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Donna Sutton Fay, Policy Director with Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security Education Fund, speaks with Trinka Kerr, State Health Care Ombudsman.
Senator Patrick Leahy announces significant new funding for water quality, fisheries and ecosystem restoration work on Lake Champlain during the coming year. The federal dollars, just recently confirmed, are part of the FY2012 budget. Leahy is a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the funds he secures for Vermont have long been the main engine for cleanup efforts involving the Lake and its watershed.
Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2012 Part II Common Good Vermont hosted the Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Da 2012, including panels on advocacy and successful legislative campaigns. In this afternoon panel, James Haslam/ Vermont Workers Center, Floyd Nease/ Director of VT Association for Mental Health and Jacqueline Majoros/State Ombudsman for VT Legal Aid talk about their legislative lessons. Followed by Q & A with Governor Peter Shumlin on Challenges facing the nonprofit sector. More progr...
2012 Burlington Mayoral Candidates Wanda Hines (I), Kurt Wright (R) and Miro Weinberger (D) answer questions as part of the Burlington Food Council's "Local Food, Local Economy" forum at the Sustainability Academy.
