By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org Guidebook author and public TV travel show host Rick Steves told a Senate panel on Thursday that when pot became legal in his home state of Washington he didn’t smoke more marijuana, he just no longer felt a criminal when he did.... More »
By Kelsey Neubauer, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott has told the leaders of both the Vermont House and Senate that he wants the Legislature to act quickly to pass equal pay bills, so he can sign them into law before Town Meeting Day on March 6. In a letter sent t... More »
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Vermont’s school spending in the past year is coming in far below expectations, meaning property owners will see a significant drop in expected taxes. The tax department had predicted a 3.5 percent increase in school spend... More »
By Anne Galloway and Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org The ribbon was cut Wednesday afternoon on the last major development at Jay Peak, coming just a few months before the resort is expected to hit the market in search of a buyer. The 800-plus EB-5 investors who we... More »
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Finance Commissioner Adam Greshin said on Monday that a proposal moving through the Legislature to overhaul the state’s education funding formula does not adequately address the administration’s desire to control school sp... More »
By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org State officials may get more time to assess a proposed program that would donate unused prescriptions to those in need. The Senate on Friday gave preliminary approval to S.164, a bill that suggests creation of an “unused prescriptio... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org AVermont State Police say they are investigating an officer involved shooting that left a man dead following a traffic stop Sunday afternoon on Interstate 89 in Bolton. Police identified the man as Benjamin Gregware, age 42 of Sh... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org Aprominent lawyer hopes to make it easier for people with misdemeanor marijuana convictions to clear their names. Robert Sand, a Vermont Law School professor and former Windsor County State’s Attorney, is promoting a bill, H.865,... More »
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson has launched a public campaign for an overhaul of education funding — and a drastic reduction in property taxes for Vermonters — that she hopes will take effect as soon as this coming fal... More »
By Mark Johnson, VTDigger.org Real estate tycoon and philanthropist Antonio Pomerleau has died. The patriarch of the Pomerleau family passed away at the age of 100, his son, Ernie, announced Friday morning. The elder Pomerleau had been in recent poor health. T... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Aplan to set up a state drug wholesaler that will import drugs from Canada in a bid to reduce prescription drug prices in Vermont was sent to the House on Wednesday after being approved by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. Th... More »
By Mike Polhamus, VTDigger.org The most widely-used class of pesticides in the country may be banned for home use in Vermont, if a bill aimed at protecting the state’s pollinators becomes law. The bill, H.688, under consideration by the House Agriculture Commi... More »
