A bid to cut the town of Falmouth's proposed police budget to fund a new diversity czar failed Monday night, as town officials instead scrambled to come up with another way to establish the new position in town government.
Falmouth, the second largest town on Cape Cod, has a representative town meeting for of government. That means voters at the annual town election choose members of Town Meeting to act as the legislature of the town – approving, among other things, budgets.
In Vermont, a ban on thin-film plastic bags is scheduled to take effect despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
While Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker in March ordered that all towns allow stores to use so-called "single use" plastic bags without any sort of fee to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, Vermont reportedly sees no need to do the same.
