A Vermont Senate bill would ban AI data centers over 100 megawatts until 2030 while the Public Utility Commission studies regulation. But Vermont currently has no facility near that threshold, drawing pushback from Sen. Scott Beck, who call
You don't need their permission to use a computer. Right now, today, you can download a free operating system, put it on a USB stick, and run a computer that has never heard of H.R. 8250 and doesn't care. No account. No date of birth. No id
A bill introduced in Congress last week would require every operating system provider in the country to verify the identity of every user before that user can operate a computer. Not just children — every user. H.R. 8250, the so-called Pare
Senate Finance and Appropriations committees on April 17 discussed proposals to reallocate one time general fund resources between a proposed property tax buy down and expansions of the renter rebate alongside a range of budget adjustments
Legislative committees on April 17 considered a range of bills and amendments affecting health care licensure social services eligibility and administration solid waste and recycling program transitions housing and eviction policy transport
Vermont expanded its office footprint during the remote work era, even as vacancy increased and thousands of employees worked from home. Now, new leases are being added to support a return to office—raising questions about how the state man
Lawmakers across multiple standing committees on April 16 discussed proposals and budget language touching on school spending penalties and weights a statutory homelessness response continuum shifts in revenue for the transportation and edu
Lawmakers in multiple House and Senate committees on April 16 heard testimony and exchanged detailed policy information across environment taxation housing and health topics Witnesses and agency officials described new forest data and manag
The claim that remote workers are more productive gets repeated so often it's treated as settled science. It isn't. The peer-reviewed research is split, the methodology behind the most-cited studies matters enormously, and the standards ser
Legislative committees on April 15 took up a range of proposals and agency updates touching mandates tax changes penalties spending priorities and regulatory authority Major topics included proposed appliance efficiency alignment with feder
The Legislature held a series of committee hearings April 15 that covered proposals affecting homelessness response and secure transport of children wetlands and housing development rules a proposed state surtax on investment income and cha
Vermont state employees received compensation packages that included payment for the burden of physical attendance — commute costs, rigid hours, required presence. That burden vanished overnight in March 2020 by emergency order, not by nego
