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Vermont's top journalists join moderator Mitch Wertlieb to delve into the most important news stories of the week. -
Here鈥檚 a look at the top changes this year鈥檚 eclectic housing package would make 鈥� including where lawmakers are still debating the details and where Gov. Phil Scott鈥檚 administration stands. -
The Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund aims to raise $1 million for the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, a Burlington-based nonprofit that has represented more than 300 people in immigration proceedings over the past year. -
Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts said farmers across the state are concerned about federal immigration enforcement after border agents arrested eight migrant farmworkers last month in northwestern Vermont. -
Buying down the rate, as this use of one-time money is called, is generally considered bad policy 鈥� on both sides of the aisle 鈥� because it risks creating a tax spike in the following year. But lawmakers say voters sent them a clear message in November: tax relief, now. -
Economic officials and immigrant advocates are urging lawmakers to consider bolstering supports for the 30,000 foreign-born Vermonters that make up a growing share of the state鈥檚 workforce. -
The local immigrant farmworker organization Migrant Justice said that the federal government sent 28-year-old Luis Enrique Gomez-Aguilar to Mexico on Monday, and then sent 32-year-old Urillas Sargento and 22-year-old Dani Alvarez-Perez there today. -
While lawmakers previously lambasted the caps, both the House and Senate have now agreed to a budget bill that contains them, aligning with Gov. Phil Scott鈥檚 recommendation. -
Republican Gov. Phil Scott鈥檚 nearly decade-old push to exempt military pensions from state income taxes hit a key milestone Tuesday when the Vermont House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation that includes tax breaks for retired servicemembers. -
Vermont has joined a coalition of attorneys general that is trying to block the Trump administration's attempt to cut many federal Health and Human Service programs.
