Illuzzi Sr. carved one of the largest monuments ever shipped from Barre, a granite sculpture depicting a person chained to a wall that is part of the Taras Shevchenko Memorial located near Dupont Circle, Washington DC.

As Illuzzi Jr. summed it up when he delivered his father's eulogy: Not bad for a 17 year old kid with an eighth grade education who couldn’t speak English who left home and traveled to a faraway place called America to make his mark on life.

to address the immediate economic crisis facing Vermont.” [17] In November 2010, Illuzzi was honored at the Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) annual conference for his "conviction and courage in taking the deficit in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Fund head on" and passing "a bill out of his committee that offered a viable solution."

[24] In that capacity, on March 30, 2012, Illuzzi, along with fellow committee members, Senators Peter Galbraith and Bill Doyle, visited Windham County to be accessible to and to hear testimony from local officials, business owners on the effects of the uncertainty surrounding the possible closure of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant and the region’s recovery from Tropical Storm Irene.

Numerous individuals testified, likely even more than listed in the official meeting record[25] A video of the hearing is available, courtesy of Brattleboro Community Television.

Illuzzi argued that until the State is fully ready to implement a single payer health care model, insurance plans that are working should be left up and running.

Senator Canns was a World War II veteran who served in the Pacific Theatre as a sergeant in the U. S. Marine Corps and he is now buried at that cemetery.

Peter Martin of WCAX-TV, chairman of the Mount Mansfield association, presented lawmakers with the letter of agreement, which says WFFF-TV can join the group in developing a master plan for the mountaintop.

Illuzzi, as chair of the Senate Institutions Committee (1991–2015), and with support from Washington County Sen. Bill Doyle, a member of that committee, successfully secured a $40,000 appropriation in 2001 to the “Barre Historical Society, Inc., for restoration and repair of flood damage to Old Labor Hall”, to stave off the foreclosure and convince the local bank that the Barre Historical Society could raise the necessary funds to pay off the mortgage and restore the building.

[47] In commenting on negotiations intended to bring together competing interests on the use of the land, Illuzzi was quoted as saying, "We seized a monumental, but momentary opportunity to protect and preserve an invaluable resource for generations to come....

After a year of construction, and the addition of sprinklers, an elevator, and a fire escape tower – all respecting the historic character of the building – the opera house was reopened amid much fanfare.

The Vermont Legislature's intent was that an appropriation would enable the facility to be reopened and operated, in accordance with the original will of its donor, as a cultural resource benefiting all members of the unique American and Canadian community.

Greenberg needed legislative approval to remove the 1930s Smugglers Notch State Park, which was built by the depression era Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC),[63][64] from land near where The Lodge at Spruce Peak would be located.

When the then surviving members of the CCC crew that built the campground and park, a significant historic site, heard of the proposals, they protested the destruction of this testament to their work as young men, part of the New Deal.

“All of the historic structures originally built by the Civilian Conservation Corps were carefully relocated and restored, preserving the work of these pioneering conservationists.” [65] The compromise recognized the contributions of the then young CCC workers to their state and country.

[87] Stevens said that Illuzzi "touched all the bases and smoothed the way to the legislation being enacted by the General Assembly and being signed into law by [then-governor] Peter Shumlin.

In October 2023, Vermont Public produced a special series from Brave Little State entitled "Recognized"  about Abenaki peoples and the ongoing dispute about who belongs to their communities.

I am proud to live in a state where we can forge such creative, new, approaches to deal with the issues of wildlife conservation, economic development, and setting right the historic wrongs suffered by the Native American people.

As noted in the Board's Final Order dated June 15, 2012: Several parties reached settlement agreements with the Petitioners that increased or clarified the benefits to be provided to ratepayers and other entities as a result of the Proposed Transaction.

The DPS MOU also improves the Petitioners' proposal for preventing the Combined Company from exercising majority shareholder control over VELCO and VT Transco.

At that time, Sen. Illuzzi, proposed a study committee to address criticism of the Vermont State Police response to the missing hiker report.

A liberal Republican who has been elected on both party tickets, he has earned high marks from both sides for his mastery of the legislative process and his knowledge of the workings of state government.

Illuzzi said with respect to the Texas law which prohibits the introduction of new evidence more than 30 days after a defendant's sentencing, “You folks are making the decisions here on the basis of a calendar when what you are dealing with is a man’s life.” [118][119] Gov.

[120][121] In 1993, Illuzzi received a six-month suspension of his law license for filing three complaints to the Judicial Conduct Board against Vermont Judge David Suntag.

[131] In 2006, Vermont District Court Judge Edward Cashman was criticized by a WCAX reporter, Brain Joyce, for handing down a “60 day sentence” in a case of a child rapist, State v Hulett.

[138] Illuzzi is a member of the Assembly of Overseers of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and serves on the National Advisory Board of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation.

As a private citizen, Illuzzi testified on Apr 8, 2021 before the Vermont Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee concerning provisions of bill relating to the management of fish and wildlife.

[143] Illuzzi questioned the State Departmemt of Corrections decision to release on furlough an habitual offender, Harley Breer, to live in a remote community with little police coverage.

Thanks to Evelyn Berglund of Berlin, who was my father’s companion for the past ten to 15 years, and who enjoyed dancing and attending concerts on the State House lawn with him.

Not bad for a 17 year old kid with an eighth grade education who couldn’t speak English who left home and travelled to a faraway place called America to make his mark on life.