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While there is still disagreement among lawmakers seeking to rein in the motel voucher program, they appear poised to end an era of mass, months-long extensions for unsheltered Vermonters.
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Gov. Phil Scott has named Brandon poet Bianca Stone as Vermont poet laureate.
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The proposed $89 annual fee is part of a larger transportation bill already approved by the Senate. But House lawmakers say it's a sticking point.
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Vermont has distributed 4,000 gun locks since launching a gun safety initiative last year, U.S. Attorney Nikolas Kerest announced Tuesday.
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In a rebuke to Gov. Phil Scott amid a time of turmoil for Vermont’s schools, the state Senate on Tuesday declined to confirm Zoie Saunders as secretary of education. But she'll serve anyway.
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Under current law, only initial screenings were required to be covered by insurance. But starting in 2026, additional rounds of imaging will be covered.
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Zoie Saunders may be a fresh face in Montpelier, but her appointment as education secretary has resurfaced old grievances surrounding the role of private school vouchers in the state’s educational landscape.
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The Vermont Senate on Friday gave its final approval to a bill that bans neonicotinoid coated seeds in Vermont starting in 2029.
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The Vermont Senate passed its version of the state budget on Thursday, which would place a cap on the number of motel and hotel rooms the state would pay for moving forward. The move is lawmakers’ latest attempt to scale back the expanded, pandemic-era version of the motel program.