Taking quick breather before Legislature’s session ends

Taking quick breather before Legislature’s session ends

It’s town meeting, so the Legislature is off for the week. This is a good time for me to answer emails and phone calls. I try really hard to get back to people right away, but sometimes things fall through the cracks and for that I apologize. I’m going to spend the week making sure I’m all caught up.

Bill eliminating smart devices in Vermont schools hopes to improve student health — but education leaders aren’t so sure

Bill eliminating smart devices in Vermont schools hopes to improve student health — but education leaders aren’t so sure

Laura Derriendinger wants to protect Vermont children from social media, or as she defined it to Senate education committee members Jan. 26, “a toxic rabbit hole.”

Take care of yourselves, your kids, your loved ones

Take care of yourselves, your kids, your loved ones

First, the past couple weeks have been hideous.  War in Israel and Gaza, concern for our Jewish friends, break-ins and car thefts in our normally peaceful town, the looming government shutdown while the U.S. House figures out how to manage itself and another deadly shooting, this time close to home in a way that makes us all pause and wonder not if it’s going to happen here, but when.