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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Vermont Newsletter for Sunday December 04, 2022 ( 3 items )  

Alliance Defending Freedom: After 20 Years Of Religious Discrimination, Families Win Settlement Against Vermont Officials
BURLINGTON, Vermont, Dec. 2 (TNSgov) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: After more than two decades of discriminating against families who choose to send their children to religious schools, Vermont officials have agreed to apply the state's tuition benefit program fairly. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys have favorably settled two lawsuits on behalf of several families and the Diocese of Burlington who sued state officials for discriminatin  more

American Maritime Partnership: Jones Act Waiver Would Not Reduce New England's Energy Costs This Winter
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (TNSgov) -- The American Maritime Partnership issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2022, and a letter: * * * The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today sent a letter to Governors Charles Baker (Massachusetts), Ned Lamont (Connecticut), Janet T. Mills (Maine), Chris Sununu (New Hampshire), Dan McKee (Rhode Island) and Phil Scott (Vermont) to address calls for blanket Jones Act waivers to New England. Excerpt from the  more

New England Council Urges Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Commission to Prioritize Winter Reliability
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 30 -- The New England Council issued the following news release: On November 7, 2022, The New England Council's Energy & Environment Committee submitted a comment letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding winter reliability in the region. The letter came in response to a FERC-hosted conference in Vermont earlier this year, which discussed the electricity and natural gas challenges facing New England. As part of that forum, FERC sought commen  more