Memorable lines from the governor’s second address to the state suggest that he will once again oppose increases in taxes, fees and spending while promoting skilled jobs and affordable housing.
While House lawmakers occupied themselves with marijuana legalization this week, Gov. Phil Scott stayed true to familiar campaign themes, pledging to address a hole in the education budget while keeping up the fight against opioids.
The controversial Deerfield Wind project that took over 10 years and $7.5 million to complete is now generating power, but regional data shows that renewables are not producing as much energy in these cold winter months as some might have hoped.
In yet another chapter of the ongoing saga of marijuana legalization efforts in Vermont, the House on Thursday passed H.511, which allows for ownership of up to an ounce of marijuana and home cultivation of two mature and four immature cannabis plants.
The Vermont House delays its pot legalization vote to Thursday, and marijuana-related arrests of African-Americans triple in weed-legal Washington, D.C.
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, lawmakers will consider a marijuana veto override on first day back, drug recognition evaluation is not seen as ‘silver bullet’ to stop drug-impaired driving, and new bills include antlerless deer kill and ‘protecting’ abortion from Trump court.
With the state’s energy goal of 90 percent renewable energy by 2050 still in view, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy plans to discuss net metering, electric cars, the costs of carbon, biofuels and more in the upcoming legislative session.
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, UVM Medical Center admits performing elective abortions, a Senate bill would levy $1 per month for water quality, and doctors say pot legalization leads to opiate abuse.
They’re bright, they’re saving municipalities money and they’re popular for communities looking to jump on the energy efficiency bandwagon. But one professor says LED street lights can be harmful to people and animals.
As the final version of the Municipal Roads Storm Water General Permit nears completion, relevant parties continue to disagree on the viability of fixing dirt roads to mitigate phosphorus pollution.
A few hundred of Vermont’s top education leaders met at Norwich University on Monday to discuss the direction of education amid a looming 9.4 cents property tax hike if the state maintains the status quo.
According to a recent survey by the personal-finance website WalletHub, when it comes to charities among the 50 states, Vermont has the most charities per capita. Yet the state did not make the top 20 list of most charitable states.