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Vermont’s Quiet Money Warnings: Shortfalls, Match Gaps, and a 12% Property Tax Jolt
Vermont’s nonpartisan fiscal analysts are warning of softening revenues, unreimbursed SNAP costs, looming transportation funding gaps, and a projected 12% jump in property taxes. Lawmakers now face a basic…
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A Look Ahead: Key Budget and Election Dates Vermonters Should Know in 2026
School budgets, local elections, and the 2026 midterm cycle are already taking shape across Vermont. School boards are meeting now to develop budgets that voters will see later this…
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Christmas: How a Winter Festival Became a Global Holiday
Christmas did not emerge directly from the biblical record but developed over centuries as Christianity adapted existing winter traditions within the Roman Empire. The December 25 holiday reflects cultural…
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’Twas the Night Before Christmas — and a Man Was in the Middle
During peak shopping seasons, some online scams don’t look like scams at all. In Man-in-the-Middle retail fraud, a third party quietly inserts itself between buyer and seller, allowing purchases…
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Agenda 21 Puts the You in U.N.
Vermont second home owners could see tax bills jump by $5,000 annually under Act 73’s new property classification system. The law creates separate rates for vacation properties and short-term…
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Vermont Property Owners: This Paperwork Mistake Could Cost You Thousands
Vermont second home owners could see tax bills jump by $5,000 annually under Act 73’s new property classification system. The law creates separate rates for vacation properties and short-term…
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The Arithmetic of Decline: Vermont’s Unsustainable Fiscal Path
Vermont’s fiscal math is unforgiving: state spending grows at 5% annually while the tax base expands at only 2-3%. Property taxes have tripled since 2000, pension obligations rest on…
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VT’s Special Ed Funding Gap: When Federal Promises Meet Property Tax Reality
Vermont’s special education funding gap reveals a broken promise: Congress pledged 40% federal support in 1975 but delivers only 7-10%. Property taxpayers cover the rest—$8.5 million in Rutland Northeast…
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How VT’s School Funding System Actually Works – Currently
Vermont funds its schools through a single statewide Education Fund, not separate town systems. Local voters approve school budgets each March, and the Legislature later adjusts statewide property tax…
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RNESU Holds 5:30 PM Budget Vote at 2 PM?
RNESU approved its FY27 budget at a 2 PM “retreat” the same day the Rutland Herald listed the meeting for 5 PM, raising open meeting law questions. Behind the…
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