The American Legislative Exchange Council’s new report, Rich States, Poor States, has the Green Mountain State ranking 49th in a cumulative review of 15 state policy variables. The factors are directly tied to legislative policy set forth by state governments.
The Vermont Energy Education Program, a nonprofit organization, would like to get access to all Vermont students as well as adults to address climate matters and energy policy.
South Burlington officials want to eliminate 60% of the city’s carbon footprint by 2030, and with transportation accounting for two-thirds of that figure, the city’s climate action plan finalized last October is pushing for more electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.
Border Patrol agents have already seized 1,500 pounds of drugs at the northern border between October 2022 and February 2023, surpassing the 1,300 pounds seized in all of fiscal year 2022, according to CBP data. Agents are not only dealing with a surge in drugs, but also an influx of illegal migrants.
Joyce Manchester testified that one aspect of the bill would be “challenging” to live up to in reality: the social equity promises to protect low-income Vermonters from the spike in home heating fuel prices brought about by the requirement to purchase clean heat carbon credits.
To figure out what this kind of age disparity looks like in the day-to-day of state politics in Vermont, Community News Service interviewed four state legislators to have a candid conversation about generational politics and perspective.
Speaking Wednesday afternoon during his weekly press conference, the Republican governor said that while he has been critical of the governing body recently, he said the Legislature had made progress this session. At the same time, he remains concerned over the state’s budget.
Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday threatened to veto the Brattleboro charter change allowing 16-year-olds to vote in local elections.
A bill was introduced to the Committee on General and Housing last week that aims to prevent discrimination when hiring or offering services to the public based on vaccination status.
A news release by Planned Parenthood of New England details a federal court ruling in Texas that has implications for the availability of Mifepristone, a type of medication that apparently can induce an abortion.
State Treasurer Michael Pieciak, in a meeting of the House Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday, delved into the next stage of 10% in Vermont, a nearly decade-old economic development initiative.
Landlords would’ve had to register rental units in a statewide list under the original version of a bill moving through the Senate, but lawmakers backed away from the plan and now the bill would only commission a study of the idea.