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A network of state and local child advocacy organizations

Kids Count

A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States

One Vermont

A coalition working to improve Vermonters’ lives by building strong public structures

Kids Are Priority One

Vermont’s early childhood coalition

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Brattleboro Reformer: Vermont’s workers need paid sick time

Published June 10, 2009

“In a time of economic instability, a paid sick time law is a low-cost reform that would promote public health and protect workers rights. It is a measure that deserves the full support of Vermont’s lawmakers next year.”

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SPOTLIGHT on Paid Sick Days

Published June 4, 2009

“Hard working Vermonters shouldn’t have to choose between being healthy and getting a paycheck,” said Colin Robinson of the Vermont Paid Sick Days Coalition at a press conference on May 27.

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Times Argus: Coalition to push for sick pay

Published May 28, 2009

Several Vermont organizations and a handful of lawmakers vowed Wednesday to push for a new law in the 2010 Legislative session that would give many more workers in the state paid sick days off.

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SPOTLIGHT on the Legislative Session

Published May 21, 2009

The 2009 legislative session was dominated by work on the state budget.

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WCAX: Tax Day Debate

Published April 16, 2009

“We need to have taxes to have the services and the infrastructure important to all of us,” said Sheila Reed, of Voices for Vt. Children.

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Burlington Free Press: Pro-tax, anti-tax protesters rally

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Kathy Kilcourse of Montpelier signed a mock tax form listing 17 “essential state programs and services” that the sponsors of the gathering — the Save Our State Coalition — want to spare from budget cuts during the economic downturn. The form said that if the average Vermont taxpayer paid just a dollar a month, all the listed services could continue. The services cited included keeping the courts open full time, maintaining frontline human service workers and continuing the cleanup of Lake Champlain.

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Seven Days: Fair Game

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“The administration simply raises the bogeyman of ‘new taxes’ without saying how much, or what the alternative is, in terms of very real program cuts. It’s a scare tactic,” said Christopher Curtis

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