Vermont Governor Phil Scott focused his weekly briefing Tuesday on housing policies he hopes to champion during the legislative session.
The Vermont Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a case state lawmakers filed against Gov. Phil Scott and interim Education Secretary Zoie Saunders.
Scott's plan will eliminate supervisory unions in the state and create five school districts across Vermont. Each will have one school board and one superintendent.
After his own landslide victory and Republican gains in the Legislature, the governor said voters have signalled Vermont is moving in the wrong direction. To fix it, he pledged to propose ambitious legislation.
Appeals, permitting and Act 250 are just a few of the variables that Gov. Scott says continue to cause a housing shortage in the state.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott will give his inaugural address on Thursday afternoon, after he is sworn in for his fifth term in office.
The Scott administration is proposing a transition to a foundation formula, a commonly used way of paying for schools that would give more power to the state.
The governor’s package of proposed changes would address the detention of repeat offenders and would repeal the remaining stage of Raise the Age.
Part of the governor’s plan to make building housing units in Vermont faster and easier will be making the appeal of housing project permits more difficult.
Vermont’s governor thinks the state got out over its skis when it comes to setting targets for reducing carbon emissions.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott unveiled a sweeping education finance reform plan aimed at right-sizing the state’s school system and making it more affordable on Wednesday. Burlington police’s drug unit conducted two operations on Wednesday, one on North Winooski Avenue and the other on Grant Street.