Multiple Vermont organic dairy farmers, some through tears, asked lawmakers on Thursday for a one-time $9.2 million appropriation to keep them in business. The industry is currently experiencing high costs of production and a stagnant pay price.

School nutrition officials across Vermont are urging lawmakers to permanently fund a universal free meals program that’s set to expire at the end of the school year. But Gov. Phil Scott says he doesn’t want to use limited taxpayer resources to buy free breakfast and lunch for kids whose families can pay.

Host Mikaela Lefrak talks about gun legislation being considered by Vermont lawmakers with VTDigger political reporter Sarah Mearhoff.

Gov. Phil Scott on Friday outlined an $8.37 billion spending plan that includes new investments in housing, child care and rural economic development, but also squirrels away hundreds of millions of dollars for choppier economic times ahead.

On Friday, Jan. 20, Gov. Phil Scott outlined budget policy initiatives for this legislative session.

Vermont's Agency of Education says there’s a growing inequity between districts that can get their projects passed by voters, and those that can't.And the agency also says there’s now a backlog of projects that’s potentially causing health and safety issues at the schools with the highest needs.

Host Connor Cyrus talks with Vermont Public’s climate and environment reporter Abagael Giles about what policies lawmakers in the Legislature are considering to tackle climate change in Vermont.

In an inaugural speech designed to set the legislative agenda in Montpelier over the next two years, Gov. Phil Scott called on lawmakers Thursday to lift up rural economies by cutting bureaucratic red tape and prioritizing investments in local communities.

Gov. Phil Scott gave his fourth inaugural address on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

Today on Vermont Edition, we'll take listeners inside the statehouse on the first day of a new legislative session.