Vermont property taxpayers are facing sharp increases in education tax rates as spending continues to rise and efficiency declines. With per-pupil yield dropping and enrollment remaining flat, higher tax effort is generating less return, hi
Lawmakers on March 18 examined a series of proposals and testimony touching on education finance state spending and tax mechanisms mandates and regulatory authority and assorted fee and program changes across multiple committees Key items i
Lawmakers on Wednesday heard testimony across multiple committees on staffing and budget needs for the Department of Fish and Wildlife revisions to state housing and zoning definitions tied to municipal sewer and water service areas and cha
Vermont lawmakers are weighing changes to the state’s pre-K system that could reshape access to early education, child care stability, and school funding. While proposals aim to expand services for 4-year-olds, officials warn that shifting
Legislative committees on Tuesday reviewed a range of bills and budget proposals addressing homelessness and housing programs tax and revenue changes environmental listings and agency budgets early childhood and school based program impleme
Legislative committees on Tuesday held a series of hearings that advanced statutory mandates and funding provisions across criminal justice public safety health care regulation and cannabis policy The Senate Health Welfare Committee heard d
A proposal discussed in the House Environment Committee could change how Vermont regulates small livestock operations. Farm groups warn the language may expand state oversight through new “land base” and livestock density standards while la
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
