Phil Baruth

From housing and child care to climate action and mental health, lawmakers will face tough spending decisions as federal coronavirus relief aid begins to dry up.

Incoming Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth and House Speaker Jill Krowinski say ideological diversity among Democratic lawmakers will require the House and Senate to legislate by consensus.

A push by the State Board of Education to expand the special-education obligations of independent schools across Vermont has earned it some new enemies in…