The first weekly Fall Foliage Report of the season is here. How will the summer impact this season's colors and where should you head once you get here? Find out: mailchi.mp/vermontvacatio…

Right-wing orgs w/ties to the Koch family manufacture anti-CRT outrage by publishing & circulating propaganda. ALEC has a history of driving conservative legislation in #Vermont ⁦Governor Phil Scott⁩ THIS IS YOUR PARTY ⁦VT Republican Party⁩ #vtpoli rutlandherald.com/news/local/leg…

🏆 Once again, The Princeton Review ranks #UVM among the nation's best colleges. In a special 30th edition that considers three decades of rankings, UVM appears on the “Most Loved Colleges” and “Great College City” lists. on.uvm.edu/a3Pt50Gbpd5

Perhaps my least favorite Vermont map of all time. It translates to a clear and present danger to all Vermont kids under 12 & many others, as well as a very strange & harmful turn from helping our most vulnerable by Governor Phil Scott who refuses to issue a mask mandate.

210 new cases today. More sick Vermonters. More dying Vermonters. More long covid in the months & years ahead. More & yet more transmission. To kids, elderly, immunocompromised, you, them, us. Governor Phil Scott could stop so much of this transmission but chooses, daily, not to.

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We're Finally Catching a Break in the Climate Fight A new Oxford paper catches the insanely rapid fall in renewable prices--but we need activists working as hard as engineers to make it count billmckibben.substack.com/p/were-finally…

A one-year pilot program, signed into law in July, reimburses schools that serve local food to students. Some lawmakers hope to make the program permanent. #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2021/09/19/sch…

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We’ve just surpassed the death toll of the 1918 flu pandemic in the US. People are choosing life, health, family, maybe even happiness. The #vtleg sought to add $25/week to state unemployment benefits. VT Dept of Labor killed it in the dark. Extend PUA, help struggling families. #vtpoli

Grateful the VSBA Vermont Superintendents Association VT Principals' Assoc have joined the #VT Social Equity Caucus Vermont NEA in supporting the importance of honest, equitable education for all students. Thx also to Brian Campion for your critical, timely role advancing educational integrity. #vtpoli #vted

To the Castleton University Class of 2021 -- thank you for the gift of Adirondack chairs all around campus. They create great places to read or have a conversation.

Thank you, John McKenna. We second the sentiment: Systemic racism education rutlandherald.com/opinion/letter… via Rutland Herald #vted #vtpoli Rutland County VT Democrats

.VT Dept of Health now reporting 174 cases of COVID ‘while infectious’ in k-12 schools over the past 7 days. That’s the highest weekly total in #VT schools since the beginning of the pandemic, and 50% more cases than the previous weekly record of 115, which occurred back in April

Vermont’s abortion rights constitutional amendment gains congressional support #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2021/09/20/ver…

(1/2) A recent report from Urban Institute found that, in 2020, the maximum #SNAP benefit did not cover the cost of a low-income meal in 96% of US counties. Even with the 15% increase to benefits in January of 2021, which will expire on September 30, there was still a 41% gap.

Springfield School Board resolution banning the teaching of CRT fails on a 3-2 vote. Close, but still a hard won victory for equity and honesty in education. Thanks to 150+ students, community members, and leaders who showed up for justice. #vtpoli #vted

VT now behind 17 states, 33rd highest state in covid, 207 cases average per day, 38% increase. Far higher now than ever. 52% increase in hospitalization, 50. Masks? Passports to enter businesses? Times data today. #btv #vtpoli Sad little state?

In just one school week in Vermont (M-F), there were 163 new COVID-19 cases in kids 0-9 and 205 cases in those 10-19. VT Dept of Health data. #vtpoli