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Be Informed RoundupApril 29, 2026

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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 and envi

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 spending, lawmakers are advancing a different model

Be Informed RoundupApril 28, 2026

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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 care pricing and housing and homeless

Be Informed RoundupApril 28, 2026

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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 s mandates enforcement mechanisms penalties for noncompliance and implica

Be InformedApril 26, 2026

Three Ounces and an Open Border

In 2006, GAO investigators successfully smuggled radioactive material across U.S. borders at official ports of entry — with detection equipment deployed and trained personnel on site. The alarms didn't stop it. Nearly 2 million gotaways cro

Be Informed PoliticsApril 25, 2026

What 60% Enriched Uranium Actually Means

When NewsNation host Chris Cuomo argued that Iran's 60% enriched uranium isn't weapons-grade and poses no imminent threat, he got the science wrong — not by a little, but by the IAEA's own definitions. The international nuclear watchdog cla

Be Informed RoundupApril 24, 2026

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Legislative committees across the House and Senate met April 24 to review capital and budget provisions transportation revenue options tied to electrification housing and eviction related proposals and education funding and rulemaking The d

Be Informed RoundupApril 24, 2026

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Lawmakers across several committees on April 24 heard detailed briefings and discussed statutory language on housing finance and tax credits property tax and education fund calculations school policy mandates health and youth services fundi

Becca, Bernie, Musk, & Math

Sanders and Khanna want a 5% annual wealth tax on billionaires, citing Musk as the poster child. But Musk's companies directly employ roughly 160,000 people — about half of Vermont's entire workforce — and the $42 billion headline tax would

Be Informed RoundupApril 23, 2026

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Legislative committees on April 23 heard detailed briefings and testimony on a range of bills and budget items affecting taxes state and local spending school construction financing provider taxes housing finance tools and environmental pro

Be Informed RoundupApril 22, 2026

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Lawmaker panels on April 22 discussed a series of bills and statutory changes that touched taxes and spending school construction and environmental hazards tobacco and vaping enforcement zoning and housing exemptions data center policy and