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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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VT Solves Housing Crisis by Raising Costs 12%
Vermont’s latest tax letter confirms another double-digit property tax increase, following last year’s nearly 14% jump. With education spending rising and enrollment falling, the state…
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Is Montpelier Coming for Your Woodpile?
Vermont’s effort to lead on climate change is turning into a cautionary tale. With firewood now in the crosshairs of environmental policy, Montpelier risks alienating…
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VT’s Minor Consent Laws: What Parents Need to Know
Vermont’s consent laws for minors allow adolescents to seek medical care for STIs, mental health, and gender-affirming services without parental consent or notification. Supporters highlight…
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Examining Vermont’s À La Carte Homelessness Response
Vermont enters another winter still struggling to balance compassion with public order. Communities face rising costs, limited enforcement tools, and growing pressure as individuals decline…
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Is Affordable Housing in VT Affordable?
Vermont celebrated Marble Village as a “$13 million affordable housing success,” but the building’s own Act 250 filings show just $7.56 million in actual construction…
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WTF Is a Policy Preference Cascade?
Vermonters aren’t imagining it — rising costs, housing shortages, and ignored concerns all trace back to a structural issue called a policy preference cascade. When…
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When State Guidance Becomes Pressure: Vermont Towns Push Back
Vermont towns are increasingly unsure where statutory planning requirements end and agency-driven preferences begin. Pittsford’s recent Selectboard discussion highlights this statewide tension, especially around Enhanced…
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The FYIVT Semi-Annual Cyber Beg
FYIVT delivers clear, fact-driven information Vermonters can actually use — without ads, trackers, or political influence. Every day’s coverage is built on thousands of hours…
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Over $100K VT Taxpayer Dollars Spent for…Nothing
Vermont spent over $100,000 on a redistricting task force that never delivered the maps required by law. Despite clear directives in Act 73, the group…
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