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Phil Scott vetoed legislation that would pour an additional $120 million a year into Vermont’s struggling child care system, but the bill will likely become law anyway.
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The Vermont Legislature has closed the books on the session. Democratic supermajorities in the House and Senate expanded the size and scope of government over the objections of four-term Republican Gov. Phil Scott.
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A standoff between Democratic leaders in the House and Senate is threatening to torpedo a child care bill that was among the top priorities for Vermont lawmakers heading into the 2023 legislative session.
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The low-income Vermonters who are about to lose their government-subsidized motel rooms are making a last-ditch appeal to lawmakers to extend the emergency housing program.
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Advocates are warning of a “potential catastrophe” as the state prepares to wind down a motel housing program that will result in the displacement of more than 2,000 Vermonters living in poverty.
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From housing and child care to climate action and mental health, lawmakers will face tough spending decisions as federal coronavirus relief aid begins to dry up.
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Incoming Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth and House Speaker Jill Krowinski say ideological diversity among Democratic lawmakers will require the House and Senate to legislate by consensus.
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A push by the State Board of Education to expand the special-education obligations of independent schools across Vermont has earned it some new enemies in…