A little-noticed legislative study may reopen a long-dormant question in Vermont: should counties play a larger role in how the state is governed? Created by Act 118 in 2024, the County and Regional Governance Study Committee is examining w
Vermont’s housing down-payment program is funded through tax credits sold below face value to banks and insurance companies. Those institutions can buy discounted tax relief while the state gives up the full value of the credits. The obviou
Artificial intelligence isn’t a digital brain or an all-knowing oracle. At its core, modern AI is a massive probability engine—a highly educated “wild-ass guessometer.” It can produce impressive answers at incredible speed, but it doesn’t u
Legislators on March 13 took up a range of policy issues across several committees including proposed changes to municipal zoning and farm eligibility tied to S 323 a fiscal note and tax provisions under S 350 and appropriations and energy
Lawmaker and agency witnesses on March 13 focused on a set of bills and amendments touching housing finance and municipal planning zoning and land use rulemaking health coverage analyses and regulatory timing and transportation revenues and
Several members of Iran’s women’s national soccer team reportedly sought asylum after the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, fearing consequences if they returned home. The incident comes as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and a UN fact-find
The Legislature s committees on Thursday debated a slate of proposals touching on healthcare governance and private investment tax and revenue changes budget appropriations housing investor regulation natural resources and school attendance
Members of the House Education Committee heard from the State Board of Education about work under Act 73 including rulemaking tied to class size minimums and other updates to the 2 000 and 2 200 rule series Witnesses said the board has rece
Vermont’s electric-vehicle sales mandate hasn’t been repealed — it’s only paused. The state’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule, which would phase out new gasoline vehicle deliveries by 2035, remains on the books unless lawmakers act. With a repe
Committees met March 11 to consider bills and draft amendments addressing mandates and regulatory authority across health care natural resources education human services judiciary environment and economic development Testimony and staff pre
Legislative committees met March 11 to review a range of policy measures and oversight issues with the House Environment Committee holding multiple sessions on data center regulation and related environmental mandates the House Education Co
The Vermont House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony Wednesday on H.606, an omnibus firearms bill that would expand several areas of state gun law, including penalties for firearm theft, restrictions on rapid-fire devices, and new civi
