Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed a bill that would have overhauled Vermont’s homelessness response system, saying it does not adequately reduce the size or cost of the motel voucher program.
Plus, a new financing tool for housing infrastructure has become law.
And House and Senate negotiators, as well as the Scott administration, have struck a deal on a major education reform package.
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This week's panel
- Mitch Wertlieb - Moderator - Vermont Public
- Peter Hirschfeld - Vermont Public
- Carly Berlin - Vermont Public/VTDigger
- Austyn Gaffney - VTDigger
Dive deeper
- Gov. Phil Scott vetoes motel program overhaul (VTDigger)
- Gov. Phil Scott signs housing package into law, creating new infrastructure program (Vermont Public)
- Legislative leaders want a deal on education reform. The rank-and-file have misgivings (Vermont Public)
- Vermont is violating the federal Clean Water Act. Will a new state legal framework for regulating farm runoff help? (VTDigger)