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A new bill would change the rules of the road for Big Tech in Vermont. It faces an almost certain legal challenge.
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With Town Meeting just one month away, Democratic lawmakers announced a plan to rewrite the state’s education tax laws to induce at least some districts to go back to the drawing board and cut spending. If this proposal passes, some school budget votes will be postponed until later in the spring.
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There's a class of Vermonters that isn't allowed to enjoy the full benefits of the state's Medicaid program, and there's no getting around the factor that disqualifies them.
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The most recent forecasts predict that school taxes could rise an average of 17% next year. So this Thursday, House and Senate lawmakers took testimony from school districts across the state to get a better understanding of the unprecedented rise in spending.
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Economists for the Legislature and the Scott administration told lawmakers on Thursday that the outlook is good for the state's economy, though Gov. Phil Scott is still likely to put forward a budget proposal that increases by less than the rate of inflation.
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As school boards worked to finalize the budgets they'll put to voters in March, lawmakers returned to the Statehouse to discuss a projected 18.5% rise in education taxes.
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Six months after the July floods, Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov. Phil Scott appear to be at odds over how much state funding should be allocated for the ongoing recovery effort.
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An unprecedented Democratic stronghold on the Vermont Legislature has limited Phil Scott's influence on policy trajectory in Vermont.
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Democrats in the House and Senate now say the state isn’t prepared to wind down an motel housing program that’s provided shelter to about 1,800 households over the past three years.
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The Vermont Legislature has closed the books on the session. Democratic supermajorities in the House and Senate expanded the size and scope of government over the objections of four-term Republican Gov. Phil Scott.