We’ve passed a key deadline for Vermont bills to get out of their committees in time for lawmakers to get them to the next chamber this year. What climate bills made it past crossover and which ones didn’t?

Vermont lawmakers are poised to move ahead with new restrictions on gun ownership that are all but certain to invite a constitutional challenge due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that upended legal precedent over the right to bear arms.

For years, environmentalists have worried about the amount of plastic and glass bottles ending up in landfills across the state. They’re calling to increase recycling rates for these products – which is why lawmakers at the Statehouse are revisiting Vermont's bottle deposit law.

With a goal to cut carbon pollution, a group of Senate lawmakers held a key vote on a bill that would transform the way Vermonters heat their homes and businesses. It’s one of the major recommendations in Vermont’s Climate Action Plan, and it’s an especially complex piece of legislation.

Article 9 of the state's founding document spells out when it's OK for elected officials to raise taxes, but lawmakers often differ on how to interpret the constitutional provision.

Lawmakers want to ease the child care crunch in Vermont by sending most of the state’s 4-year-olds into the public school system.

School nutrition officials across Vermont are urging lawmakers to permanently fund a universal free meals program that’s set to expire at the end of the school year. But Gov. Phil Scott says he doesn’t want to use limited taxpayer resources to buy free breakfast and lunch for kids whose families can pay.