The Green Mountain State is set to receive one of the highest payouts per capita in the nation at $3,600 per resident under the bill, which features $1.4 billion for highways, $225 million for bridges, $77 million for transportation, $355 million for water infrastructure projects and an additional $167 million.
The unfunded liabilities for the Vermont State Teacher’s Retirement fund increased last year by $379 million as compared to the 2019 valuation while the same liabilities increased by $225 million in the Vermont State Employees’ Retirement, according to numbers from State Treasurer Beth Pearce.
The scandal-ridden Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), says that Vermont’s high compliance with COVID-19 mandates make the state an example for the nation to follow.
University of Vermont professor and state climatologist Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux recently joined a global forum with other climate advocacy leaders and made several statements on how society must implement a “systems-based approach” with a “human-sociological perspective” to mitigate climate change.
Where were you Nov. 7, 2011, at 2:30 p.m.? The date and time happened to be the moment of the opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge.
About 20 patriotic-minded Vermonters gathered near the Statehouse main entrance on a rainy afternoon Saturday to discuss engaging with school boards and selectboards on freedom-themed issues. They also focused on constitutional amendment Proposal 5 concerning abortion rights.
Vermont U.S. Rep. Peter Welch visited Burlington High School’s temporary downtown campus on Monday to discuss the $1.75 trillion social spending bill before Congress and the proposed $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
A Winooski High School soccer player who allegedly head-butted an Enosburg Falls player earlier this fall won’t face criminal charges, according to a letter from local prosecutors.
On Tuesday night Democrat incumbent Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia was ousted in an election against Republican Glenn Youngkin, a development that just weeks ago seemed unlikely in public polls until a sudden backlash against the Democrat-endorsed critical race theory materialized.
About two dozen Vermont residents met at Irasburg Town Hall on Thursday evening to discuss how to respond to continued efforts to indoctrinate children with genderless sex education and the controversial critical race theory.
Secretary of State Jim Condos continues to dismiss that election fraud in the 2020 presidential occurred, even as several states are investigating suspected fraud, and at least one state’s attorney general is expected to launch criminal investigations.
Pew Charitable Trusts’ report said Vermont can operate for 53.6 days if the state had no other source of revenue, based on its estimated $244 million rainy day fund at the end of fiscal year 2021.