A slate of legislative committee hearings on April 1 addressed school cost adjustments under Act 73 capital and budget constructs and tax changes in appropriations and finance briefings and funding and policy choices for school building PCB
Legislative committees on April 1 reviewed a range of bills and acts addressing tax incentives tied to school district mergers land use mandates and zoning exemptions commercial PACE financing and energy policy cannabis tax revenue and agen
For the first time in more than 50 years, four astronauts are headed toward the Moon. NASA's Artemis II launches Wednesday, April 1, sending Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day
Legislative committees met March 31 and heard testimony and bill walkthroughs on a range of policy topics including proposed amendments to Act 181 and related land use rules a package of health insurance and primary care payment reforms mun
Legislative committees met March 31 to consider bills and policy revisions touching energy codes and enforcement school governance and consolidation rights to grow vegetable gardens in common interest and rental properties criminal justice
Vermont's Agency of Human Services is rewriting Medicaid estate recovery rules that could affect what happens to your family's assets after a loved one dies on long-term care Medicaid. Most Vermonters don't know the state can file as a cred
Senator Bernie Sanders recently published a video conversation with Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, in which the AI obligingly endorsed a data center moratorium and validated Sanders' tech policy agenda. FYIVT ran the same questions throu
Vermont towns facing repeat theft and chronic disturbances often look to state courts for answers. But municipalities have their own tools—civil ordinances, trespass systems, and nuisance enforcement—that can help stabilize problem areas lo
The Vermont Senate advanced S.206 on a 21-7 vote, a bill that would require early childhood educators in non-public childcare settings to obtain state licenses through the Office of Professional Regulation. Two dissenting senators raised po
State lawmakers on March 27 heard extensive testimony and discussion across multiple committees on education funding and implementation of Act 73 proposals to change indoor air testing requirements in schools tax relief measures including c
Lawmakers in several standing committees on March 27 received testimony and reviewed amendments on health care cost and patient protections housing and eviction procedures capital spending allocations early childhood education funding studi
Vermont lawmakers are moving to redefine pre-kindergarten as part of a “fundamental right” to education, assembling proposals across committees into a broader reform effort while leaving major funding and implementation questions unresolved
