Shaun Robinson

Los Angeles

Journalist at Freelance

Emmy Award-winning journalist, Founder: @SHAUNFoundation, TV Host, Author, Producer, Spelman Sister, 💙 Motown Gal

Articles

Vermont Senate passes landmark education bill after days of debate and uncertainty

1 week ago | vnews.com | Shaun Robinson

Sen. Andrew Perchlik, D/P-Washington, rests his head in his hands while listening to debate on the Senate floor at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, May 23, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger MONTPELIER — The Vermont Senate voted on Friday evening to approve its version of this year’s landmark education reform bill, H.454.
Transportation funding at risk over immigration law

1 month ago | vtcng.com | Shaun Robinson

President Donald Trump’s administration last week told states and other recipients of federal transportation funding that they could lose those dollars if they do not comply with the White House’s interpretation of federal laws — including on immigration.
Vermont’s largest public transit agency weighing new training for its bus drivers on how to interact with federal agents.

1 month ago | vnews.com | Shaun Robinson

Green Mountain Transit buses drive down Main Street in Burlington . By SHAUN ROBINSON VTDiggerPublished: 04-30-2025 11:01 AM President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday told states and other recipients of federal transportation funding that they could lose those dollars if they do not comply with the White House’s interpretation of federal laws — including on immigration.
Easter Sunday - Shaun Robinson

1 month ago | shaunrobinson.com | Shaun Robinson

Easter Sunday What a wonderful Easter service today at Faithful Central Bible Church! Pastor JP Foster delivered an incredible Resurrection Sunday sermon and welcomed special guest former VP Kamala Harris, former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and their beautiful family. ðŸ’ž I hope every one had a blessed day! Former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Former VP Kamala Harris, Pastor JP Foster of Faithful Central Bible Church
Health, not haste

1 month ago | mentalhealth.org.nz | Shaun Robinson

by Shaun Robinson, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand We rely on our police force to keep us safe from harm and danger. It’s a job they largely do well and one we’re grateful for. However, a decision about the sorts of callouts they’ll attend, could put tens of thousands of New Zealanders at risk. 11% of all calls to the Police are mental health-related - that’s one mental health callout every seven minutes.
State Plans to Fix Fewer Roads Next Year

2 months ago | hardwickgazette.org | Shaun Robinson

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Agency of Transportation expects that it will pave about 220 miles of state-owned roads over a yearlong period that ends in June. In the year after that, though, it’s set to pave only about 125 miles, according to the agency’s latest spending plans, a nearly 45% reduction.
The feds are increasingly relying on Vermont’s prisons for immigration detention

2 months ago | newsfromthestates.com | Ethan Weinstein |Shaun Robinson

Vermont’s state prisons are part of a growing constellation of federal, state and county facilities in New England used to house people detained by federal immigration authorities. That role appears to be ramping up two months into the second term of President Donald Trump, who has made pursuing undocumented immigrants a central focus of his administration.
Senate Bill Would Prevent Banning Face Masks

2 months ago | hardwickgazette.org | Shaun Robinson

MONTPELIER — Five years on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic when wearing face masks in public was common and, later, mandatory in Vermont, state lawmakers are again considering the government’s role in overseeing what steps people take, or don’t, to protect their health. The Senate Government Operations Committee on Tuesday took up a bill, S.61, that would prevent local leaders from limiting or banning mask-wearing in their cities and towns.
Covid shuttered Statehouse, then opened it up in new ways

2 months ago | vtcng.com | Shaun Robinson

Five years ago this month, the Vermont Legislature decided to adjourn — for at least a week — as lawmakers’ concerns about the spread of Covid-19 began to mount. “We’ll see what happens,” then-House Speaker Mitzi Johnson said, as Statehouse staff started preparing to close off the building. “A week or two from now, I can’t imagine where we’ll be.”It would be far longer than that, of course, before lawmakers got back to business as usual.
Final Reading: US Sen. Peter Welch tells state budget-writers to brace for uncertainty

2 months ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Shaun Robinson

U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., was back in his old digs. Vermont’s junior senator, who spent more than a dozen years in the state Senate — including stints as president pro tempore — paid a visit to the Statehouse Thursday to give his take to the Senate Appropriations Committee on, well, everything going on down in Washington, D.C.“It’s so good to see you guys,” Welch said, taking a seat in the committee’s witness chair.