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Members of the House Appropriations Committee gave legislative staff the go-ahead to produce an up-to-date bill that incorporates the decisions made over the last few weeks. The panel is expected to review and formally sign off on it Monday.

At issue is about $71 million in one-time housing money and $9.2 million earmarked for organic dairy farmers, neither of which were included in Gov. Phil Scott’s proposal.

The midyear administrative budget adjustment that absorbs the first weeks of every Vermont legislative session usually involves requests to transfer money between already existing programs. And normally a hospital will take several years to launch a...

The Scott administration requested fast-tracked funding for a new inpatient adolescent psychiatry unit at the Bennington hospital, a project still in the planning stage.

The rural infrastructure assistance program would provide $3 million for towns to get help applying for federal aid.

Democrats in the Vermont House of Representatives are hoping the third time will be the charm.After twice — in 2018 and 2020 — failing to override Republican Gov. Phil Scott’s vetoes on paid family and medical leave bills, Democrats — fortified by a...

The proposal goes further than the voluntary program announced by Gov. Phil Scott last month. The governor has signaled that he would oppose any effort to fund a more expansive program through a payroll tax.

The proposal includes multimillion dollar appropriations towards broadband, health care staffing, rural infrastructure assistance and more.

Vermont elected Democrat Peter Welch to the Senate with 66.8% of the vote and Democrat Becca Balint to the House of Representatives with 60.1% of the vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. Vermont also re-elected Republican Governor Phil Scott, defeating Democrat Brenda Siegel, with approximately 68.9% of the vote, as reported by the Vermont Secretary of State. 

Caesar Wright strode out of FLORA Cannabis on Saturday morning and lifted his arms like a victorious boxer before a cheering crowd. After driving for...