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regional planning commissions
Coverage of regional planning commissions in the Nexus archive.
- Vermont Democrats are destroying New England’s local governance tradition
The article criticizes the Vermont Democratic Party for enacting Act 181, which shifts power from local governance to unelected regional planning commissions, undermining New England's tradition of direct democratic rule. It argues this move exacerbates housing affordability issues by prioritizing regulatory processes over local decision-making.