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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Vermont Newsletter for Sunday February 11, 2024 ( 2 items )  

ACLU-Ill.: Legislature to Consider Medical Aid-In-Dying Bill to Allow Terminally Ill Illinoisans to Pass Peacefully
CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 10 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois issued the following news release: Terminally ill Illinoisans and advocacy groups praised lawmakers for introducing compassionate legislation Friday that would allow mentally capable, terminally ill adults to have the option to get prescription medication to peacefully end unbearable suffering. Illinois residents who support the End of Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act are urging the Legislature to pass it d  more

World Learning Earns Official Observer Status at COP 28
BRATTLEBORO, Vermont, Feb. 10 -- World Learning issued the following news release: Last fall, World Learning was admitted as an official observer organization to the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held Nov. 30-Dec. 13. The status gave World Learning representatives who attended COP 28 access to official delegation sessions, meetings, side events, and press conferences that were not open to the public.  more