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BY REP. ERIN BRADY

The 2023 legislative session has officially begun, and once again things are different than a year ago. For the first time since I was elected in 2020, we began the session fully in person with all of the traditional pomp and circumstance of the opening of a new biennium.

It was exciting to feel so much hopeful energy in “the people’s house” and to welcome so many freshman legislators (51) — most notably my new seatmate in the Chittenden 2 district, Rep. Angela Arsenault!

The Legislature seems poised to address three of the largest obstacles for working families: childcare, paid family medical leave and housing. Committees are crafting proposals to implement the work of the Child Care Financial Study (available at www.erinbradyforwilliston.com) to expand childcare availability. Legislative leadership is working to advance a paid family medical leave program. And both the House and Senate are identi-