By FOCUS, a Leonine Business On September 8, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a new report on the climate and energy implications of crypto-assets in the United States. It’s the latest response to President Joe Biden’s executive order from March on the development of digital assets in the country. […]
By FOCUS, a Leonine Business Amidst the highest inflation rate in nearly 50 years, states are hustling to send relief to taxpayers. States throughout the country have experienced record budget surpluses for fiscal year 2022, due in large part to federal pandemic aid and better than expected tax collections. Legislators are risking future revenue shortfalls […]
By FOCUS, a Leonine Business The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a New York law that restricted how and where residents could carry handguns is the latest jolt to the ongoing gun debate in America. The decision came on June 23, in the wake of mass shootings in New York and Texas, and on […]
The House Appropriations Committee worked long hours throughout the week to try and finalize their version of the FY2023 budget bill. Their work on the budget was slowed by an unusually long queue of spending-laden policy bills that required budget approval. While it is normal for a handful of policy bills to include appropriations – […]
By FOCUS, A Leonine Business March means the halfway point for many states’ legislative sessions around the nation, and for some states the end is on the horizon. It also means that many are buckling down to the business of state budgets. Two years after the beginning of COVID, where states were struggling under repressed […]
Today (Friday, 3/11) is the crossover deadline for policy bills in the legislature. As a result, policy committees scrambled all week, and particularly yesterday and today, to get bills out. Those that do not impact the budget will go directly to the floor of their respective chambers. Bills affecting the budget will be reviewed by […]
The Vermont Legislature is off next week for Town Meeting Day break. The Leonine Legislative Update will return on Friday, March 4. The House policy committees finalized their FY2023 budget recommendations this week, providing the House Committee on Appropriations with direction on the spending decisions they will need to make over the next few weeks. […]
** CRUNCH TIME ———————————————————— It is officially crunch time in the Vermont legislature as committees begin the final push to pass legislation in time for crossover. The last two weeks in February can be the most dynamic of the entire legislative session with the crossover crunch, in part because everything is still in play. The […]
