By Mike Polhamus, VTDigger.org Vermont has a problem. The state is $1.2 billion short of the funding it will need to meet federal targets for reducing pollution in state waterways. To solve that problem, Gov. Phil Scott suggested a creative solution last week ... More »
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org WASHINGTON — Dr. Dynasaur’s condition is stable. The short-term funding package Congress approved this week to end a three-day government shutdown also reauthorizes a program that provides health insurance to 9 million childre... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org James Lyall says he is confident Vermont can cut its prison population in half, and he’s launching a campaign to help the state do just that. Lyall, who is executive director of the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties... More »
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org Sexual harassment is harming the ability of women to earn a living, advocates say, and new legislation will give them the added protections they need to combat misconduct in the workplace. Cary Brown, the head of the Vermont Comm... More »
By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org If state legislators needed a cheering section for enacting universal primary health care, they got one Tuesday night. During a public hearing jointly hosted by the House Health Care and Senate Health and Welfare committees, more th... More »
By Anne Galloway/VTDigger.org There are no “bells and whistles” in Gov. Phil Scott’s 2019 budget. As expected, there are also no new taxes and no new fees. Nor have any big initiatives been proposed in the budget. Instead, the governor’s office gave the Legi... More »
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org Aplan to exempt Social Security benefits from the state income tax would eliminate the tax for about 35,000 retirees, according to Scott administration officials. That represents about 23 percent of people in Vermont who receive ... More »
By Cory Dawson, VTDigger.org SOUTH BURLINGTON — Gov. Phil Scott tackled Twitter etiquette yesterday with his very own version of the Golden Rule for the social media age. “Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted,” Scott said in a not-so-veiled reference to... More »
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger.org The state has hired a company at a cost of up to $450,000 to remove “Personally Identifiable Information” from documents before making them public in its EB-5 investor fraud lawsuit against Jay Peak Resort developers. The state D... More »
By Mike Dougherty, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott signed into law a bill legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, making Vermont the first state to pass a legalization measure through legislation rather than a voter initiative. In a letter notifying the Leg... More »
By Mike Faher, VT Digger Though she had to use a step stool to reach the microphone, 16-year-old Greta Solsaa wasn’t fazed by thousands of people gathered below her on the snowy Statehouse lawn. “Never forget your voice,” the Rutland teen told the crowd at Sat... More »
by Anne Galloway, VT Digger As promised, Gov. Phil Scott has proposed significant changes to the state’s education funding system. Most of the proposals, in a memo submitted to lawmakers, focuses on caps for tax rates, per pupil spending rates and cuts to the ... More »
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