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The Scott administration told members of the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday that it wants to use nearly $75 million in surplus revenue to blunt the impact of a projected 11.9% average increase in property tax bills next year. -
Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark and Treasurer Mike Pieciak on what's next for the law, amid legal challenges from the Trump administration.
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Burlington city councilors last week unanimously signed off on a list of legislative priorities that included getting approval to use automatic license plate readers to enforce speed limits and monitor red lights. The legal landscape around the devices is murky. -
Streamlining governance in Vermont’s education system is the critical first step in a sweeping education reform law approved by Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov. Phil Scott earlier this year. But a special commission created by the Legislature is urging lawmakers to rethink that plan. -
The shortage of housing for Vermonters with developmental and intellectual disabilities is about to get worse as the parents many of them live with grow older. A new report calls for more than $60 million in funding over the next five years to address the problem. -
Vermonters would see their property taxes jump by about 40% on average in a span of five years if the forecast holds true, and it's added new urgency to the ongoing debate in Montpelier over the future of Vermont's education system. -
Most of the provisions of Act 73 won't go into effect for another few years, but school districts are still making decisions now based on the sweeping education law. -
The Trump administration gave Vermont the go ahead Thursday to transfer the entirety of November’s monthly SNAP benefits to roughly 63,000 low-income recipients. -
Food shelves across the state are seeing increased demand, and diminished supplies, as low-income Vermonters turn to charitable organizations for food aid. -
Officials who manage health benefits for teachers credited “bold intervention” from state lawmakers and regulators for helping to prevent premiums from spiking between 15% and 20%.
