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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Lawmaker panels on April 7 took up a range of policy and budget items focusing on school construction funding and eligibility changes in Ways Means dam safety emergency planning…
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Federal Fraud Bounties Go Live — Vermont Has a Law, But Not a Door
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launched a federal fraud bounty program Monday, offering citizens 10 to 30 percent of fines collected from convicted fraudsters. Vermont has a comparable law on…
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Vermont Bill Reshapes Competency Restoration System
Vermont’s S.193 would create a secure forensic facility aimed at resolving a growing breakdown between the courts, hospitals, and corrections system. The bill shifts the state toward a custody-first…
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Vermont’s Healthcare Bet: Pay More Up Front, Save Later
Vermont lawmakers are advancing a sweeping overhaul of primary care financing that would eliminate copays for routine visits and shift to monthly payments for providers. Supporters say it will…
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VT Softens Education Tax Hit — With Money It Can’t Count On
Vermont lawmakers are projecting an average 7 percent education property tax increase for fiscal year 2027 — but that number is built on $127 million in one-time money. Without…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Evening Roundup
Legislative committees on April 3 2026 heard detailed briefings on education property tax yields and one time transfers budget appropriations and reserves a primary care investment bill utility decommissioning…
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VT Weekend Guide
Easter weekend brings Vermont to life from all angles: Sugarbush’s legendary Pond Skim sends costumed skiers into the slush at Lincoln Peak, a free Celtic music concert hits Vergennes’…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Lawmakers across several Senate and House committees on April 3 heard testimony and briefings on proposed spending statutory mandates and agency rulemaking authority tied to environmental programs housing and…
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VT: New Drug in Fentanyl That Naloxone Won’t Reverse
A new CDC alert warns that medetomidine — a veterinary sedative synthesized in clandestine labs — is spreading through the Northeast fentanyl supply at explosive rates. Vermont sits in…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Evening Roundup
The Legislature s committee hearings on April 2 covered technical revisions to education finance and school governance grant and appropriation proposals tied to school district consolidation work environmental rule…
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