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Every year, lawmakers must pass a bill that sets the property tax rates necessary to pay for school budgets. For this week’s edition of the Capitol Recap, we explore how lawmakers in the House want to use this legislation to respond to double-digit property tax hikes.
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Multiple bills aimed at modernizing Vermont’s signature land-use law have circulated around the Statehouse this year, drawing intense debate. Now, those bills have become one.
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The latest estimates project the average homestead tax bill to go up 15% while the average non-homestead bill will rise 18%. That’s not much lower than the 18.5% tax increases initially forecast.
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The bill had not received support from the two-thirds majority of the House and Senate that would have been required for a veto override.
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The House wants to set up another decade of major spending on the housing crisis — and taxes to go with it. The Senate and the governor would rather focus on regulatory changes.
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Migrant Justice representatives flew to the Netherlands this week to attend the shareholders meeting for Ahold Delhaize, the parent company of Hannaford. They continue to ask that Hannaford join the labor and housing rights program Milk With Dignity.
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The fast-moving legislation, which was initially set to receive a committee vote Friday, had been met with immediate pushback from the field.
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As House lawmakers take up the Climate Superfund Act, climate scientists urge them not to balk at the newness of attribution science.
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The bill aims to reduce administrative burdens for providers and streamline care. Advocates say the processes for ordering tests or prescribing drugs can sometimes be a hindrance to care.