property taxes
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VT Lawmakers Rework Act 73 Tax Overhaul
Act 73 is widely seen as a school district consolidation law, but it also restructures how Vermont values property for education taxes. Lawmakers are now…
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VT Legislators Target Rental and Vacation Homes with Higher Taxes
Two Vermont Senate bills would raise education property tax rates on nonhomestead residential properties and remove the sales tax exemption on heating fuel and electricity…
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Vermont Lawmakers Adjust Budget Amid Federal Uncertainty
Vermont lawmakers are advancing a FY2026 budget adjustment that boosts spending for Medicaid caseload pressures, corrections health care costs, and housing supports, while setting aside…
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From State Maps to Backyards: Which Vermonters Benefit?
Vermont’s new land-use framework is reshaping the state’s economy, not just its maps. By concentrating growth into a narrow footprint, pressuring towns to opt in…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Midday Roundup
Lawmakers spent Wednesday morning in committee hearings focused on education restructuring, property tax administration, and the Agency of Human Services budget. Discussions centered on regionalization…
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FYIVT Golden Dome: Evening Roundup
Quiet committees, loud consequences. Tuesday afternoon under the Golden Dome locked in continued property tax pressure, expanded homelessness policy, advancing health legislation, and further erosion…
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You May Not Know VT’s Act 181 — But It Knows Your Property
Vermont says it needs thousands of new homes, but the new regional land-use map quietly shrinks the places where towns like Pittsford can actually build…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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