By Anne Galloway, VTDigger
Jack Sawyer, the 18-year-old accused of plotting to kill students at Fair Haven Union High School, was released into the custody of his father on Friday morning, April 27. He checked into a mental health facility on Friday evening, according to the…
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger
The Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs and four other plaintiffs are suing the state over a ban on large capacity gun magazines.
The federation, a gun association, several sporting goods stores and a woman from Bethel allege that a new law putting a…
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger
Hundreds of gun activists swarmed the State House lawn Saturday afternoon, March 31, to protest the passage of S.55, legislation that puts sweeping new restrictions on gun use in Vermont. Republican Gov. Phil Scott has promised to sign the bill into law.
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By Anne Galloway, VTDigger
There are no “bells and whistles” in Gov. Phil Scott’s 2019 budget. As expected, there are also no new taxes and no new fees.
Nor have any big initiatives been proposed in the budget. Instead, the governor’s office gave the Legislature…
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger
Financial analysts say the state will spend $31 million over a three-year period on tax incentives to towns for school district mergers.
In fiscal year 2019 alone, taxpayers will subsidize $16.1 million in tax breaks for towns that merge school districts.
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By Anne Galloway, VTDigger
Organizers say Gov. Phil Scott’s inaugural gala was the largest in the state’s history. More than 1,200 people attended the event. Scott, the newly sworn in Republican governor, celebrated his inauguration at a helicopter hangar at the Vermont Air Guard complex…
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org
The U.S. Senate passed a GMO bill late Thursday, July 7, that will require food manufacturers to provide information about genetically engineered ingredients. The measure passed 63-30.
The bill, S.764, allows companies to choose a text label, a symbol or a…
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org
Members of the U.S. Senate brokered a compromise Thursday that would make labeling of genetically engineered food mandatory nationwide.
But state officials say the legislation is a last-ditch effort to scuttle a Vermont law that will require information about such ingredients…
By Elizabeth Hewitt and Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org
Burlington College officials announced Monday, May 16, that the school will close effective May 27 because of the “crushing weight of the debt” incurred with the purchase of a lakefront property on North Avenue. College trustees voted unanimously…
By Maxine Grad and Willem Jewett
It may be accurate to observe that Governor Shumlin’s accomplishments during his final legislative session have been modest but it goes a bit too far to cast off the work of the General Assembly as “an uninspired, housekeeping session…
