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VT Senator Tries 2nd-Home Tax Backdoor After Bills Stall
A stalled proposal to increase taxes on second homes has resurfaced in Montpelier, this time as amendment language tied to active legislation. Lawmakers are now weighing whether to move…
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VT Weekend Guide
May opens with Vermont’s 55th Green Up Day sending 25,000 volunteers out to clean up every road in the state, while the Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival wraps its 5th…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Evening Roundup
Lawmakers on Thursday discussed a wide range of substantive bills and budget actions in committee hearings that addressed taxes and property classifications education mandates and data collection changes to…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Several legislative committees on April 30 reviewed a range of bills enacted acts and policy proposals focused on mandates spending taxation regulatory authority and penalties across education natural resources…
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“Let Them Eat Cake!” Literally, Say Lawmakers
Lawmakers in Montpelier are pushing back against proposed SNAP reforms that would restrict junk food purchases, arguing it limits personal choice. Critics say that stance clashes with years of…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Evening Roundup
Legislative committees on April 29 heard multiple substantive proposals on tax classification and assessment reform uses of a municipal pilot fund housing and zoning reporting requirements and changes to…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Legislative committees on April 29 reviewed multiple bills and policy changes addressing reporting requirements and transparency for healthcare facility ownership tax and revenue allocations housing and development financing energy…
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The VT Ed Funding Merry-Go-Round
Act 73 promised a new education funding system—but only after Vermont created larger school districts. That never happened. Instead, after years of work and hundreds of thousands in public…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Evening Roundup
Legislative committees met April 28 and heard detailed briefings and testimony on a range of measures touching school construction finance tax and revenue proposals environmental land use reforms health…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
The House Commerce Economic Development Committee convened on April 28 2026 to hear testimony on draft 2 3 of S 71 a proposed privacy law Witnesses discussed the bill…
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