The Vermont Legislature expedited passage of short-term, pandemic-safe March Town Meeting alternatives. Municipal leaders facing scheduling deadlines worry Gov. Phil Scott is taking his time making his own decision.
Gov. Phil Scott has long called for additional investments in child care, but never on the scale that advocates have said will be necessary to make a real dent in the problem.
MONTPELIER — Mike Rice spent the better part of a year trying to get to Montpelier. And when he arrived on Wednesday and took the oath of office, it was