Community Media Public Benefit Bill: H.575 and S.181
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Archive of meetings relating to the Community Media Public Benefit Bill, which proposes to establish the Community Media Public Benefit Fund to support the operational costs of Vermont’s 24 access management organizations.Programs in this Series
Testimony of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law at the House Committee on Government Operations.
On Friday morning, the House Government Operations committee did a walkthrough of Draft 4.1, the most recent version of the bill. The committee voted to...
Discussion of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law at the House Committee on Appropriations.
Later on Friday, the House Appropriations committee met to have a walkthrough of the bill. The committee asked questions about the mechanics of the bill and how...
Testimony of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law at the House Committee on Government Operations.
On Thursday, the House Government Operations committee met to discuss a new draft of the bill. Legislative counsel walked the committee through Draft 2.2...
Walkthrough of H.657 a bill meant to modernize Vermont's communications taxes and fees at the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations committee met to have a walkthrough of the bill from Senator Chittenden....
Discussion of VAN FY25 Request at the Committee of Conference.
On Tuesday, at its first meeting, the Committee of Conference (CoC) on the FY25 Budget discussed the VAN appropriation, as one of the differences in the House/Senate versions of the FY25...
Approval of VAN FY25 Request at the Committee of Conference.
Later on Tuesday, in a blink-and-you-missed it moment, the CoC closed (approved) the language about VAN in Section E.232 of the budget:
Sec. E.232 SECRETARY OF STATE; VERMONT ACCESS...
Discussion of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law at the House Republican Caucus.
On Tuesday, Representative Higley presented an update on the bill to the House Republican Caucus. Representative Higley said the committee was considering an amendment to...
Testimony of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law at the House Committee on Government Operations.
On Friday, the House Government Operations and Military Affairs committee continued testimony on the bill. Kate Larose from the Center of Independent...
Testimony of H.657 a bill meant to modernize Vermont's communications taxes and fees at the Senate Committee on Finance.
On Friday, the Cmte returned to H.657, looking at a new draft from Leg Counsel, and also heard testimony from John Adams at...
Vermont Access Network (VAN) Recognition on the House Floor.
On Friday, VAN set up a display and maintained a presence in the Card Room at the State House for engaging with legislators about its work, its budget ask, and S.181. Rep. Headrick gave a...
Review of VAN FY25 Request at the House Committee on Appropriations.
On Thursday, the base appropriation for VAN briefly came up in House Appropriations during JFO’s presentation of the Senate’s changes to the budget.
Testimony of H.657 a bill meant to modernize Vermont's communications taxes and fees at the Senate Committee on Finance.
On Tuesday, Senate Finance discussed and took testimony on H.657, the Telecommunications Modernization bill. First they...
Discussion of VAN FY25 Request at the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
On Friday, the committee finally revealed the language that will go along with your appropriation, which is great - it directs the Secretary of State to recommend the level of...
Discussion of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law at the House Republican Caucus.
On Tuesday, Representative Higley gave a brief update on S.55 in the House Republican Caucus - the bill is currently in the House Government Operations and Military...
Testimony of H.657 a bill meant to modernize Vermont's communications taxes and fees at the Senate Committee on Finance.
On Friday, the Cmte heard from the Department of Taxes, who discussed the challenges inherent in conducting an inventory of...
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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives
CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!