For Immediate Release Friday, April 27, 2018 Media Contact: Rebecca Kelley, Office of the Governor 802-828-6403 [email protected] STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Scott today issued the following statement regarding ... More »
By Xander Landen, VTDigger.org The Senate budget proposal does not fund a new National Guard tuition assistance program or the governor’s economic development proposal. Gov. Phil Scott hoped to launch the two initiatives in the next fiscal year. The Senate App... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org This legislative session began with a major victory for proponents of marijuana legalization. They are hoping it ends that way, too. Rep. Diana Gonzalez, P-Winooski, moved on Thursday to vote on a bill to tax and regulate recreation... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org RUTLAND – A Rutland judge on Wednesday lowered bail for Jack Sawyer, the 18-year-old accused by police of plotting an attack on his former high school in Fair Haven. The bail ruling had been anticipated since last week when prose... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org The governor does not foresee an easy end to the legislative session as the Democratically controlled House and Senate forge ahead with bills he opposes. “I am fairly certain that we’ll need a veto session in June,” Republican Gov. ... More »
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org The Scott administration introduced a new proposal Tuesday that sets a threshold student-to-staff ratio for schools. Schools that fail to meet the target would be fined. The statewide average student-to-staff ratio is 4 to... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org A bill that would raise the minimum wage to $15 over the next five years cleared another legislative hurdle in the House yesterday, but not before Republican representatives had a chance to tell their Democratic colleagues what a mi... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott made the latest move Thursday in what is expected to be a end-of-session showdown with legislators over education funding, saying that he is willing to use one-time money to plug the spending gap this year in exchang... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org House and Senate judiciary committees are taking two paths as they look to respond to a court ruling that may lead to the the most serious charges being thrown out against an 18-year-old Poultney man accused of threatening “mass ... More »
By Mike Dougherty, VTDigger.org The Vermont Attorney General’s Office will not file charges against the police officers involved in a fatal shooting in January on the grounds of Montpelier High School. Police shot and killed Nathan Giffin, 32, of Essex, follow... More »
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Six days after the Supreme Court ruled that an 18-year-old former Fair Haven High School student’s alleged plan to shoot up the high school did not constitute an attempt to commit a crime under existing Vermont law, state lawmakers ... More »
By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org After a long hiatus, Vermont lawmakers are once again advancing a bill requiring that single-occupancy public restrooms be designated as “gender free.” The Senate has given preliminary approval to H.333, which says all public bathro... More »
