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The Vermont House on Friday gave its final approval to a plan that would permanently open up the state's free school meals program to all students, regardless of income. -
Vermonters may soon be allowed to place bets on most sporting events under a bill that received final approval in the House last week.
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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?
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Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks with statehouse reporters on what bills made it out of committee by the mid-point of the Vermont legislative session.
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The Vermont Senate gave its strong approval this week to legislation that expands the definition of what constitutes harassment in the workplace.
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The future of the 12-week paid family leave proposal is uncertain, as the Senate and Gov. Phil Scott have different ideas.
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Spring weather means Vermont’s black bears are coming out of hibernation — and they’re hungry. That’s been an issue in recent years because biologists say the animals are increasingly associating people with food.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a map on broadband coverage and is using that map to determine which states share in $42 billion of aid. Vermont officials say the map has errors, but the push to update the map has not been very successful so far.
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Gov. Phil Scott, housing developers and advocates for municipalities are urging the lawmakers to reverse course on recent changes to a massive housing bill meant to reduce regulatory barriers and spur more housing production.
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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.
