As Vermont debates immigration policy, school safety, bail reform, and public enforcement, a deeper constitutional question is emerging: what legal duty does government actually owe individual citizens when foreseeable harm occurs? Court ru
If the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact had been active in 2024, Vermont would have awarded its electoral votes to Donald Trump despite the state voting heavily for Kamala Harris. With Virginia now joining the compact, the agreement
A recent immigration-enforcement incident in South Burlington is fueling a broader debate in Vermont over public safety, immigration policy, and whether modern political discourse increasingly treats law enforcement itself as the primary pr
Legislative committees on May 15 took up a range of policy changes touching mandates authority penalties taxes and spending House Education reviewed Senate changes tied to school construction financing and advisory board duties under Act 73
Vermont’s S.227 would sharply limit how schools cooperate with immigration enforcement, requiring judicial warrants before ICE-related access to nonpublic school areas. Supporters say the bill protects vulnerable students and educational ac
Senate and House committees on May 14 reviewed multiple bills and amendments addressing taxes and tax administration a proposed mileage based road usage charge forestry and current use exemptions for agriculture and forestry and changes to
Lawmakers across House and Senate committees on May 14 reviewed a series of measures and reports affecting taxes and education finance short term rental regulation and enforcement housing and homelessness funding and health coverage and dru
Legislative committees on Wednesday discussed proposals affecting school construction aid and education funding changes to unclaimed property rules and the higher education trust fund a package of cannabis regulatory and tax provisions and
Lawmakers in several House and Senate committees on May 13 heard presentations and discussed amendments on a range of measures affecting taxes spending mandates municipal authority housing and environmental permitting health care finance an
Committees across the legislature on May 12 held hearings that featured multiple proposals with mandates spending impacts and regulatory changes Top items discussed included energy related payments and virtual power plant requirements for l
Lawmakers in three committees on May 12 reviewed statutory changes that would reshape permitting and rulemaking for water and wastewater systems impose programmatic requirements and limits for emergency housing and alter regulatory approach
Vermont’s housing push is aimed at existing downtowns and village centers — the same places many rivers have already overwhelmed. Act 181 may not put every new unit in a floodplain, but adding more people to flood-disrupted communities rais
