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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Legislative committees met March 11 to review a range of policy measures and oversight issues with the House Environment Committee holding multiple sessions on data…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Lawmakers across several House and Senate committees on Feb 27 discussed a slate of bills and budget items that would create new mandates direct state…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Lawmaker panels heard extensive testimony Wednesday on education finance changes enacted in Act 73 and their tax and consolidation implications net metering and backup power…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Senate and House committees on Feb 10 heard testimony and reviewed draft language on a range of bills and implementation items with heavy focus on…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Lawmakers on Feb 6 heard testimony and staff briefings across multiple committees covering revenue proposals for housing an outdoor recreation economic ask Health Welfare budget…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
State agencies and legislative committees on Feb 5 presented detailed budget adjustments program changes and regulatory proposals across Human Services Environment Education Energy and other…
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Vermont’s Quiet Tax Break That Everyone Pays For
Vermont’s Current Use Program reduces property taxes on agricultural and forest land by assessing enrolled parcels at use value rather than market value. As enrollment…
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Are Vermont Farms’ Tile Drains About to Become Expensive Federal Pollution Pipes?
A new Clean Water Act lawsuit against a Panton dairy could redefine how Vermont farms manage water. Environmental groups claim pesticides are “spewing” from tile…
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Lake Champlain’s $600 Million Problem — and a Dirt-Simple Fix Vermont Hasn’t Tried
Vermont has spent over $600 million trying to reduce phosphorus runoff into Lake Champlain, yet the lake remains polluted and the results underwhelming. Instead of…
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H.481 Under Fire: Lawmakers Urged to Amend Stormwater Bill and Confront Federal Failures
As Vermont lawmakers consider H.481, critics say the state is passing stormwater compliance costs onto landowners and towns while ignoring the federal policies that helped…
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