy causes is a dollar less for the others. The decisions are difficult. Federal dollars, on the other hand, seem a lot easier to spend. When more than a billion of them flow into Vermont to help the state weather the COVID-19 crisis and a second billion-dollar bundle shows up less than a year later, there s a temptation to start dancing to the 1998 Squirrel Nut Zippers tune The Suits Are Picking Up The Bill.
Planning in process for new Vermont women’s prison
FILE - This Dec. 7, 2019, photo shows the Vermont women s prison, the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington, Vt. An independent investigation released on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, found there was a disturbing degree of sexual misconduct in the state s only women s prison. (AP Photo/Willson Ring, File)
Modified: 2/21/2021 9:18:43 PM
MONTPELIER, Vt. Building a new facility with 125 to 150 beds to replace Vermont’s outdated women’s prison will take at least six years to become a reality, lawmakers said Friday, and cost $50 million to $60 million.
The state’s current capital budget for all new construction is around $62 million a year.