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Vermont's top journalists join moderator Mitch Wertlieb to delve into the most important news stories of the week. -
Republican Gov. Phil Scott is threatening to keep the part-time Legislature in Montpelier through the summer if they don’t pass legislation that requires school districts to merge into larger governance units. -
The plan includes a voluntary furlough program and eliminating or not hiring for 27 open positions. -
House lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee “equal treatment under the law” for nine protected classes, including race, sex, disability, gender identity and sexual orientation. -
Republican Gov. Phil Scott is asking lawmakers to spend $15 million on a "multi-purpose center" for UVM, which he says will be “a huge economic driver for both the state and university.” -
Vermont's top journalists join moderator Mitch Wertlieb to delve into the most important news stories of the week. -
Lawmakers learned that the conservation measures they enacted in Act 181 “were alienating rural landowners and were not the right tool for the job,” said Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury. -
Republican Gov. Phil Scott says a bill that sought to curb chloride pollution in Vermont waterways poses legal risks for towns and contractors that have a duty to keep roads safe. -
Opponents argued that a land-use plan in the 1970s was “Satan’s work, Communist propaganda, and a wishy-washy bureaucratic nightmare,” according to one news report from the time. -
Lawmakers are debating a transportation bill that would increase the fine from $1,000 to $10,000 for ignoring warnings and taking a large truck through Smugglers' Notch on Route 108 between Stowe and Cambridge.
