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E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Photos Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles By SHAUN ROBINSON VtDiggerPublished: 05-23-2025 11:58 AM MONTPELIER — The Vermont Senate voted Thursday to scrap its version of this year’s landmark education bill, H.454, and replace it with the version of the legislation the House passed last month.

2 weeks ago | vtdigger.org | Shaun Robinson

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Senate voted Thursday to scrap its version of this year’s landmark education bill, H.454, and replace it with the version of the legislation the House passed last month. Following an afternoon of committee hearings on a proposed amendment to the bill, senators were planning to consider changes to it on the floor Thursday evening — though it wasn’t clear when they’d arrive at a final version.

2 weeks ago | vtdigger.org | Shaun Robinson

MONTPELIER — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed lawmakers’ state budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year into law Wednesday. The plan lays out $9.01 billion in state spending for the yearlong period starting July 1 — and includes a handful of new measures designed to limit the impacts of potential cuts to the state’s federal funding. Scott, a Republican, was notably complimentary of the House and Senate’s budget bill in a letter to legislators that accompanied his signature.

2 weeks ago | vtdigger.org | Shaun Robinson

“I don’t think that is going to fix what ails Burlington.”That’s what Gov. Phil Scott told reporters Wednesday at his weekly press conference, speaking about a proposed change to the laws governing the state’s largest city that would ban guns from bars and other establishments that serve alcohol. He said he would veto the proposal — the only gun control measure legislators have advanced this year — if it makes it to his desk. The charter change, S.131, cleared the Senate late last month.

2 weeks ago | vtdigger.org | Shaun Robinson

We’re now well into overtime, at least compared to legislative sessions past, under the Golden Dome. Committee agendas are looking light, but floor calendars have been packed — and word is it won’t be until next Friday, May 30, that the House and Senate gavel out for the session. So, what will the next two weeks in the Statehouse look like? While legislators have already sent Gov.