Two more candidates are officially in the running to become Burlington's next mayor. Chris Haessly and Will Emmons, both independents, each submitted a petition with.
Continuing Education for Congress: Building Trust and Expertise To Get Things Done
Capitol Hill lawmakers and their staffers wrestle with busy schedules that simultaneously call for general knowledge and specialized expertise. And that doesn’t even get to the lack of time and bandwidth. Enter philanthropy-supported congressional education programsMenachem Wecker, April 29, 2021
From the Spring 2021
Within months of becoming a Brookings fellow, Scott Anderson was fielding congressional staffers’ regular calls about his self-admittedly “eclectic” foreign relations and national security law articles. The questions spanned the map some basic, others highly technical, recalls the Lawfare blog senior editor.
Anderson knew Capitol Hill work can overload staffers, who lack bandwidth to develop deep expertise or whose prowess comes enmeshed in particular viewpoints. So he created the Congressional Study Group on Foreign Relations and National Security as a “bridging mechani
A Review Of Burlington s Mayoral Race As Town Meeting Day Approaches wamc.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wamc.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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On Town Meeting Day March 2nd, Burlington, Vermont voters will select who they want to lead the city for the next three years. The candidates for mayor have participated in a series of debates focused on policing, public safety, housing and downtown development.
Mayor Miro Weinberger is a Democrat seeking a fourth three-year term. Six candidates are challenging him including City Council President Progressive Max Tracy and Ward 7 Independent City Councilor Ali Dieng.
Town Meeting TV has been co-sponsoring a series of candidate forums with a focus on policing and public safety. Mayor Weinberger took aim at councilors who rejected his Public Safety Plan at their latest meeting. “This is an issue where the differences between me and my two city councilor opponents could not be more stark. The council has created a crisis in public safety in this community by voting to eliminate 30% of the police officers without a plan, without any plan, putting us on a path towards major cu