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The latest estimates project the average homestead tax bill to go up 15% while the average non-homestead bill will rise 18%. That’s not much lower than the 18.5% tax increases initially forecast.
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Vermont town removes unpermitted structures from defunct firearms training center while owner jailedAn environmental court judge ordered Daniel Banyai's arrest in December, finding him in contempt of court for not bringing the Slate Ridge property in Pawlet into compliance. Banyai was taken into custody last month.
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The bill had not received support from the two-thirds majority of the House and Senate that would have been required for a veto override.
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The House wants to set up another decade of major spending on the housing crisis — and taxes to go with it. The Senate and the governor would rather focus on regulatory changes.
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As House lawmakers take up the Climate Superfund Act, climate scientists urge them not to balk at the newness of attribution science.
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The bill aims to reduce administrative burdens for providers and streamline care. Advocates say the processes for ordering tests or prescribing drugs can sometimes be a hindrance to care.
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For the first time, the EPA is regulating PFAS in drinking water. Here's what that means for VermontThe federal government has for the first time set limits on so-called “forever chemicals” or PFAS in public drinking water supplies. The state estimates 550 drinking water systems will be required to monitor for PFAS and GenX chemicals under the new standard.
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A key tax-writing committee in the Vermont House on Tuesday unveiled the outlines of a major education finance overhaul that would fundamentally alter the state’s tradition of local control in school budgeting.
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The Vermont Senate has lost one of its most respected and influential members, and his departure signals a potentially generational change in the chamber.
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A special legislative committee will not recommend articles of impeachment for Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore because the alleged misconduct took place before he was elected to office.