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Some of the reasons: rising costs amid climate and health care crises, a desire to reduce property taxes, plus an easier approval process. -
Samantha Sheehan, a lobbyist for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, told lawmakers Friday that, practical considerations aside, such services were the state鈥檚 job to deliver 鈥� not cities and towns. -
Vermont's top journalists join guest moderator Mikaela Lefrak to delve into the most important news stories of the week. -
A wide-ranging housing plan unveiled by Republican Gov. Phil Scott last month is now making its way through the legislative process, but it鈥檚 unclear how much of that proposal Democratic lawmakers will be willing to advance. -
Preliminary data from the Agency of Natural Resources confirms what some environmental groups warned 鈥� that Vermont is likely not going to meet its first emissions reduction deadline under the Global Warming Solutions Act. -
Congressional Republicans voted Tuesday night for a House budget resolution that could reduce funding for the health insurance program for people with low incomes and people with disabilities, in order to pay for tax cuts and more military and immigration enforcement spending. -
Education officials argue that without intervention, health costs will only continue to cannibalize ever-larger shares of local school budgets 鈥� no matter what cost-containment measures Montpelier decides to impose on districts. -
GOP leaders say they want to extend Trump tax cuts enacted in 2017, and they are targeting Medicaid and several food assistance programs to help pay for the cuts. -
Rank-and-file lawmakers are ramping up pressure on Democratic leadership to move forward with Republican Gov. Phil Scott鈥檚 proposal to exempt military pensions from state income taxes. -
GMT General Manager Clayton Clark on Tuesday told lawmakers that a series of service cuts are slated to go into effect in March and June, which will save GMT about $500,000.
