State officials are drafting Tier 3 maps that could shape where Act 250 applies, focusing on critical resources and habitat connectors along roads while excluding areas around existing homes. Lawmakers questioned outreach plans and acknowle
Vermont lawmakers are debating immigration transparency and non-cooperation measures as ICE reports rising vehicle attacks on officers nationwide. At the same time, recent Vermont arrests involve individuals with documented serious criminal
Five years after legalization, Vermont’s cannabis program is generating more than enough tax revenue to cover regulatory costs and statutory allocations. But lawmakers never created a “no-subsidy” firewall. With most of the Cannabis Control
Vermont’s retiree health care obligations exceed $2.5 billion, with more than $2.1 billion currently unfunded. Despite recent prefunding efforts, the systems remain just 16.6% and 13.6% funded. Required annual state contributions are rising
Vermont lawmakers are pressing the Department for Children and Families over how $11 million in emergency housing funds were carried forward and redirected into shelter services. House Human Services Chair Theresa Wood says shifting money b
Vermont Saves currently operates with a projected $242,000 annual funding gap, requiring up to $300,000 in redirected unclaimed-property funds to bridge the difference. With 5,420 funded accounts and $5.17 million saved, the program must ro
Vermont lawmakers are considering a new statewide retail delivery fee, raising questions about how delivery costs are passed on to consumers and businesses. H.863, now in the House Transportation Committee, would direct state officials to d
Vermont lawmakers are again pushing to raise the minimum wage — this time to $18.60 an hour under a “livable wage” standard. But big jumps don’t just affect entry-level workers. Wage compression, higher payroll costs, and rising prices foll
Vermont lawmakers are advancing a FY2026 budget adjustment that boosts spending for Medicaid caseload pressures, corrections health care costs, and housing supports, while setting aside nearly $75 million for FY2027 amid federal uncertainty
Vermont’s H.885 would restrict municipalities from banning public camping when adequate shelter is unavailable and add “housing status” to state anti-discrimination law. The bill could reshape local authority, expand civil rights protection
Over the last two days, the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee has been wrestling with the reality that Act 181 — Vermont’s major 2024 restructuring of Act 250 — is already producing confusion, political friction, and demands for
Vermont aligned its climate law with the U.S. Climate Alliance’s 2025 emissions pledge — and went further by making those targets enforceable in court. As 2025 passes without finalized inventories or a state-by-state scorecard, Vermonters a
