One of my priorities when I was elected to the Senate was supporting Vermont’s promising local food economy. I’m glad to say in an otherwise difficult year in Montpelier, we made progress in this area.
The Legislature made the second of two $100,000 investments in the Farm-to-Plate initiative. This has included thousands of Vermonters in the [...]
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A Recent Letter to the Editor Re: VT’s Ag Economy
Fairness and Sacrifice
These are tough times for all of us. But during tough times, the middle class in particular feels the squeeze. Stagnant or lower pay, reduced benefits, higher cost of living. Meanwhile, the very wealthy may also lose some of their wealth, but there’s no denying that parting with a thousand dollars when you’re a millionaire [...]
Minimum Wage
This past session in the Senate, I introduced a bill that got little attention. Short and to the point, it said that the Vermont minimum wage, which is tied to CPI, would not go down in the event of a decline in the CPI. Some laughed when they saw this bill because it’s been decades [...]