2026 Legislative Session: A Year in Review
This report highlights some of this year’s work and I will continue to provide updates throughout the summer. I’m truly grateful to serve Brattleboro. Thank you for the feedback, questions, and perspectives you share with me throughout the year. Your input helps guide my work and ensures that the decisions we make reflect the needs and priorities of our community.
Campaign Kickoff
I am kicking off the 2026 campaign season with a big party for the whole community. Join me and Ian Goodnow on the Brattleboro Common on June 27th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm as we launch our reelection campaign alongside many of our colleagues, friends, and neighbors. There will be live music, a big cookout (burgers flipped by your very own politicians) and great conversation!
April 2026: An Update on Education and Property Tax Reform
There is much going on in the legislature (and the world), but I’m writing today to update you on legislation that was passed out of the Vermont House last week and is now headed toward the Senate. H.955, a bill detailing the next steps in Act 73…
February 2026: What are we doing to fight Trump?
The legislature pauses our schedule for Town Meeting week so we can catch up with our communities and prepare for “cross-over,” which is the mid-session deadline for bills to leave either the House or Senate….
January 2026: Upcoming Events:
There are a bunch of great opportunities to connect in person over the next few weeks that I wanted to tell you about…
January 2026: Legislating in these Times
I don’t quite know how to write to you in the midst of all that is happening out there in the world. I know I’m in a place of tremendous privilege—doing this work that feels so incredibly purposeful right now, and having such a warm safe home to rest in. Please heed the calls of the folks on the ground doing good work in our communities, including here in Vermont, in Minnesota and elsewhere in the country….
December 2025: Happy New Year
The legislative session begins on Tuesday, January 6th, and the holidays have brought some rest, but mostly they brought furious preparation. This will be a hard year…
October 2025: Navigating Uncertain Times
We are working on a plan to continue food benefits for low-income Vermonters as the federal government shuts down the SNAP program on November 1 ... updates on changes to Medicare Advantage and healthcare tax credits, both now at risk ... plus education reform, funding for housing infrastructure, upcoming meetings and more…
May 2025: The Final Week, and still much to negotiate
The 2025 legislative session is almost over, with a target adjournment date of Friday, May 30. As adjournment approaches, there's been plenty of progress — and plenty of drama — in the State House. Scroll down for updates on key bills, and please join us on June 7 for what will (probably? possibly?) be the last constituent coffee hour of the 2025 session…
May 2025: Happy Mothers Day
The proclamation for this day, by Julia Ward Howe resonates stronger for me every day, and is much of why I do this work with all of you. The 2025 legislative session is in the home stretch, with a hopeful adjournment date of Friday, May 30. The final weeks are always unpredictable: committee work winds down and we spend a lot more time debating and voting on the floor…
March 2025: Town Meeting Tomorrow
Town Meeting marks the halfway point in our legislative session. I’m attending on Saturday and hope to see you there… As the 2025 Vermont legislative biennium begins to pick up pace, we remain steadfast in our commitment to making Vermont a place that works for all of us…
March 2025: Opportunities to Get Involved
I’m planning to send a longer mid-session update about legislative activity this weekend, but wanted to take a moment today and let you know about three important events and a variety of great resources…
February 2025: SO many meetings coming up!
I hope you had a chance to soak in some of the sunshine this weekend! This coming week is our last before I get to spend a full week home in Brattleboro for town meeting break. I’ll share updates on floor votes in my next newsletter as much will be moving (fast and furious) when we return from break. In the meantime, so much is happening in Committee and locally, so read below for many meetings, and chances to get involved…
February 2025: Bills passing the House and Ways to Get Involved
An excess of words follows below, please feel free to jump towards the information you’re looking for– bills passing the House Floor, work in committee on tax reform, responses to the Republican Administration, ways to get involved, local elections…
January 2025: Beginning Our Shared Work
This newsletter is arriving a bit later than intended because I’ve been struggling with this first paragraph. I wasn’t sure I had wisdom to give in this moment— how do we bear witness, and resist, and experience joy and not exhaust ourselves with outrage? How do I, as your Representative, draft laws to protect us from future actions that are just vague threats for now…
November 2024 — We Begin Again!
The 2025 legislative session starts on January 8. During the first week, all House members-elect will take the oath of office, receive their seat and committee assignments for the two-year biennium, elect the Speaker and attend a joint assembly to hear Governor Scott’s inaugural address…
November 2024: These times require courage
Thank you for reelecting me as your state representative. This work is only possible when we all show up, to vote yes, but also to stick around after the election. For the past six years, I've been honored to represent the incredible people of Brattleboro…
November 2024: Tomorrow
There is so much to say about tomorrow and this country, and our state, and elections in general and my gratitude, hopes, and fears in particular but I think I’ll skip to some pertinent details and save the feelings for the other side…
October 2024: Your Support Has Made a Difference
With democracy a little heavy in the air today, I’m taking a minute to send this email to a very small group of folks close to me — people who have really stepped up to support my work in the Vermont legislature. With only nine days left until the election…
October 2024: Election Night Part and the work ahead
We are one week out from the election If you haven’t seen your ballot yet, please check the myvoter page at the Secretary of State’s Office. They have an exciting new program this year—a voter guide—where you can learn all about each candiate on the ballot…
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