Governor and lawmakers reach compromise on budget, teacher health care
Gov. Phil Scott and lawmakers reached agreement on a budget and teacher health care deal that makes good on the promise of fiscal restraint in Vermont.
Wind developer seeks to exclude second-home owners from sound protection
Wind energy developer Avangrid Renewables has proposed sound level protocols for its Deerfield Wind Project in Bennington County, and as it’s written now, second-home owners would be excluded from being able to report noise violations.
Act 46 school merger vote tests fate of another small school
Another Act 46 school merger vote has a local community on edge over the possibility of losing its school.
Rutland’s new mayor says community rebuilding after bruising refugee fight
Rutland Mayor David Allaire is working to rebuild the city’s image around transparency and economic growth after winning an election widely regarded as a referendum on refugee resettlement.
Ethics commission signed by governor wins praise and criticism
Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday signed S.8, a long-awaited ethics bill that creates an ethics commission and policies to deal with corruption and conflicts of interest in state government.
Republicans unlikely to take up marijuana bill next week
In a move that could keep pot smoking illegal in Vermont, House Republicans may choose not to suspend rules to bring a revised legalization bill back up for discussion next week at the Statehouse.
Law enforcement officials: Legalizing pot will be ‘like opening Pandora’s box’
Pro-marijuana lawmakers have sent Gov. Phil Scott a revised legalization bill ahead of next week’s veto session, but police are warning that recreational pot will bring big problems to the Green Mountain State.
Lawmakers delay action on consequential wind turbine sound rules
The Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules got an earful from both sides of the wind turbine noise debate at a public hearing Thursday at the Vermont Statehouse, and members postponed making any decision on new decibel rules related to Act 174, the renewable energy siting law passed in 2016.
Governor and legislators back Vermont going solo on Paris climate treaty
Republican Gov. Phil Scott and several state lawmakers want Vermont to join the Paris climate treaty regardless of President Donald Trump’s rejection of the deal at the national level.