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News Tipoffs - Vermont Editors Newsletter for Tuesday April 02, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Export-Import Bank of the U.S. Announces It Will Begin Accepting Applications for 2024-2025 Advisory Committees
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) today opened the application period for the following 2024-2025 committees and councils: Advisory Committee, Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee, Council on Climate and Energy Transition, Council on China Competition, Council on Small Business and Council on Advancing Women in Business. The application period begin  more

Mass. A.G. Campbell Co-Leads Multistate Effort To Vacate Trump Administration Rule That Eliminated Anti-Discrimination Protections In Health Care
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY), et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), et al., filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The amicus brief supports the plainti  more

Md. A.G. Brown Takes Action to Protect Access to Emergency Abortion Care
BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 2 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined efforts to safeguard Americans' access to abortion care during medical emergencies. As part of a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general, Attorney General Brown filed an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/032924_Amicus_For_CA_NY_et_al.pdf) with the United States Supreme Court in Idaho v. U.S.   more

Vt. Gov. Scott Celebrates Success of VHIP as State Launches VHIP 2.0
MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 2 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Scott and the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) are celebrating the success of more than three years of the Vermont Housing Improvement Program (VHIP) as DHCD launches VHIP 2.0. "The Vermont Housing Improvement Program has been incredibly successful and an essential tool expanding Vermont's housing stock," says Governor Scott. "By bringing existing units that hav  more

Vt. Lt. Gov. Zuckerman's Statement on FY25 Budget and Tax Increases
MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 2 -- Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on April 1, 2024: * * * On Monday, Lt. Governor David Zuckerman issued the following statement in response to the Governor's remarks last week about the House's proposed FY25 budget and the proposed taxes on the wealthiest and highest earning Vermonters. "Last week, the House passed the FY25 budget. They prioritized some of the issues which affect those who are most vulnerable. The vast majorit  more