Did you know that Campaign for Vermont has a TV show? Vote for Vermont hosts sit down with guests every week to take a deep dive into a broad array of topics. Recent shows covered beer brewing, the Cog Railway, freedom of speech, the opioid crisis, farming, and an interview with Lt. Governor David Zuckerman. Vote for Vermont serves as an educational platform that serves to present detailed information from which the viewer can draw their own opinion.

Visit the channel here.

The J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation is planning for the 2019-2020 school year by awarding $345,000 in grants to programs across the state that improve equitable access to postsecondary and career education. A supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation, the McClure Foundation envisions a Vermont where no promising job goes unfilled for lack of a qualified applicant. 

Vermont is not a bubble.

Campaign for Vermont has been working for a future with more prosperity for ALL Vermonters. But what does this mean?

On July 23rd, the Green Mountain Care Board hosted a public comment forum regarding the requested rate increases for health insurance by Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP. There were dozens of people in attendance, many of whom shared painful and personal stories of the real impact rate increases have had, and will have, on their lives. 

Campaign for Vermont's Executive Director was in attendance and made the following statement in opposition to the proposed rate increases.

This data is quoted from HealthInsurance.org. It is part of a larger article that goes into fantastic detail about Vermont's system. You can read that article here. 

This commentary is by John Pelletier, Director of the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College.

On July 10, Fitch, a major credit agency, reduced Vermont’s bond rating. This was expected, after Moody’s, another large credit agency reduced Vermont’s bond rating in October. Both rating agencies have the same concerns about Vermont and its economy. As a result, future state and municipal borrowings costs will increase.

Why is this happening? Because Vermont faces daunting “economic and demographic headwinds.” We have heard these concerns for years. Vermont’s population and its workforce is flat or declining, our economic growth is slow and our citizens are old. And our state’s unfunded pension and health care liability for current and future teacher and state employee retirees is large and growing.

Take our one-question Fiscal Responsibility Poll and let us know if you support mandatory accountability and transparency measures.