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A bill to create a state code of ethics for elected and appointed officials, legislators, and all state employees was passed unanimously by Vermont Senate on Wednesday. A majority of

MONTPELIER — A bill to create a state code of ethics for elected and appointed officials, legislators, and all state employees was passed unanimously by Vermont Senate on Wednesday. A majority of other states already have similar codes. The measure,...

Gov. Ned Lamont must know much higher than the last estimate of $235 million the State Pier project is likely to go.

As the former Democratic House speaker for four years up until January 2021, and House majority leader prior to that, Joe Aresimowicz was, perhaps, the most powerful political leader in the state outside the governor. Now, the 51-year-old Berlin native — who was in the middle of every major budget and political issue during his time in office — is back at the Legislative Office Building in a different role.

I absolutely believe I can act fairly and in the public interest. My fiancée is a year-round resident who owns one home, and rents it well below the proposed 90-day limit, so the proposal will have no economic impact on her.

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has received the final report of the independent investigation that he ordered be conducted in response to possible ethical or other improprieties made in connection with the hiring of a state employee within the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, and has provided the report and referenced documents to Mark Wasielewski of the Office of State Ethics and Andrew J. McDonald, chairperson of the Connecticut Criminal Justice Commission and associate jus...

The General Assembly’s budget-writing panel is pushing back against Gov. Ned Lamont to assume greater control over contracting policies. The Appropriations Committee raised legislation Friday that potentially would shield the state’s contracting watchdog board from job freezes, emergency budget cuts and other budget-management techniques at the governor’s disposal. The panel’s Senate chairwoman announced the group also is developing clarifying language to ensure all policies tied to the ...

The panel’s Senate chairwoman announced the group also is developing clarifying language to ensure all policies tied to the state’s massive school construction program are set only by the legislature.

Frank D. Boston III Attorney at Law, Lobbyist, Owner Boston Plaut Attorneys at Law A graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, Frank D. Boston III worked as a bond trader on Wall Street and in Baltimore’s Office of the Public Defender before launching his own lobbying and government relations practice, Boston Plaut, ...

The utility executive, who has been generally mum about the State Pier rebuild engineered for his company, suddenly praised it publicly, as news about an